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From: Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl>
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Subject: Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 10:37:33 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2017-02-28, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
> Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> So I finally have a reason to encrypt some files.  I have never used 
>> FileVault since I figured it added processing overhead, additional 
>> complexity, and additional opportunities for errors.  What is the 
>> group's experience?
>
> What Mac are you using? I was told very old ones like 2008's MacBook is 
> a bad idea. :(

MBP 13" unibody mid-2012 with SSD: no issues, no noticeable changes in performance.

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