Need additional space to turn off legacy FileVault?

I have a 320GB HD but the finder says I have almost 500GB of data which is impossible. The about this mac tells me that I have 2GB free. I moved 100GB of items to the trash then emptied the trash and it still tells me I have 2GB free. I recently upgraded to lion and when I go to deactivate legacy filevault as I am guessing that is the issue it tells me I need additional space? How can I use an external HD to fix this issue? Can I just delete the sparsebundle that is 200GB?

Okay, I was under the impression that you had to deactivate any legacy/previous version of Filevault before you installed Lion. I don't believe that the two versions are in anyway compatible.
Do you have a backup of your prior SL volume?

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Can't turn off Legacy Filevault

I have an iMac with 2 "legacy" filevault accounts from Snow Leopard.
I turned off legacy filevault on one of the two accounts, but the second account, which is a portable home directory, always generates an error during the decryption process. I have tried repairing disk permissions, rebooting etc, nothing works.
Any and all suggestions are welcome!

- open the account (so that the Home is decrypted)
- make a copy of Home folder
- set a new temporary account (Admin)
- restart with this new temporary account
- remove the original Home folder, then remove the original account (via System Preferences - Users & Groups)
- rename the copy with the original name
- add a new account with the same original name via Users & Groups), that is recreated the deleted account
The system ask you if you want to use the existent Folder with the same - OK
At voila you have the account decrypted

Problem turning off legacy filevault.

Hey everyone,
I began the process of switching over to the new filevault, but have encountered a problem turning off the legacy vault. Everything seemed to be goin well, at first. It took about 30 minutes for copying to complete during decryption. However, it has been hung up at "copying is complete..." for nearly 12 hours now and is showing no signs of moving on. I have received no errors. What can I do to maybe kick start the process again or should I just do a forced shutdown. Any help here would be greatly appreciated because at this point I honestly don't know if I have any other option than a forced shutdown.
Thanks

Ok, so I'm answering my own question here but it worked. I ended up doing a forced shutdown (holding down the power button until shut down initializes) from the screen indicating that "copying is complete..." When I restarted (manual restart using the power button again) the legacy vault was off and the new file vault was on and working properly. No data or settings were lost and everything was working properly.
Thank you to all of you who took the time to look at my initial question even if you didn't have an answer for it.

How can I turn off legacy file vault when it needs additional 170 GB free on a HD that is only 250 GB?

I am trying to migrate to a new Macbook Pro (OSX 10.8.3) and I cannot migrate files over from my prior Macbook Pro (OSX 10.7.5) because of legacy file vault being on. When I try to turn off Legacy Filevault on old computer, it says I need to free up 170 GB of HD space. I only have a 250 GB HD to begin with! I don't see how I can possibly free up that much space. I need help!

Use a external storage drive and copy all your users files there, then Trash > Empty Trash the originals, then reboot and try Filevault again.
Most commonly used backup methods
Note that any +4GB sized files will not transfer to a FAT32/MSDOS external drive many are formatted too.
You first need to change the format of the drive and in doing so, will erase all data on it.
Drives, partitions, formatting w/Mac's + PC's

How can I turn off the FileVault?

How can I turn off the FileVault? It keeps saying 'Encryption paused', even I connected the power adapter.
What impacts does it have on my Macbook Pro if I cannot turn off the FileVault?
Thank you!

If you don't already have a current backup of all data, back up before proceeding. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select Disk Utility.
In the Disk Utility window, select the icon of the startup volume from the list on the left. It will be nested below another disk icon, usually with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar. When prompted, enter the login password of a user authorized to unlock the volume, or the alternate decryption key that was generated when you activated FileVault.
Then, from the menu bar, select
File ▹ Turn Off Encryption
Enter the password again.
You can then restart as usual, if the system is working. Decryption will be completed in the background. It may take several hours, and during that time performance will be reduced.
If you can't turn off encryption in Disk Utility because the menu item is grayed out, you'll have to erase the volume and then restore the data from a backup. Select the Erase tab, and then select
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
from the Format menu.
You can then quit to be returned to the main Recovery screen. Follow these instructions if you back up with Time Machine. If you use other backup software, follow its developer's instructions.
Don't erase the volume unless you have at least two complete, independent backups. One is not enough to be safe.

