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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
please help with file vault
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<blockquote data-quote="6string" data-source="post: 1190658" data-attributes="member: 120039"><p><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8739.html" target="_blank">Mac OS X 10.5 Help: If you forget your password for your FileVault-protected account</a></p><p></p><p><strong>"WARNING: Your files will be encrypted using your login password. If you forget your login password and you don't know the master password, your data will be lost."</strong></p><p></p><p>If you have your install disc, you can boot of that and reset your admin password, and then follow the above steps to reset your filevault password.</p><p></p><p>I think using filevault is asking for trouble, and if you get this sorted, turn it off and leave it off!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="6string, post: 1190658, member: 120039"] [url=http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8739.html]Mac OS X 10.5 Help: If you forget your password for your FileVault-protected account[/url] [B]"WARNING: Your files will be encrypted using your login password. If you forget your login password and you don't know the master password, your data will be lost."[/B] If you have your install disc, you can boot of that and reset your admin password, and then follow the above steps to reset your filevault password. I think using filevault is asking for trouble, and if you get this sorted, turn it off and leave it off! [/QUOTE]
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