The purpose of this guide is to show how to create new users WITH “Legacy FileVault” enabled on upgraded or fresh installs of OSX 10.7 Lion. For years, the “solution” given to us by Apple for data security was “FileVault”. Starting in OSX 10.3 Panther, users could “encrypt” their home directories. Home directory encryption is [...]

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It’s surprising and comforting this emotional reaction I am having to the news about Steve Jobs. The creations of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak inspired me when I was very young, the Apple ][ and the first Macintosh. These amazing machines gave me my love of the possibilities of Computer and Technology that pushed me [...]

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I decided to write up a comparison between these two devices as a way of coming to terms with my own indecision. When comparing the two units, I have taken time to understand that some of the strengths and weakness of each are based on things that neither Apple nor Google can control, such as [...]

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