Does FILEVAULT take up harddrive space?

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PatsPalace24 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD, USA Status: Offline	Feb 6, 2005, 03:20 PM
	A couple of days ago, I turned on filevault, not really knowing what the purpose was for, but I felt secure. Now, I really have no means for it. But now I notice that all my harddrive space is gone. I used to take up about 30 or so gigs of my 80, and now I only have 4 left. Does FILEVAULT make a backup copy of my HOME or anything like that? Would turning it off do anything? Thanks
	15" Powerbook G4 1.5 512 MB, 80GB 5400 Hard Drive Superdrive, AP, Bluetooth Mouse and Keyboard 20 GB 3G iPod