Can filevault recover unused hardrive space?

I have a G5 iMac 1st gen and a PB G4 12". Whenever I shut down or restart my G5, filevault comes on and does its thing, backing things up. Well, somehow, after ripping some DVD's into itunes, my PB says it only has 5 gigs left. Im thinking, I dont remember putting that much stuff on it, I thought I still had lots of space left. So, one time I restart it and filevault does its thing, and surprise, I have 30 gigs back. Now, I have ripped some DVD's into itunes and we are back to 4 gigs left. So, my question, how do I make filevault come back on and fix stuff? I have turned it off and restarted it a bunch but filevault has not come on. Thx for your answers.
iMac G5 20" 1.8 and PB G4 12" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi,
AFAIK Filevault recovers unused drive space whenever you logout or shutdown, something you've experienced already. The reason why disk space seems to disappear so quickly when performing certain actions (such as ripping DVDs to iTunes) is that, presumably, the temporary files are also encrypted during the process and hence add to the used disc space until they are purged when you logout/restart/shutdown.
This appears to be a common bugbear of filevault users. It's just one of the prices of security at the moment.
HTH,
SiR G.

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