Recover FileVault

[mattgardlik]

Recently, I spilled water on my TiBook, and it has gone to laptop heaven. The harddrive was OK, and I removed it and placed it in a USB enclosure so I can have access to the files.

My question is: Does anyone know if there is a way to mount the sparseimage that FileVault uses to encyrpt a users home directory on a different computer?

For the faint of heart, don't worry, I backed up all my important data the Friday before my fatefull spill. There are just a few files it would be nice to get back.

Thank you,

Matt

 

[Jason_Bryan]

After you have housed the disk in the external caddy double click on the file to open it, it will ask you for your password. I have a copy of my home folder on an external firewire disk as I find it the easiest way to keep my work consistent between my PowerMac and iBook.

 

[Horrortaxi]

FileVault is just like any other disk image. After you mount the drive, navigate to your protected home folder and double click it. Enter your password and you're in.