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Simple password manager or password protected file
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You can read more about it at that link I gave your earlier, but it is very easy to turn on. You just go to the Security pane in System Prefs and turn it on, and the system will reboot and walk you through the process. Once the encryption is done, it is very transparent and everything works pretty much the same.
There is a little of slowdown in disk access speeds, but most people don't notice it at all. Here are some before and after tests.
if you have anything at all on there you want to keep away from the baddies, there really is no good reason not to use Filvault.
They can be, but that is a separate setting. Go into your Time Machine settings and turn on encryption.
Just click the "select disk" button and check the box.
Lolz! There's more to my show, I'll be here all week. I didn't want you to be over confident with your password solutions... and to understand that keychain is really one of the better solutions. Is an MD great when he tells you how sick you are? Is he great when he tells you why you are sick?
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Since you brought it up, what you did is the same as an MD saying how he can cure cancer and AIDS and beat any other illness in 10 minutes.
Get over yourself.
Excellent, that is certainly the MD I'd like to work with. I'm sorry you are having trouble turning on FileVault and using spreadsheets for passwords.