Upgraded to Lion. Error turning off Legacy File Vault

I want to use the new file vault so homefolder files are encrypted in my time machine backup. When I was prompted in System Preferences, I chose to "turn off legacy file vault." After the passwords, etc., the system works for a while and has just returned an error message, something to the effect "an error has occured. Legacy File Vault will not be turned off." How do I get Legacy File Vault turned off (e.g, unencrypt the drive?)
Thanks.

- open the account (so that the Home is decrypted)
- make a copy of Home folder
- set a new temporary account (Admin)
- restart with this new temporary account
- remove the original Home folder, then remove the original account (via System Preferences - Users & Groups)
- rename the copy with the original name
- add a new account with the same original name via Users & Groups), that is recreated the deleted account
The system ask you if you want to use the existent Folder with the same - OK
At voila you have the account decrypted

Is it normal to see my iPod in Explorer even when disk space is turned off?

For a while, I was using disk space to store stuff. After buying an external and trying to move files over to it, several files were somehow corrupted, causing several problems with Windows wanting to reformat my iPod. I ended up resetting the iPod to fix that... but now I can see my iPod in Windows Explorer, even though disk space is turned off. Is that normal?

rockmyplimsoul wrote:
darkpontiac wrote:
When its off, it will allow you to use your iPod while still plugged in provided its done syncing and it shouldn't disappear from iTunes unless disconnected.
This part has bugged me since somewhere around iTunes v7.1 ... it used to be that with disk mode disabled you could auto-sync your iPod, leave it connected to iTunes, make changes to your library (e.g. new playlists, update tags) and then re-sync the iPod (right-click/re-sync). Now, once the iPod completes the auto-sync it disconnects from iTunes (but stays in the source column) and in order to re-sync the iPod after making library changes, you have to physically disconnect and re-connect it. It didn't used to be this way ...
Actually the way it always worked for me with my older ipod I had was if i clicked sync while it was disconnected by still showing up in itunes, it would connect back and sync again and then when done go back to where its in the source list but disconnected.

I need an application which turn off wifi automaticly when my Ipod Toch is locked (for save battery charge), i hate every time to turn it off manually please help ASAP!!!

I need an application which turn off WiFi automaticly when my Ipod Toch is locked (for save battery charge)
I hate every time to turn it off manually when I go sleep please help ASAP!!!
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Suggestion:
Turn off your device before bed.

Advice Article TS1974 to create HD space to turn off FileVault doesn't work

I would like to turn off FileVault (prior to fitting larger internal HD in my G4 PwrBk).
I have carefully followed instructions in the above article which falters at step 19, because the new Sparse Disk Image of my Home folder, created on an external HD, is 23GB in size and there is only 9Gb left on my resident laptop HD. This is precisely the problem the above procedure is supposed to get around!
So I can't copy the newly created sparse disk image back to my new user-account which is supposed to replace my FV protected original user account! I must be doing something stupid as the whole point of Apple's guide is to get around insufficient space on the HD in the first place!
As an aside I've discovered a couple of errors/omissions in the above article. I'd be pleased to list them for our moderator if considered helpful for others.
Please can anyone help me understand:
1. How is above process supposed to save space and
2. How can I copy my new Home Directory back to a nearly full HD without first deleting the original account?
Apple's article seems weak on this aspect.
Many thanks to all techies who can help.

I'm not sure about the instructions in [Apple support article TS1974|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1974?viewlocale=en_US] , but here are some thoughts.
That support article includes
When turning FireVault on or off in Security preferences in Mac OS X 10.4 or later, this alert may appear:
"There isn't enough space on your hard disk to turn on (or off) FileVault"
The amount of free space stated as needed may be much greater than what is available ("4000 GB of free space is needed" may appear, for example).
There can't really be "4000 GB" of free space needed, and so if you see that message it may instead indicate some system error. If that is the case then there might actually BE enough free space on the HD, and it may be that situation that the support article is trying to remedy. The method given, which doesn't delete the old FV data before importing the new data, doesn't otherwise make sense, as you say.
In your case, where there really isn't enough free space, I also would instead try cloning to a bigger drive. The idea would be to clone your entire internal HD to a larger external volume, boot from it, turn off FileVault from there, and then test everything thoroughly. If all functions well on the external volume with Filevault off, then you would clone it back to the internal HD. This has the advantage of not deleting anything on your internal HD until you are sure that the clone works properly.
One important caveat - you can use software such as Carbon Copy Cloner to clone to the external drive initially, but *do not make the clone while logged into the FileVault account*. Instead create a second (non-Filevault) admin account, and run CCC from there. From CCC help:
Working with FileVault home directories
FileVault protects the contents of your home directory by enclosing it in an encrypted disk image. When you log in, the encrypted disk image is unlocked via your login and password and mounted for use as your home directory. Mounted disk images pose an interesting problem to incremental backup utilities. By simply being mounted and accessed (e.g. via browsing the contents), the content of a disk image, and thus the disk image file itself, is modified. If you run CCC while logged in to a FileVault-protected account, there is a strong chance that the FileVault disk image will be modified while it is being backed up, resulting in a corrupted version of the disk image on your backup volume. Also, because the contents of your FileVault-protected home directory are technically on another volume, CCC will not back up the contents of your home directory when backing up your root filesystem (e.g. your boot drive).
For these reasons, you should either exclude your FileVault disk image file from your backup routine while logged into a FileVault-protected account (and set up a separate routine for backing up the contents of your home directory), or you should only run CCC while logged into an account that is not protected by FileVault.
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Turn off the FileVault

