IMac (Intel) :: How To Partition A Drive Encrypted With FileVault 2

Jun 4, 2014

Can you partition a drive that has been encrypted with File Vault 2?

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OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)

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IMac (Intel) :: How To Partition A 3TB Fusion Drive

Jun 2, 2014

I have new iMac with a 3TB fusion drive. I would like to create a small *backup* partition where i can create an installer version of mavericks so when i do a clean install, i can select that drive from the bootable disk selection menu and it runs the mavericks installer from that partition, rather than a USB thumb drive. I looked at the recovery mode option however it appears to download a new 5gb installer of mavericks instead of using an already downloaded version of mavericks (updated version).  

I dont want to split the SSD/HDD components of the fusion drive so they are seperate, i just want to add a small partition to be partitioned as a mavericks installer drive.  

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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)

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IMac (Intel) :: FileVault Has Been Encrypting For 4 Days

Dec 4, 2014

I took my iMac to the Apple store since it was stuck at the gray screen and spinning. They hooked it up and said FileVault was encrypting and to just let it go for a day. It's been 4 days now and its still spinning.

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OS X :: Won't Create Partition Scheme (encrypted)

Jan 18, 2010

I'm trying to set up a new partition scheme for all my storage. I just purchased another drive and will buy a 1 or 1.5TB drive next week. I'd like to encrypt certain partitions. Please read on...

Hopefully someone can help me. This is my current setup:

Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2 465Gi 407Gi 58Gi 88% /
devfs 113Ki 113Ki 0Bi 100% /dev

Plato is my iPod - I use 40GB for music, the rest for backing up files.
Wittgenstein is my backup. I exclude backups of ~/Music, another big DIR and ~/Movies and it has room to backup everything else.

I also have an 8GB USB stick that I've named "mnemosyne".

What I am purchasing. I am waiting for my new 500GB 7200 drive to arrive, which will replace the current 500GB main drive. I also purchased a 32GB flash drive.

What I'm getting in the near future. I'm purchasing a 1TB or 1.5TB internal drive and building an external HDD from it within the next two weeks. I'd like to split it to 500GB for backups, the rest for media storage. I'd like to encrypt my current /System dir, my ~/Documents and all preferences from my my Applications.

I've heard filevault is prone to errors. Is this true? Are there any other full disk encryption options for mac? Would dm-crypt work through macports without corrupting my filesystem? Can I use truecrypt and create an encrypted container of say (what is now) ~/Documents

Creating the partition scheme

Questions

1) Can I resize a partition once I've created it if there's physical space left on the HDD?
2) Should I leave some space without a partition? Or should I just name it something benign and use it as a "dropbox"
3) What options do I have for encryption on a mac?
4) Is filevault prone to errors? Any benchmarking tests out there?
5) Can I use dm-crypt through macports and have a FDE setup that won't fail because it's through macports and not native? In other words, I realize all encryption schemes can fail, but I'd like to minimize risk.
6) How would I have some movies on my main HDD and others on the external volume? Is that possible? Or would I need to create two partitions for that? So, say, I want to store 40GB of everything that is currently in ~/Movies on my main HDD. Just create a partition for that, and then another partition on the external volume at 210GB?
7) How do I create separate partitions in mac?
8) How do I easily mount all partitions from all hard drives?
9) Is rsync and a script my best option for encrypting backups since Timemachine has no security whatsoever for backups?
10) What filesystem should I use? (I'm only using OS X on my macbook)
11) Any sample partition map you could share with me that will help me build this properly?
12) How do I set up a link so Mac OS X will read the partitions like they are now and display over on the left side of Finder.app as they show now? I.e. a list of Desktop, $username, Applications, Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures

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V10.7 Lion :: OS X Won't Boot After Being Installed On An Encrypted Partition

Apr 1, 2012

Today i formatted my entire disk, but made it Journaled, Encrypted. It installed (actually "downloaded aditional files"), and then booted with a cross/do not proceed sign. I booted from the install disk again, got an error telling me to reinstall OS X. I was never asked for my password, and when i started disk utility, the disk was locked.

Info:MacBook Air Mid 2009, Mac OS X (10.7)

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OS X Mavericks :: Encrypted Disk Image Won't Partition After Resize

Jun 5, 2014

I have a 10 GB encrypted disk image on my macbook (type OS Extended (journaled)). I've pretty much filled up the space so I want to resize. I go into disk utility with the disk unmounted and 'Resized' it to 20GB. Then I mount it and go into the Partition tab. I drag the corner all the way down to fill up the space and hit Apply. It goes through the motions without error but it does not actually extend the partition to the resize. On the right next it then says something to the effect that the disk is read only and cannot resize the partition. The write status is read/write until I click apple....then it switches to 'Unmounted, read-only'.

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MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Unlocking Filevault 2 Partition In Restore Mode?

