Apple latest Mac operating system, OS X 10.7 Lion includes FileVault 2, the latest version of Apple’s method of file protection. FileVault 2 is designed to encrypt your hard drive. As long as your ...

FileVault is an additional security feature included with MacOS that encrypts all the files contained within your system. By using the disk encryption component, all the information sitting on your ...

Apple can be crafty. Just ask Google. But I’m not here to write about corporation-on-corporation smackdowns. Rather, I’m referring to a Mac OS X trick that pairs FileVault 2 with iCloud’s Find My Mac ...

Apple's hard drive encryption protects your data from thieves and hackers. But It can keep you out, too, if you don't safely ...

We’ve been uniformly negative about FileVault, the new security feature that Apple added to Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, but that doesn’t mean we dislike the idea of protecting sensitive data. The problem ...

Apparently the use of FileVault 2 along with Parallels Desktop on some MacBook Air systems may cause the systems to show the log-in screen twice when cold-booting. Topher, an avid Mac user for the ...

If you use Macs for business, you should be familiar with FileVault. Apple’s built-in disk encryption system for macOS can help protect corporate data. If you run a business on Macs (and many ...

FileVault is OS X's built-in data encryption technology, and when enabled, as with an unencrypted OS X volume you simply enter your account credentials to get into your system. However, given Apple ...

Passware, a vendor of forensics tools for recovering data for law enforcement, has issued a warning that its forensics tools can bypass the security of FileVault disk encryption in Mac OS X if the ...

If you use a notebook Mac, then the risks are higher for getting your computer stolen. However, Apple has included a tool to protect your entire home folder (documents, pictures, movies, etc.) right ...