06-27-2005, 01:20 AM

I have searched the forums and have read numerous things about problems with File Vault, but cannot seem to find my problem. The problem that I have is I turned File Vault on and I cannot turn it off. It has one simple request; it wants 4,074.8 gigs of free disk space to create a copy of the home folder, where can I get this type of disk space? Or better yet, is there a way to turn File Vault off? Thanks for your help

06-27-2005, 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by MisterG

I have searched the forums and have read numerous things about problems with File Vault, but cannot seem to find my problem. The problem that I have is I turned File Vault on and I cannot turn it off. It has one simple request; it wants 4,074.8 gigs of free disk space to create a copy of the home folder, where can I get this type of disk space? Or better yet, is there a way to turn File Vault off? Thanks for your help

yeah this si simple to turn off, but if you do you might remove the password security of your machine: Go to System preferences and in Security there is an option to Turn Off FileVault.

06-27-2005, 08:24 PM

just empty the trash. the trash can will look empty but go to finder and empty trash. then that should solve your 4 terabyte space needed.

06-27-2005, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by Biturbo V12 AMG

just empty the trash. the trash can will look empty but go to finder and empty trash. then that should solve your 4 terabyte space needed.

That seemed to fix it, thanks biturbo. It is odd how simply emptying the trash allowed the action to be performed. Thanks again

06-28-2005, 05:49 AM

Excellent! It was a trash problem!

07-05-2005, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by SErgini0

Excellent! It was a trash problem!

I'm having the same problem - i need 4090 gigs to turn off the file vault. i've emptied the trash, but the problem still persists.

07-05-2005, 02:27 PM

Try secure emptying the trash Finder -> Secure Empty Trash

07-05-2005, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by trpnmonkey41

Try secure emptying the trash Finder -> Secure Empty Trash

i did that, but i still need 4000+ gigs to turn off file vault!
are there any other possible solutions aside from erasing my hard drive?

thanks.

07-06-2005, 04:28 PM

try one last time Restart the computer then empty the trash... if it says nothing to empty make a file and then empty it and try to turn file vault off. if that does work call apple tech support or visit your apple store.

rule #1 on macs should be-dont play with filevault unless you need it
rule #2 dont mess with voice passwords on any computer lol