Feb 6, 2012

I've enabled Filevault 2 on my Lion primary HD. When scanning my disk with Disk Utility, it tells me that I it needs to be repaired and that I need to reboot my Mac and hold CMD+R keys, then enter Disk Utility in "restore mode" of Lion. So that's what I do: I restart my Mac and enter restore mode. Now, to fix my drive, I need to unlock it. In Disk Utility, the disk is greyed out and when clicking on it, a "unlock" button appears at the top. I've tried every possible password I know (including the restore key), but I'm UNABLE to unlock my HD. 

Funny thing is that I know my password is right, because I can select the Change password feature in the File menu and it works well. But the new password can't unlock the hard drive! when Filevault 2 is enabled, how can I unlock the drive to scan and repair it? Is there a bug in this feature?

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Macbook Pro, French Settings

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Stop Time Machine From Backing Up Encrypted Partition?

May 27, 2012

I am using 10.6.8 but I created a Lion partition on the same disk. I am trying out Lion and I do not want Time Machine to back it up. I was able to exclude the Lion volume until I encrypted the Lion partition using Filevault 2. Now when I'm using Snow Leopard, there doesn't seem to be a way of preventing Time Machine from backing up the Lion partition.

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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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Dec 5, 2014

I have an encrypted McAfee USB that I use at work on a windows computer. I need to be able to access it at home on my MacBook Pro. It allows me to login to the USB but the partition never come up.

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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

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Software :: Deleted My Filevault Sparsebundle - Error Opening This Users Filevault

Feb 24, 2009

i thought my filevault sparsebundle was my timemachine backups, and it was taking up 125gb of space.. so i deleted it, now when i try to log on it says "error opening this users filevault" and so i started it in command line and now i tried to run it in single user mode, but it won't let me type any letters when it is installing and it just wont work.

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Use FileVault To Encrypt Both Hard Drive And Time Machine Backup External Drive?

Jul 2, 2012

I would like to use FileVault to encrypt both my hard drive and time machine back up external drive. Does encryption noticeable slow down the computer.

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MacBook Air (13-INCH, MID 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: How To Use Disk Utility To Repair Encrypted Disk Partition

Apr 6, 2012

I have run the Disk Utility verify function against my system partition. It tells me there are minor issues that need fixing up and I should run the repair disk function, by booting using Command-R and using the Disk Utility to repair the drive.Problem is, when I boot using Command-R and select Disk Utility the partition is shown greyed out and the Verify and Repair options do not work.I think this could be because the partition is encrypted. The utility does not offer me the chance to unlock the partition with my passphrase.How can I repair the filesystem errors on this partition?

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Intel Mac :: How To Partition The Drive

Jul 5, 2012

Hi.I would like to partition my drive so I can add WXP onto it.I've been told how to do the proccess,but I keep hitting a brick wall. 

I go to disk utilities>select disk>partition... 

It there i am unable to go any further.I know I need to select how many partition I want with the Partition Layout,but the drop down menu whcih says "current" is greyed out. 

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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Intel Mac :: Partition Hard Drive And Run 10.6 On One And 10.4 On Other?

Apr 13, 2012

I have software that only runs under 10.4 on my older Imac. I would like to partition hard drive and run 10.6 on one and 10.4 on the other. Is this possible? Can I get instructions?

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.5), Partition hard drive

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OS X :: FileVault - How Much Hard Drive Space Enough

Oct 18, 2010

Trying to turn on FileVault I get a message saying:
There isn't enough space on your hard disk to turn on FileVault. Turning on FileVault requires an additional 132.2 GB of free space on the volume "Macintosh HD". Try emptying the Trash or deleting files you don't need.

Finder says that hard drive "Macintosh HD" has a capacity of 499.76 GB and that 180.42 GB are available. Am I to understand that to run FileVault I would need 312.62 GB (132.2 + 180.42 GB) empty on a 499.76 GB hard drive?! Seems crazy! Might this be related to Parallels 6 or something?

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MacBook Pro :: Should I Use FileVault To Encrypt Drive?

Jun 29, 2010

Or are there better ways to do this? I read about some disadvantages and I won't be able to use file sharing with windows. I want to make sure my data's protected if my MBP got stolen.

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Recover From Encrypted Hard Drive

Apr 20, 2012

I had a necessity to install from an encrypted Hard drive using the Lion USB Boot Drive. When I attempted to restore from the drive, I was unable to do so.

After finally completing a complete install of Lion, I was able to use Migration assistant. But I still had to reinstall and reconfigure several things necessary to my business. 

Is this a shortcoming of a reconstruction process or is there something I should have done?

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Recovering from USB External Drive

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IMac :: Setup Partition To Transfer Old Hard Drive?

Sep 9, 2010

My old MBP has a 320gb HD, my new iMac has a 500gb HD. What I am thinking is to create a partition on my new HD for 320gb and leave the remainder 180gb alone. Can I do this and is it possible? My new iMac has snow leopard and my old MBP is running leopard. Will this cause problems?

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: How To Decrypt Full Drive - Want To Use Encrypted Disk

May 23, 2012

I want to decrypt a full drive because I want to use a encrypted disk on Macintosh operating system like Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard. If lion does not support decryption method then give me full specification about hfs+ journaled encrypted.

