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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1700562" data-attributes="member: 83420">ironman1,In your post, you refer to File Vault in your first line and Firewall in your second line.&nbsp; I only emphasise this point because File Vault and Firewall are two completely different things albeit that they can both be turned on under System Preferences &gt; &quot;Security &amp; Privacy&quot;.So which do you mean?In my opinion, you don't need either anyway.But you most definitely DO need a backup strategy, as chscag has said.&nbsp; Time Machine is the easiest as it does everything in the background and allows you to retrieve accidentally deleted content as well as restoring your settings &amp; content to a new Mac or new Internal HDD.&nbsp; But it is not bootable and for that reason, many would advise a cloning software app such as Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! as a second backup.IanPS If you need detailed instructions for setting up either of these, just ask.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1700562, member: 83420"] ironman1, In your post, you refer to File Vault in your first line and Firewall in your second line. I only emphasise this point because File Vault and Firewall are two completely different things albeit that they can both be turned on under System Preferences > "Security & Privacy". So which do you mean? In my opinion, you don't need either anyway. But you most definitely DO need a backup strategy, as chscag has said. Time Machine is the easiest as it does everything in the background and allows you to retrieve accidentally deleted content as well as restoring your settings & content to a new Mac or new Internal HDD. But it is not bootable and for that reason, many would advise a cloning software app such as Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! as a second backup. Ian PS If you need detailed instructions for setting up either of these, just ask. [/QUOTE]

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