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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1699947" data-attributes="member: 46727">I moved your post here to our security awareness forum.Let's address the backups first...&nbsp;&nbsp; Everyone needs to backup their data as it doesn't matter if what you have on your computer is sensitive or not. I'm sure there are things on your Mac that if lost might be difficult to replace.&nbsp; Photos, music, banking information, contacts, certain programs you downloaded; are all examples of things you might want to backup.As for FileVault... It's now known as FileVault 2 and can be turned on from System Preferences, Security &amp; Privacy, FileVault tab.&nbsp; After clicking on the small lock at the bottom of the dialog, you can turn FileVault on.&nbsp; FileVault requires you to create a passkey (which you can store with Apple) and if used, your computer must have a password to access.&nbsp; If you use FileVault and lose your key, your data is gone and can not be recovered.Now.. do you need FileVault?&nbsp; That's up to you, but off hand from what you said above, you probably don't need it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1699947, member: 46727"] I moved your post here to our security awareness forum. Let's address the backups first... Everyone needs to backup their data as it doesn't matter if what you have on your computer is sensitive or not. I'm sure there are things on your Mac that if lost might be difficult to replace. Photos, music, banking information, contacts, certain programs you downloaded; are all examples of things you might want to backup. As for FileVault... It's now known as FileVault 2 and can be turned on from System Preferences, Security & Privacy, FileVault tab. After clicking on the small lock at the bottom of the dialog, you can turn FileVault on. FileVault requires you to create a passkey (which you can store with Apple) and if used, your computer must have a password to access. If you use FileVault and lose your key, your data is gone and can not be recovered. Now.. do you need FileVault? That's up to you, but off hand from what you said above, you probably don't need it. [/QUOTE]

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