Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Encrypt existing Time Machine backups? Date: 11 Oct 2015 18:17:48 GMT Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net MJJ4vKkq+Kpub5YKahfq2AMVU09+F4YVPnhRjmojE1Bq9Yfhnt Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:AEPGJ2GNXcHjFJofixcHxmxbaIA= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32590 comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:1054 comp.sys.mac.system:83077 Ant wrote: >>>>> 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: > >> > > So basically, make a new TM backup from scratch? :( No. Removing a volume from the list does not erase backups already on the volume. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR