Effectiveness of FileVault in OS X Panther 10.3.9

I recently had my iBook G4 stolen that had some very sensitive data on the hard drive. Fortunately, I had filevault activated on the home folder, in which the data was stored. I deleted that data shortly before it was taken, but I need to know one thing.
Can this data in the home folder be located and restored even though it was encrypted through FileVault? This is extremely worrysome for me.
I read in some Security sites of the problems with FileVault in OS X Panther not securely deleting files but doing so in OS X Tiger. Was this fixed in OS X Panther 10.3.9?

Hi deuce1981,
Your data will more than likely be "lost forever". Especially if you kept up on your security updates and had at least a 13 bit PW of utter nonsense.
I suggest you report your computer as being stolen to Apple and here's a helpful site link : http://www.freemacblog.com/how-to-prepare-for-a-stolen-mac/
Hope this helps,
Michael

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Hi everyone!
Ok here's my question...this is a basic command:
tell application "Finder"
get name of every item of folder "Application Support" of folder "Library" of Home
end tell
But this doesn't work in a FileVault Home folder in Panther. It does work in a FileVault Home folder in Tiger. Other variations of this command do work in a FileVault Home folder in Panther:
tell application "Finder"
get name of every item of Home
end tell
So I think it just depends on where you want to get the info? Does anyone have a work around for this? There must be a way to retrieve this info?
Thanks in advance!
Reg

Hi again Niel!
First the simple issue...What you suggested worked fine but when I plugged it into my AppleScript Studio script it (maybe together with other lines of script?) caused Panther (FileVault) to crash. My script was in "tell Finder" blocks which I had to place end tell or tell me to make this work, that's when it crashed. Anyways I removed "alias" from the 2nd line and was able to leave it in my Finder tell block and it worked fine. So now I can say I worked on it too!
But I noticed I will have additional problems because in my script I take that list of filenames (which now works great!) and I do a repeat block with that list looking for a name that meets certain criteria. If I find a name this is what I do:
tell application "Finder"
set the_file to (every item of folder "application support" of folder "library" of home whose name is i) as alias
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end tell
There might be more instances where I look through this folder with the Finder and it won't let me no matter how I word it. Do you have maybe a guideline I can follow? Does it make sense what I'm explaining? So basically from a list of names if I find a file I'm looking for I use the Finder to get additional info such as the full path and the container and maybe others too...
Thanks for all your help Niel!
Reg

10.6.4 with Filevault - random freeze at login

Hello,
I am wondering if anyone else is experiencing this issue:
When logging in into account on Mac running 10.6.4 with Filevault turned on, the system will randomly freeze showing beach-ball or the mouse cursor (black arrow pointer). It does not respond to any key presses any mouse clicks. Only powering off shuts off the computer. On next boot it either does the same thing or logs in the user account - again randomly.
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2) I am the only account on my computer & I have admin privileges
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1) I am just more capable with computer issues than a cave-dwelling Luddite so I will apologize in advance as I'm sure the problem is my fault & I am desperate.
2) I am the only account on my computer & I have admin privileges
3) I'm sorry if I ramble but I want to make sure I give enough info to tailor this question to my specific problem
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Hello -
I'm upgrading my parents iMac DV G3/400 (firewire, DVD drive). I have ordered 512MB memory stick to augment the iMac's original 64MB.
I'm going to install OS X, but I'm not sure if Tiger or Panther will be a better choice. I have access to a license for both systems, and I just want to make the right choice so that the computer will be as easy to use as possible.
Do you feel I'd be better off running Tiger or Panther on this machine?
Also, do you think 576MB of RAM is sufficient to run OS X Tiger or Panther on this iMac?
Thanks so much for your help!
Joe

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Paco

How do I totally remove the 'ghost' of mountain lion from my ibook G4? I erased and restored to panther then Snow Leopard but ML still causing problems

I am not very tech savvy but work from home and have used Macs for about 18 years, so know the basics. Have had iBook G4 for almost 5 years, it came with Panther Discs and later added Snow Leopard. Never had even the slightest issue until about 2 months ago. Kept getting "browser no longer supported" on websites and eventually could no longer edit my own Jimdo website or publish on YUDU, so downloaded Mountain Lion and installed it on my iBook.
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iBook was better immediately and started faster again, everything fine for about 3 weeks and then last wednesday my iBook would not come back on. The grey start up window showed the apple and whirly wheel for between 5 to 10 minutes, then just a blank blue screen. I could move the cursor but that was it. Tried to start up again many times, eventually the grey apple was taking up to 15 minutes before the blue screen. Refused to go beyond that blank blue screen when holding down C and starting up from either Panther or Snow Leopard discs or from Disk warrior disc. Disc Warrior and Utilities said nothing was wrong with the hard drive but always showed the HD icon with a yellow exclamation sign over it.
Because of work pressure, after 48 hours with no improvement, I wound up buying a new iMac, so can work but still would love to have my iBook back, plus use of my Printer and scanner again. Last night finally managed to Panther reinstalled after erasing 4 times and many failed attempts at install. Everything seemingly fine but Snow Leopard first reinstall failed so erased once more. Second time SL installed but gave a warning in red saying something to the effect that as I am installing an older OS over a newer one, there will be issues. This leads me to believe that somehow, despite Time Machines and now 5 separate Hard Drive erasures through utilities, Mountain Lion is STILL on there? How on earth can I get rid of it and return just to Snow leopard. Any help really welcomed as I am at the end of my tether but don't want to give up on my old faithful (until now) iBook
PS: Sorry if I post in the wrong section

First, that cannot be an iBook G4 as that machine cannot run Snow Leopard let alone Mountain Lion. To run Snow Leopard it has to be an Intel processor, not a G4. What does it show as the Model Identifier in About This Mac, More Info, System Report, Hardware, Model Identifier?
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After Effects error: opening movie - you do not have permission to open this file (-54)

Hi all,
I'm new to after effects. I have just started receiving the following error every time I try to render my movie:
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Yesterday morning, I was able to render movies, however, after I did Apple's latest update I've started receiving the following error. What is happening is that I'm trying to render a movie. It gets to a certain point in the movie (about 0;00;16;09) and then this error pops up. This morning I've tried to repair the permissions with disk utility, but that doesn't seem to have helped.
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Have been able to downgrade to QT 7.3 using Pacifist. Did NOT require re-install of OS.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread...347251&tstart=0
Download the right version here:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
Panther: http://www.apple.com/support/downlo...forpanther.html
Tiger: http://www.apple.com/support/downlo...31fortiger.html
Leopard: http://www.apple.com/support/downlo...forleopard.html
Install with Pacifist
http://www.charlessoft.com/
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Upgrading eMac 10.2.8 to Panther - Are eMac OS 10.3 install discs prefered?

My original eMac came with the Jaguar 10.2 installed (and included the eMac 10.2 installation discs).
I have since upgraded as far as 10.2.8, but am considering upgrading to 10.3+ (possibly 10.4+ eventually).
Would I still be able to keep the Apple OS 10.2 "Classic" (OS 9.2) installed after doing the upgrade to Panther? Or would installing Panther make the "classic" application not function any more under Panther?
My real question is: would it be better to get may hands on the actual original eMac Panther (10.3+) installer discs .... or will any Panther 10.3+ installer discs be just as effective for upgrading the eMac. I would assume it would be better to obtain the original Panther instalation discs for the eMac (from eBay, etc.)?
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Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated. Thanks
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A 800 MHz eMac with 1 GB of RAM will easily run Tiger, and Classic will continue to run. If you're upgrading, since you'll need the retail (black label) disc as roam as already noted, by bother stpping at 10.3.x? Just go direct to 10.4, following the guide in Gulliver - Tiger Upgrade Guide. You'll need about 5 GB free space on the hard drive to do an archive & install update; you can lower that by doing an upgrade install and/or using the installer option to select only the language support you actually need (e.g., if you only use English, you can save about 1 GB but leaving the other languages out, or by running Monolingual if you've already done the upgrade). Note that besides the OS, you'll need to update any third-party disk utilities as well (see Only use Mac OS X 10.4-compatible disk utilities with Mac OS X 10.4 volumes).

Can I install Panther & OS 9.2.1 on a Firewire partition?

From reading other posts, it seems that Panther/Classic can be installed on a partitioned Firewire drive. Not quite sure how do do that as other posts were about different issues.
Info
There's a G3 beige tower that there is no space for, but I'd like to run some of its apps, files and games on a Firewire drive on the iMac. There are backups for all the G3 data on CDs, and on 135MB removable drives. There were 2 HDs in the G3. The HD running 9.2.1 died; the other is running OS 7.1. The machine boots from the 9.2.1 CD, but not from Panther.
Questions:
1. One can never have too much backup, so will partitioning the Firewire drive leave enough free space after Panther and Classic are installed? *see # 2
2. I assume it's better to use Panther rather than Tiger, as it's a smaller OS. The Firewire drive has 65GB capacity, with 44GB used for a Leopard 10.5.8 backup. About 20GB is available. And best to leave at least 10-20% of that space free.
3. Would an 8GB flash memory stick work to backup Panther and 9.2.1, as well as apps, files, etc.? Nothing is large on the G3--would not need about 70% of the software that was originally installed on it (printer, scanner, browsers, modem, etc.)
Is this a workable idea?
Thanks!
G

Hi G, The floods are in the north and I live in the south so everything is good here, but it seems half the world is either flooded or snowbound.
The La Nina effect in the Pacific is one explanation for the Australian deluge. Whether the extensive snow in the northern hemisphere is related, I'd be guessing.
As to your ambition, maybe find someone with a working Panther OS and clone it to an external with SuperDuper, and see if that works for you. As I've said, I have my doubts and think preserving your old hardware is perhaps the most straightforward thing to do.
If your old G3 is taking up space, maybe acquire an old laptop just for the purpose.
Every so often I fire up my iBook, so as to run an old app under Classic.

Backing up with Filevault turned on?

OS 10.6.8—If I have Filevault turned on, what is the best way to back up the hard drive maintaining encryption on the back-up. Time Machine will not work. Do Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper do this? Can one use Filevault and Time Machine in OS 10.7, 10.8 or 10.9?
TIA,

bill501 wrote:
Can one use Filevault and Time Machine in OS 10.7, 10.8 or 10.9?
Yes. Effective with 10.7, File Vault is entirely different (it should have been given a different name). It's whole-disk encryption, and works seamlessly with Time Machine, just as it does on an unencrypted drive.
Also, effective with Lion, TM can encrypt backups made to an internal or local external HD; and with Mountain Lion, it can encrypt backups made over a network (in both cases, whether the Mac's disk is encrypted or not).
However, you should decrypt your home folder before upgrading. Note that takes a lot of space temporarily, and quite a while. (You can transfer and run "legacy" File Vault on Lion, but that has all the same downsides as before.)

JPEG import into After Effects 6.5/7 over Xsan

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We went back to Xsan with Tiger because we were told the issue had been resolved, it hasn't been fixed, and now we're back to square one.
Being an effects department, all of our photo librarties are jpeg so we have to convert everything to tiff to get it to import into AE. Apple told us to contact Adobe and Adobe tells us to contact Apple. Has anyone else experinced this joy?
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I brought in an Xsan expert to set this system up and I do not know what block size he set, I will check with him. We are running Xsan 1.4 w/10.4.7 on all of the clients and servers and we still have this issue.
I am hoping the block size is the default but if it isn't at least that would be a good explanation. It took five days the last time to do this and I am not ready to do it all over again, especially when it cost so much to bring someone out to do it and they said that the issue has been resolved since previous versions of Xsan.
Xserve G5

From Tiger To SnowLeo With a FileVault Issue (Migration)

Hey!
So, my old MacBook Pro's Logic Board/ Video Card ?? was melting down little by little. During that time (and for awhile before) I had been making bootable backups (CCC clones). I had made about 4 clones on 4 different drives - kinda ridiculous but... Due to some space issues with my original 120GB that came with the 15", I had started to save my iPhotos' database separately to free up more space HD (this will come in later).
While trying to build an all-in-one, all up-to-date clone I had suffered a freeze/ improper shutdown on multiple drives (LogicBoard freezing/ Video card over heating?). Why across multiple drives? Well, after I suffered a bad shutdown with iTunes and thought my library would be messed up... I kept mounting bootable clones to copy it's iTunes Library so I could save the most current iTunes Library I had along with most 'current work' bootable clone. I should have known better to keep mounting an encrypted sparseimage when the conditions where high that it would freeze up again and not log out properly. But maybe I am luck with FileVault...(read on).
Anyways, new MacBP - I connected a boot clone during the installation to migrate files over. Did it, then couldn't log into my account. There is no mistake with the FileVault password or the Master Password for that matter. What I then did is I a fresh install of Snow Leopard and just have been using a blank (non of my previous files/ settings etc.) to access my different boot clones and do various disk checks/ utilities with Data Rescue 3/ TechTools Pro 5 and DiskWarrior. I can't get any of my bootable backups to boot off of - even though I have performed a bunch of things like verify disk, volume rebuild etc. I thought I was effectively locked out but I then added the FileVault keychain master password certificate and using an admin account on this new Snow Leo allowed it to be trusted for this machine. So, now I can safely open my encrypted sparseimage - and I have verified a bunch of the files are there and I can read them, can even choose Snow Leopard's iTunes to use my old iTunes Library and play all current stuff. This is great because this is the latest bootable clone that I have and I can open up the sparseimage no problem.
Ok, so finally my question... in this situation, what should I do to create a new Snow Leopard install and migrate my old account over to Snow Leopard. I don't want to run into permission issues etc. Oh, with regards to permissions... I had copied over my iPhoto database to an unencrypted backup drive while I was logged into FileVault. So, my iPhoto database isn't encrypted but what about it's permissions?
Should I just do what I did last time (migration assistant at installation) but under a new admin account in the new Snow Leopard move over the FileVault certificate that allowed me to use master password to open the FileVault? I hear the best way to move over FileVault accounts is to switch off FileVault and do the upgrade... but that's is the thing... I can't boot into these clones and switch it off. I can see the file system when logged into Snow Leopard.... and I do repair permissions but I can't seem to boot from it. If booted in I would probably run into the not enough space issue. To solve the space issue of un-FileVaulting, you make a new sparseimage, move over your contents etc. I hear - but you can't do that in Snow Leopard because it uses sparsebundles right? I can't seem to boot from Tiger install CD on this new Mac either.
Sorry, long winded but trying to give the most information. I feel like I am so close... I have access to all these files I want to move over.. how can I move them over with out missing invisible files and creating permission hiccups? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
And I think I am done with FileVault.... too many close calls....

Yes. I've found that works best. Especially if the drive is external, since external connections are typically slower, and Spotlight loves to eat up space going back and forth. Time Machine will eat up as much space as it can, and typically needs drives at least twice the size of the original hard drive that is being backed up, if being backed up in full. So unfortunately there is a lot of empty space that is needed for smooth operation.

Missing User settings and files after disabling Filevault on Lion

I just installed OS X Lion on my mac and everything worked fine until I disabled the legacy filevault on my system. When the machine rebooted it had wipped out all my settings and files it would seem. After a bit of searching i found my files in the /Users directory. However the files are placed inside a folder called myusername.fvCopy. If I change any settings in my account like removing apps from the dock and reboot the changes haven't taken effect when it boots back up.
I have no idea what to do about this.
Any help is much apprciated.
Thanks in advance
/Kristian

I fixed it by logging in to a different account and deleteting the broken homefolder via the terminal and renaming the myusername.fvCopy to myusername.

Panther and leopard clients on a tiger server...expected problems...

