Mac OS X 10.5 Help

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Turning on FileVault

Once FileVault is turned on some sharing features are no longer available for security reasons. Log in for Secure Message Block or SMB file sharing and printer sharing will no be allowed.

Warning: Don’t forget your master password or your login password. If both these passwords are forgotten, you will not be able to access your encrypted directory and the contents will be lost.

To turn on FileVault:

Step 1

To overwrite the data on the hard drive when you empty the trash, select the “Use secure erase” checkbox.

For more information on using secure erase, see:

Preventing deleted files from being read
Step 2

To encrypt the data being written to the disk by virtual memory, select the “Use secure virtual memory” checkbox.

For more information on using secure virtual memory, see:

Preventing information in memory from being read
Step 3

Click Turn On FileVault.

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