Thank you ever so much Lee, you are always so helpful. John
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 25, 2015, at 9:23 PM, Lee Larson <leelar...@me.com> wrote: > >> On Oct 25, 2015, at 6:58 PM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@me.com> wrote: >> >> I have always been afraid I would lose my key or logon info…then I am in >> deep trouble…if I get the nerve will turning FileVault on encrypt all 4 of >> the drives on my MacPro? If the data is encrypted will it have to be >> unencrypted to be used, (done on the fly?) and can I put the encrypted file >> in my iCloud drive and DropBox and then when moved to another machine the >> files can be used? > > If you forget your account password, you can get into your stuff with your > iCloud password or your recovery key, if you set one. > > It’s pretty easy to add FileVault to your external drives. Just control-click > them and choose to encrypt them from the popup menu. After the drive's > encrypted, you can add the drive’s password to your keychain to make the > mounting automatic. > > Since Dropbox and iCloud are programs running on your Mac, they see the data > as unencrypted and store the unencrypted version in the cloud. Of course, the > cloud images are encrypted by Dropbox and iCloud themselves, so the security > is still protected just as it is now. Basically, the files on the cloud > behave as they would without FileVault. > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