I wanted to share a scenario that is happening in the school district I work for and see if anyone has had any experiences similar and can offer some advise before I blindly proceed.
One of the schools I work in uses a single 10.4x server, and all the users in the school have a network account where they can log into managed work groups.
The computers are all running 10.3x and I have had no problems at all. Users are able to log in, see their network home folders, launch all the allowed applications.
The school is purchasing 76 new Imac computers with the new 10.5 OS on them and I was wondering what kind of problems users might experience when logging into these new workstations if they are bound to the existing server.
I was able to bind a 10.5 mac to the 10.4 server and was able to log in using a network account, see the items that were in my network home folder, launch applications I was permitted to launch and was denied applications denied in the applications preference in workgroup manager for the workgroup I was logged in to.
This is very preliminary testing and was wonder what some of you who are in similar situations have experienced.
Another concern is best described by painting a scenario.
A user logs onto a 10.3 computer and launches an application like imovie, an older version of imovie, and does some work on a project. He then saves it and moves to one of the new imacs with 10.5 on it and a newer version of imovie.
Will the newer version of the application run with the older preference files for it.
Will the preference files be rewritten and if so will the old version of imovie be able to read those or will it try and rewrite them.
Will the project created with the old version of imovie be readable by the new version.
Will the new version of imovie update the project file and if so with the old version of imovie still be able to open it?
I seem to remember reading something about how panther wrote preference files for applications completely differently than tiger did, and if so then can I expect the same for leopard client written pref files.
As you can see I have lots of questions and if I can learn from other peoples experiences then I can go into this knowing a little bit on what I can expect and hopefully this wont be a big disaster.
Mark
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Will the newer version of the application run with the older preference files for it.
While I dont know this for certain, I do know that when I did an archive and install (which copies the old preferences for applications as well as the apps themselves to the new system folder) things have worked fine. I think the preference-writing scheme depends on the individual program version, and minor updates to the program (ie: Safari 3.0.3b vs 3.0.4) shouldnt change this.
Will the preference files be rewritten and if so will the old version of imovie be able to read those or will it try and rewrite them.
When you modify any preferences the files will be rewritten. If the programs have similar versions then they should be fine. All preferences are written to the same directory (~/Library/Preferences/) so if the program versions are the same then the preferences will be written similarly.
Will the project created with the old version of imovie be readable by the new version.
I'm assuming you mean going from iMovie HD to iMovie '08. I've not done this personally, but as far as I know the files will import, but the transistions and other special effects that are only available in the older version of iMovie will be removed. The media files and sequences should be preserved.
Will the new version of imovie update the project file and if so with the old version of imovie still be able to open it?
I dont know about the old version of iMovie being able to import the new version's projects, but the new version will update the projects when you save it.
I seem to remember reading something about how panther wrote preference files for applications completely differently than tiger did, and if so then can I expect the same for leopard client written pref files.
I believe the writing of preference files usually depends on the individual application, not the system.

Airport wireless update installation v1.0 on Pismo/Panther

I'm getting a blue, then grey screen on startup on my Pismo after updating the latest Apple update for wireless three days ago...
Can boot into safe mode (cmd-s on restart);
fsck -fy checks out no problems.
Boots as target disk, and hd is ok.
Boots from CD, and HD has no repair errors.
Tried holding the reset PMU button for 5-20 secs and then wait 5 seconds and restart
Tried resetting the PRAM, cmd-Opt PR;
Can boot into Classic, also tried reinstalling Panther on second partition no problem, but it won't boot. Same GSOD.
Used Panther CD to repair Permissions.
Tried Reset Open firmware (cmd-Opt OF) typed "reset-nvram" and hit the Return key, then type "reset-all" and hit the Return key again. No effect.

Be aware that the last Airport update was for machines using Airport Extreme cards. Pismos do not use Airport Extreme cards, so the update is not only unnecessary, but likely caused the problem you had. Furthermore, it might also affect the ability of the Pismo to use wireless cards.
Airport updates are usually "optional" in the sense that you don't need to install them unless they are appropriate for your particular model and wireless needs. Before installing Airport updates carefully read the information to determine if the update is even needed. If it isn't, don't install it.

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