Getting rid of filevault - need some help

Streambeater · Streambeater #1 (**permalink**)

08-01-2011, 03:22 AM

I'm trying to get rid of Filevault, but my computer doesn't have enough memory to disable it. I got myself an external hard drive and am now planning to move my home folder to the HD and disable Filevault. However, I just noticed that the sparsebundle for Filevault appears to be more than what the contents of my home folder is. Is this just because of the encryption, or am I missing something important?

By the way, if it affects anything, I am using Leopard right now.

Also, I just read that if I manually delete the sparsebundle, all the files that were encrypted will also be deleted. Does that mean that if I back-up my files in an external HD, I can just delete the sparsebundle (and my home folder with it), disable Filevault, and then put the files back from the HD?

bobtomay · bobtomay #2 (**permalink**)

08-01-2011, 05:47 AM

Filevault can be a pain. Here's the Apple kb on disabling it.

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #3 (**permalink**)

08-01-2011, 06:02 PM

Pretty dangerous tool FileVault. As set out Safe Mode is the way to go.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread...art=0&tstart=0

Streambeater #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 01, 2011 Posts: 1	08-01-2011, 03:22 AM I'm trying to get rid of Filevault, but my computer doesn't have enough memory to disable it. I got myself an external hard drive and am now planning to move my home folder to the HD and disable Filevault. However, I just noticed that the sparsebundle for Filevault appears to be more than what the contents of my home folder is. Is this just because of the encryption, or am I missing something important? By the way, if it affects anything, I am using Leopard right now. Also, I just read that if I manually delete the sparsebundle, all the files that were encrypted will also be deleted. Does that mean that if I back-up my files in an external HD, I can just delete the sparsebundle (and my home folder with it), disable Filevault, and then put the files back from the HD? Last edited by Streambeater; 08-01-2011 at 03:42 AM. Reason: adding info
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bobtomay #2 (permalink)
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