HT201250: Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac
Learn about Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac
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Feb 8, 2014 7:00 AM in response to gproducerby Ralph Landry1,The most information that can be found on TimeMachine is http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html
Encrypting with one computer and then trying to decrypt with another is a problem as you must have the encryption key installed on both machines.
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Feb 8, 2014 8:51 AM in response to gproducerby Neville Hillyer,The two things I advise users never to do are:
- Encrypt data on a hard disk
- Set a firmware password
In my experience they often result in permanent loss of important data and hence cause more trouble than they are worth.
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Feb 8, 2014 4:43 PM in response to Ralph Landry1by gproducer,Thanks Ralph for the link but unfortunately there was'nt any information regarding my need.
There is has got to be a way to decrypt the external hardrive. I cannot understand why there isn't an easy solution as having an option to remove the existing password and go back to an "open" hardrive if you will. Pretty frustrating as this hardrive will be of no use as I bought to be able to work on my mac dekstop and laptop back and forth mostly.
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Feb 8, 2014 4:49 PM in response to gproducerby Ralph Landry1,The only reliable way to do what you want is to decrypt it on the machine used to encrypt, then keep it in plain text so it is accessible by both. If both machines have identical versions, meaning builds, of the operating system and both have the same encryption key, you might succeed. But the slightest difference in algorithms and that is impossible.
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Feb 8, 2014 5:05 PM in response to gproducerby Ralph Landry1,This is definitely an interesting question...so far I have been unable to find any guidance on how to use a disk encrypted on one machine with another.