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Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups?

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups?
Date 2015-10-11 18:53 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <111020151853471626%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References (4 earlier) <JsidnQBK9d-lO4fLnZ2dnUU7-TGdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <d7vnecFe519U1@mid.individual.net> <cYKdncTRMJ_uLofLnZ2dnUU7-UednZ2d@earthlink.com> <1mc4v7w.18agada1f1q1iwN%nmassello@yahoo.com> <zZSdnYP6ecjTeofLnZ2dnUU7-XWdnZ2d@earthlink.com>

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In article <zZSdnYP6ecjTeofLnZ2dnUU7-XWdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
<ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:

> > Just be aware that doing so will convert the Time Machine disk into a
> > CoreStorage volume that can't be repartitioned with the Disk Utility
> > app. You'll have to use the diskutil command in Terminal. 
> 
> Um, this sort of went over my head. What did you mean by that? No 
> partitions for the whole external USB2 HDD? Currently, there are 2 
> partitions (HFS+ [TM backups] and FAT32 [portability to access files 
> on any devices]).

don't worry about it. it's wrong.

a core storage volume can be partitioned with disk utility, without
using terminal.

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Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-11 12:37 -0500
  Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-11 17:45 +0000
    Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 13:57 -0400
      Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-11 13:05 -0500
      Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-11 18:07 +0000
        Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-11 13:11 -0500
          Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-11 18:17 +0000
            Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-11 14:07 -0500
              Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-10-11 15:16 -0600
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-11 17:37 -0400
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-11 17:48 -0500
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-11 18:53 -0400
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-11 17:58 -0500
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-10-12 00:38 -0600
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-12 12:01 -0400
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-10-12 00:38 -0600
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-12 12:01 -0400
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-11 17:52 -0500
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-11 19:56 -0400
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 08:58 -0400
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 09:54 -0400
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-12 16:15 -0400
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-12 21:32 +0000
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 17:39 -0400
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-12 17:38 -0400
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-12 22:27 +0000
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-12 02:31 +0000
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-13 01:58 -0500
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-13 07:09 +0000
                Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-12 03:04 +0000

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