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Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups?

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups?
Date 11 Oct 2015 18:07:25 GMT
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Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2015-10-11 13:45, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>>> Hello.
>>> 
>>> I cannot seem to find this option anywhere in Mac OS X v10.8.5. I
>>> already encrypted the new SSD last weekend, but the external USB2 HDDs
>>> are not encrypted. I'd like to encrypt them too.
>>> 
>>> Thank you in advance. :)
>> 
>> System Preferences > Time Machine > Options > Encrypt backup disk.
> 
> No option for that there that I see ... OTOH, mine are already encrypted 
> so maybe the option is removed.

Looks like the option was removed, so instead you remove and re-add the
volume:

<https://support.apple.com/kb/PH14202?locale=en_US>

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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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