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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: El Capitan oddities |
| Date | 2015-10-09 17:08 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d7qajhF2l6oU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> wrote: > On 10/9/15 9:38 AM, Alan Browne wrote: >> On 2015-10-08 22:08, John Somerset wrote: >> >>> That's it. I've never taken the plunge to automatic backups. >> >> Trivially easy. And once set up and running, all but noticeable in >> operation, esp. with high speed interfaces (Firewire or faster). > > It's a carryover from System 7. A power interruption could make a disk > unreadable, IIRC. I kept my backup drive turned off normally so a power > problem wouldn't corrupt it along with my internal disk. Maybe > journaling has made the risk negligible. It has, but that's also what uninterruptible power supplies are designed for. >>> I'm scared of the trouble I might get into if I encrypted my disk. >> >> Trivially low risk and removes any "end of disk life" issues wrt >> destroying data. Just make a copy of the recovery key and keep in a >> safe place. >> > How does encryption prevent loss of data? You can throw the drive away without bothering to erase it first as long as you throw away / destroy the encryption key. > Is the recovery key normally a password created by the user? No, it is a long alphanumeric string automatically created by Apple when you enable FileVault. -- 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
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El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-05 19:45 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-05 20:07 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities billy@MIX.COM - 2015-10-06 08:36 +0000
Re: El Capitan oddities nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-06 10:08 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-06 12:58 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-06 17:19 +0000
Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-06 13:39 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-06 17:54 +0000
Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-06 20:59 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 00:59 +0000
Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-07 18:54 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 00:21 +0000
Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 17:57 -0700
Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 17:24 +0000
Re: El Capitan oddities nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 13:27 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 17:31 +0000
Re: El Capitan oddities "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 13:51 -0600
Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 20:21 +0000
Re: El Capitan oddities dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-10-09 12:10 +1300
Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-09 17:01 +0000
Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 10:42 -0700
Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-06 16:25 -0700
Re: El Capitan oddities nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-06 19:29 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 00:10 +0000
Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 08:05 -0700
Re: El Capitan oddities nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-07 12:09 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 09:20 -0700
Re: El Capitan oddities Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-06 13:09 +1300
Re: El Capitan oddities Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-10-05 18:44 -0700
Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-06 00:58 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-10-05 22:09 -0700
Re: El Capitan oddities John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-10-05 22:44 -0700
Re: El Capitan oddities Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-10-05 22:30 -0700
Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-06 04:30 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities xxx <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-10-06 03:18 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-06 05:41 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-10-06 08:42 -0600
Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-06 08:04 -0700
Re: El Capitan oddities xxx <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-10-06 20:35 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-06 12:59 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities xxx <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-10-06 20:32 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-07 08:38 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> - 2015-10-07 07:44 -0600
Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-07 19:00 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> - 2015-10-07 20:52 -0600
Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-08 08:40 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 08:30 -0600
Re: El Capitan oddities xxx <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-10-08 01:54 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 16:29 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-10-09 14:09 +1300
Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 22:08 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-09 09:38 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-09 12:38 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-09 17:08 +0000
Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-09 13:25 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-09 22:59 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-10 09:48 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-10-09 12:30 +0100
MenuMeters (Was: Re: El Capitan oddities) befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2015-10-06 10:05 +0200
Re: MenuMeters (Was: Re: El Capitan oddities) John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-06 05:43 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-06 12:58 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-06 16:13 -0700
Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-06 19:46 -0400
Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-06 17:10 -0700
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