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Filevault and application interactions
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Wilsonville, OR, USA
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I've had Filevault on for a day. I certainly like the concept and I haven't had any problems yet (but I did backup the home directory).
I have noticed some interesting application effects. Most work OK, but two interesting ones I've noticed:
Dreamweaver MX 6.1. It definitely seems my home as a root point. I had to edit my site definitions because it couldn't find the path /Users/bcaslis/Sites/etc...
It now sees the path as bcaslis/Sites/etc...
Also when quitting, it leaves a file called "Application Support" in my home directory. Only about 4KB. Interesting.
When I run MT-Newswatcher 3.3b1 it leaves a new folder "Temporary Items" in my home directory.
It seems like some apps are doing to need updates to properly deal with Filevault. Anyone else notice any interesting effects?
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Safari loses it's preferences now and again. Pretty sure this is a filevault fault.
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I have Mac
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Personally i haven't noticed any changes my self, except for new home directory icon.
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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i experienced a similar problem with Flash MX Pro 2004. It seems that Flash needs to locate some XML documents on launch which are in your home folder. I agree that some apps that interact with files in your home folder will need to be updated.
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http://www.plasmadesign.co.uk
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Originally posted by bcaslis:
I've had Filevault on for a day. I certainly like the concept and I haven't had any problems yet (but I did backup the home directory).
I have noticed some interesting application effects. Most work OK, but two interesting ones I've noticed:
Dreamweaver MX 6.1. It definitely seems my home as a root point. I had to edit my site definitions because it couldn't find the path /Users/bcaslis/Sites/etc...
It now sees the path as bcaslis/Sites/etc...
Also when quitting, it leaves a file called "Application Support" in my home directory. Only about 4KB. Interesting.
When I run MT-Newswatcher 3.3b1 it leaves a new folder "Temporary Items" in my home directory.
It seems like some apps are doing to need updates to properly deal with Filevault. Anyone else notice any interesting effects?
I lost my bbedit registration preferences after activating filevault.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Sep 2000
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Yes, just moments ago I lost my Safari preferences after logging out.
I've also found that having FileVault on turns off access to all fonts in your ~/Library/Fonts directory. This was really surprising and I'm very surprised that Apple either didn't catch this or doesn't mention it as a limitation as FileVault.
I found this when using PowerPoint, but open Font Book and you can see that the user fonts are disabled and it won't let you re-enable them.
I guess FileVault is going to have to go off for now.
Also I found you can't use the .Mac Backup 2.0 beta with FileVault on. It thinks your home is a removeable disk and doesn't allow any backups!
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