What is Fire Vault exactly?

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What is Fire Vault exactly?

I'm unsure.

I was clicking around and hit the "Turn Fire Vault on" button then clicked out.

Now, on my log in screen there's a "reset password" button which I want to get rid of. This happened after I did this whole accidental fire vault thing.

any suggestions? 😟

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on May 3, 2008 8:28 AM

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Answer 1

drsailer

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May 3, 2008 10:08 AM in response to MikeBook Pro

I'm not certain about the change password button, but file vault is a means of encrypting your entire hard drive so persons cannot access the data without a password. Once turned on, everything is password encrypted on the machine.

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Shangqi

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May 3, 2008 10:11 AM in response to MikeBook Pro

wow. So is it safe ? do I have to enter a password myself even though I am the only one who uses it or if anyone else uses it on my account do they also have to enter a password even to use like Safari or Firefox?

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