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Time Capsule, What About Security?

Started by Fred Brunel · 10 months ago

Time Capsule is out and ready to be shipped. Time Capsule is a new wireless backup device from Apple. It combines an Airport base station and a big hard-drive to use with Time Machine.

I love wireless, and everything that can remove the clutter from my desktop. Time Capsule seems to be ... Continue reading »

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heri
1 year ago

I thought the data is encrypted?

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Fred Brunel
1 year ago

Time Machine backups are non encrypted. But I don't know if files stored on Time Capsule can be encrypted (using Filevault or something like that).

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heri
1 year ago

In the case then, you can still use FileVault (system preferences) to encrypt files.

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Fred Brunel
1 year ago

Actually, from what I've read so far, Time Capsule won't backup FileVault filesystems; actually Time Machine itself is not really FileVault friendly. IMO that's a big issue.

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Ian Rae
1 year ago

Yipes that's an unnecessary compromise for a small convenience. I'm sure that finding people's digital treasure troves and geotagging them will become a sport.

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fadedmisconceptions
5 months ago

Time Capsule does in fact back-up your FileVault encrypted home folder (though it should be noted that upon initial use, I had to manually elect to do so). Your entire home folder is stored as a .sparsebundle file and the files within it are individually inaccessible. This is the essence of the encryption. The inconvenience is having to recover the entire home folder as opposed to individual files you are seeking. In summary, yes, Time Capsule does back-up your FileVault encrypted home folder, though as one large file. Good luck kids.

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