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Mac OS X (10.7)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Time Machine Encrypted Drive Not Mounting?

May 25, 2012

I had been using Time Machine successfully for a while now but I am going traveling and thought I better encrypt my backup just in case it get's lost or stolen. I turned on encryption and chose a password, I don't really know if it completed the process as I was away from my computer, I susepct it failed, what I do know is every-time I plug the drive in I get the popup FileVault window and once I put my password in and select unlock it just goes grey, it's not saying it's incorrect just nothing happens and the drive does not mount. 

I can see the drive in Disk Utility but if I select it I get the spinning beach-ball. I'm afraid encryption has destroyed my new 2TB drive (less than a month old). I don't really want to attempt to erase the drive as it contains other data that is not back of the Time Machine backup. I'm running 10.7.4. What can I do to get the drive mounted?

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Intel Mac :: Choosing External Drive Partition Scheme

Feb 15, 2012

I have a 1 TB LaCie drive that I am currently using with a MBR partition scheme. It has two partitions: one for time machine and one for windows. What I want is to use this drive to hold my time machine back ups in one partition for Lion, which I am about to switch to and install on the iMac internal drive, my windows stuff in one partition, and a third partition in which I would put a clone (CCC) of my current internal drive (Snow Leopard) that I could boot from when desired.

This would enable me to run Lion normally from the iMac's internal drive, switch to the windows partition (holding down the option key when powering on) on occasion when I want to work in a windows only app, and using the same option key on power on trick, boot into Snow Leopard when I need to use old, apps that won't run on Lion. For this, I assume that I should use the GUID partition scheme. Am I right? Is there a better way to accomplish my goal?

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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Intel Mac :: Partition Failure Used Up Space On Current Drive

Apr 22, 2012

I tried to partition my main drive and it failed, however it is now saying that 200 gb of space on my main drive is used up. The partition was only for 100 and I have no idea what happened.

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Intel Mac :: Unable To Log In FileVault Error?

Feb 3, 2012

Just returned from the apple store. They can't explain what happened but there is a FileVault error and it cant be fixed. We now have a parallel login but no software or files are on it. The tech at the store suggested someone who may be able to get into the FileVault. This just suddenly happened with no forewarning.  The iMac is under a year old.

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iMac, iOS 5

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IMac (Intel) :: Install Different Mavericks OS X On 2nd Partition

Sep 2, 2014

I've iMac 2012, with OS 10.6.8. However i wish to install Os Mavericks on 2nd Partition which I ve already created. How to do it ?

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

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IMac :: GUID Partition Table For Repartition The Hard Drive

Nov 17, 2010

I'm having problems installing OS 10.6 on my iMac. I had to replace my hard drive with a new 1TB drive and in trying to install the OS I get a message saying I need to use Disk Utility to repartition the hard drive using GUID Partition Table but I don't see any such option in the Disk Utility menu!

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IMac :: Unpartitioning Hard Drive After Erasing Windows Partition?

Jul 12, 2009

so I got OS X Leopard. I had a copy of Windows Vista, and decided to try out the Boot Camp Assistant. Didn't have a problem partitioning the drives and installing Windows. However, I now find it entirely pointless to have Windows on my Mac being that I have a PC now. I tried doing it myself at first, and ended up erasing the Windows partition, and now I'm having troubles combining the drives into one. I saw something about running an uninstaller through the Boot Camp Assistant, but I think erasing the Windows partition ruined that for me. Whenever I try to use the BCA while the drive is mounted I get this error message: The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows. When I unmount the Windows partition, I get THIS error message: Boot Camp Assistant cannot be used. This startup disk is not supported.

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Reading A File Vault 2 Encrypted External Drive?

Feb 17, 2012

If I encrypt an external drive using File Vault 2 (Lion 10.7.3) as a Time Machine backup from my current laptop, then later purchase a new laptop and attempt to read that encrypted backup, will there be any problems to consider?  

1) I expect that, since the password will be stored on my current laptop, there would be a problem reading the password on a new laptop  

2) I was told that opening a File Vault 2  encrypted external drive would require the same laptop, as the encryption creates a match of serial numbers between the laptop and the encrypted drive. 

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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Jul 2, 2014

I have this problem, and wonder what to do, is the only way to erase the HD and make a new password?

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Mar 9, 2012

I am using mac OS X 10.6, during the time to create a installation disk using disk utility by mistake I have selected my partition drive and after that I couldn't find any data in that drive, how to get it back data.

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Enabling FileVault On An External Drive Without Erasing Its Data?

Jun 11, 2012

Since I activated FileVault 2 on my Mac boot drive without initializing it, I'd assume that the same thing could be done for any other drive. I've got some external drives with hundreds of GB of data which I'd like to encrypt. Disk Utility lets do it by erasing the drive and encrypting the data written afterwards.

Is there any hidden feature that allows one to convert the drive without erasing it first, like the FileVault utility did for the boot drive (even when working on it!)?

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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