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Jim Bailey

Q: Power Nap and FileVault

Does Power Nap work with FileVault? Theoretically when a FileVault protected Mac goes to sleep after a set amount of time, it requires a password to decrypt the disk. Since Power Nap wakes the Mac up, shouldn't it require a password to do anything because the disk is encrypted? I haven't found any documentation on this.

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 30, 2012 12:46 PM

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