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encrypted backups

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    Backup a Veracrypt encrypted external hard drive with Apple Time Machine

    Hello everyone, I already searched a substantial amount of time but did not succeed yet. I used VeraCrypt to fully encrypt my external hard drive named Media which contains many media files such as photos, videos and music. Now, I want to backup the external hard drive to another external hard...
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    TimeMachine encryption - does it use password from Disk Utility or the one set when setting up as TimeMachine?

    Hello, I have formatted my external HDD as APFS Encrypted with some password, and then I've set up this HDD as TimeMachine with "encrypt" option selected and it asked for another password. Did this second password "cancel" the previous password, which I have set up when formatting it as APFS...
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    iPhone 7/Plus are voice memos from (encrypted) backups available as plain / open files on laptop ?? or is the synch process always UN ENCRYPTED ?

    Dear all I'm an iPhone lover for all it's safety features I've always encrypted my iPhone backups and done them using iTunes All my apple devices are legit and NO jailbreak etc. all updated to latest OS But today I was in for a small shock when I found my iPhone voice messages (from voice...