How do I eliminate File Vault Message at Shutdown?

Hi,
I am hoping to reduce or eliminate the File Vault message (asking whether or not to reclaim disk space) at shutdown in order stop having to come back to the iMac to click on it in order to continue shutdown.
If anyone knows how to do this, any advice would be appreciated!
iMAC G5 20" Mac OS X (10.4.7) File Vault enabled

Hi, Paul.
AFAIK, there's no way to avoid this message if you've enabled FileVault, other than to disable FileVault.
If you use FileVault, then you should not ignore the message.
When FileVault prompts you to permit it to reclaim space, this is because the encrypted sparse disk image that FileVault creates of your Home folder has unused space that must be reclaimed. With this sparse disk images, when you trash a file and empty the Trash, while the file is gone, the space it occupied is still being consumed by the sparse disk image. The sparse disk image only returns to the size of the files it contains when it is compacted, which is what FileVault is requesting permission to do.
Unless you let FileVault periodically reclaim this space, the sparse disk image could grow to fill your hard drive, even though your encrypted Home folder contains far fewer files than the capacity of the drive.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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