i think file vault is locking me out. But there is no place to enter FV PWRs. After entering MacBook PW it spins a full minute and shuts down. Tried safe mode but perhaps incorrectly. Guest user opens but Safari is too degraded to run you tube. It's a 2006 MacBook with about the newest OS it will accept. Mt Lion I think. It has not opened since a local shop copied my files to a newer MacBook.
File vault issue
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Thanks Cory for the reply. I really appreciate your help.
Yes, I guess you have a point. That is what they told me at the shop when I picked up this 2010 MacBook. They said they because of File Vault I would have no further access to data. I was in such a hurry that day I did not ask any more questions. And after two years I have not noticed any files missing on my newer machine. However, it may be years before I need some things. And I hate to disturb anything that works because most often it seems any change brings widespread failure.
Can you tell me what did they have to do to File Vault in order to get my data? And What good is File Vault if my data could be transferred without the File Vault Pass Key (which I have)?
Thanks again.
J
Yes, I guess you have a point. That is what they told me at the shop when I picked up this 2010 MacBook. They said they because of File Vault I would have no further access to data. I was in such a hurry that day I did not ask any more questions. And after two years I have not noticed any files missing on my newer machine. However, it may be years before I need some things. And I hate to disturb anything that works because most often it seems any change brings widespread failure.
Can you tell me what did they have to do to File Vault in order to get my data? And What good is File Vault if my data could be transferred without the File Vault Pass Key (which I have)?
Thanks again.
J
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FileVault is a perfectly acceptable way to encrypt your hard drive (from a full-disk encryption stand point).
Sounds like they may have removed/deleted your home directory after copying the data.
If you are wanting to use the system, it is likely best to simply do a clean/fresh install of the latest, supported operating system.
Sounds like they may have removed/deleted your home directory after copying the data.
If you are wanting to use the system, it is likely best to simply do a clean/fresh install of the latest, supported operating system.