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macOS - Notebook Hardware
Home drive with limited memory space but hard drive with 350 GB memory
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1331733" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>My first question would be - why do you have FileVault enabled? If you don't have super spy stuff on your machine, I would strongly encourage you to turn it off. Since you are already beyond that point where it can unencrpyt and expand onto your internal drive, you should use <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1974" target="_blank">this method</a>.</p><p></p><p>If you do have superspy stuff on there and need that added layer of protection, then you'll need to enlarge the size of the sparseimage. To do this, you should boot to your OS X disc and use Disk Utility to resize it. Check <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_image" target="_blank">this link</a>.</p><p></p><p>Make sure you have a backup before you proceed with either one of them.</p><p></p><p>Note: I have never used FileVault due to the inherent dangers and problems I read about it when I got my first Mac. So, advice above is just what I've gathered over time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1331733, member: 24160"] My first question would be - why do you have FileVault enabled? If you don't have super spy stuff on your machine, I would strongly encourage you to turn it off. Since you are already beyond that point where it can unencrpyt and expand onto your internal drive, you should use [URL="http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1974"]this method[/URL]. If you do have superspy stuff on there and need that added layer of protection, then you'll need to enlarge the size of the sparseimage. To do this, you should boot to your OS X disc and use Disk Utility to resize it. Check [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_image"]this link[/URL]. Make sure you have a backup before you proceed with either one of them. Note: I have never used FileVault due to the inherent dangers and problems I read about it when I got my first Mac. So, advice above is just what I've gathered over time. [/QUOTE]
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