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I just bought my mac mini, my old macbook pro has since died and i have the time machine backups from it. I cannot restore the user files and data because of file vault. How do i get around this issue?
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
In Recovery, launch Disk Utility and unlock the startup volume. Then you'll be able to restore to it.
There is no unlock option that I Could see. All that it says is that it cannot restore a user that has active file vault.
It sounds like you're using legacy FileVault, which you shouldn't be doing in 10.7. How exactly are you trying to restore, and what is the exact wording of the error message?
Thank you for the help, i finally got online with support and after three hours this is the ONLY solution. reinstall fresh copy and recover then.that's it. and heck that's acceptable since everything will be restored....thanks again!
Screen shot of the 'problem'. I haven't mentioned (later on) there's Legacy versus New Encryption?
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Hi there.... I need some help here.
I have similar situation. Apple changed my hardisk, and I backed it up from TmM which is file vault protected. How do I go about it? Could someone please advise. I am not very good with comp. please guide me through the step....
Thanks, your help is much appreciated
File Vault/Time machine migrate assistant issues
