OS X 10.7 enables you to do whole-drive encryption. Here is a description from Arse Technica:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7.ars/13 I ain't never tried it myself. 10.7 seems to run slow enough as it is. -- Bill On Aug 18, 2011, at 5:34 AM, Andreas Förster wrote: > Since we're on the subject... I've been tempted on and off to encrypt my > hard drive, but after getting burned once a hundred years ago when encrypted > data turned into garbled bytes all of a sudden I've been hesitant. I've gone > so far as to install TrueCrypt (on a MacBook), but I haven't put it into > action. Before I do, the big question: > > What software do people on the bb use for encryption? What can be > recommended without hesitation? > > Thanks. > > > Andreas > > > On 18/08/2011 1:19, Eric Bennett wrote: >> John, >> >> Since so many people have said it's flawless, I'd like to point out this is >> not always the case. The particular version of the particular package that >> we have installs some system libraries that caused a program I use on a >> moderately frequent basis to crash every time I tried to open a file on a >> network drive. It took me about 9 months to figure out what the cause was, >> during which time I had to manually copy things to the local drive before I >> could open them in that particular program. The vendor of the encryption >> software has a newer version but our IT department is using an older >> version. There is another workaround but it's kind of a hack. >> >> So I'd say problems are very rare, but if you run into strange behavior, >> don't rule out encryption as a possible cause. >> >> -Eric >> >> >> > -- > Andreas Förster, Research Associate > Paul Freemont & Xiaodong Zhang Labs > Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College London > http://www.msf.bio.ic.ac.uk
