Have you got any encrypted HFS+ disks you still back up to, or tucked away in storage? Now is the time to plan what to do with them. Here is a guide with practical suggestions.
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Apple has announced that support for HFS+ encryption will be removed in a future version of macOS. How this is all about ending support for CoreStorage, and where it has gone since then.
The new ASIF disk image type is now 18 months old. How well does it perform? Is it as good as claimed? It all depends on whether you want to use encryption.
The T2 chip was designed for FileVault, and it comes at no cost to that and in Apple silicon Macs. Here’s how it works, and why everyone should enable it.
Does software encryption (APFS Encrypted) result in significant overhead when using faster SSDs with a faster Apple silicon Mac? What about computing SHA256 digests?
Encryption for iMessage has been switching to an improved method to resist quantum attacks. Tahoe and its sisters take the next step, and add quantum-secure encryption for Internet connections.
If you’re still using an Intel Mac, do you know when its macOS support will end? Is it worth upgrading any more when most of the new features are for Apple silicon Macs?
How your password isn’t used to encrypt the Data volume on your Mac’s internal SSD, but is used to encrypt the key used for that encryption, and the benefits.
You’ve set up your new Mac, and now need to prepare the old one for disposal, maybe to a friend, relative or someone buying it, or to go for recycling. What to do next,
If you’ve got large files like Virtual Machines or media libraries on the Data volume on your Mac’s internal SSD, use this method to keep the size of its snapshots smaller.
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