i want to cancel the filevault encrypting before done. what should i do??!! please help me.

Back up all data before proceeding. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select Disk Utility. In the Disk Utility window, select the icon of the startup volume from the list on the left. Then, from the menu bar, select
File ▹ Turn Off Encryption
Enter the login password of a user authorized to unlock the volume, or the alternate decryption key that was generated when you activated FileVault.
You can then restart as usual, if the system is working. Decryption will be completed in the background. It may take several hours, and during that time performance will be reduced.

Need Help in Scripting Turning Off JPEG Processing in ACR

Back in 2005 (Win PS CS) I wrote a javascript script which allows me to batch add captions, headlines, author, etc to JPEG image files. When CS3 came along I found I needed to turn off ACRs JPEG processing before I ran the script and on again after the script ran. I now need to do the same thing for PS CS4 and soon CS5. I have tried to create two (one off - another for on) actions to do that but they don't appear to work. Can this be done by an action? If it can done by an action can it be scripted?
I want to thank Michael L. Hale for the great code below which worked in PS CS3:
// Oct 3, 2007 this code from from Michael L Hale - Adobe Forums - Photoshop Scripting
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// ===ACR JPEG Off ====================================================
function ACR_JPEG_Off() {
var idDlt = charIDToTypeID( "Dlt " );
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executeAction( idDlt, desc3, DialogModes.NO );
return;

Thanks Michael! I hoped you'd respond. The CS4 ACR JPEG support interface has changed from CS3, so that may be why you code doesn't work.
I don't think I copied the log file incorrectly, but I can try again. Can you please please explain your original script - I can't quite get it.
I also tried just using an action - Edit-->Preferences-->Camera Raw-->JPEG & Tiff Handling -->Disable JPEG support but that doesn't work. I wonder if I need to set both the JPRG and Tiff settings to make it work???
Thanks,
Steve

Turning off legacy file vault

I have tried to turn off my legacy file vault but keep getting an error message.
Can anyone help?

Would you care to disclose what the error message is?

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after suffering from the dreaded overclocking lockout and recovering my machine using MSI's marvelous jumper - Thought i'd fried the thing until I read the manual.
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How do I free up hard drive space and turn off file vault?

How do I free up hard drive space on my Macbook so I can

You guess is wrong, Time Machine can back up with FileVault turned on.
You are seriously short on free space. You need to delete or move enough files to increase your free space by at least 10 GB. Your movie, video and music files would make good candidates for gaining the most free spoace quickly.
Once you get the free space you should repair the disk by booting from the Install DVD and starting Disk Utility. I am not talking about repair permissions here either.
The reason to repair your disk is that running the free space so low has greatly increased the chances for disk corruption. If you don't do the corruption will only get worst cause weird problems for you until the system stops.
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K7N2 needs plug pulled to turn off

Hey guys,
My first post - I'm new to MSI
I installed the K7N2 the other day along with a new CPU, and PSU.
The thing is - although it powers up fine and allows me to shut it down. The next time i power it up it will not even get to Bios stage - the monitor powers down and the HD too. I have to unplug it from the wall to turn the PC off from this condition (my new PSU has no on/off switch) - then having unplugged and replugged i can reboot fine.
Same thing will occur again and again.
Any ideas??
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I didn't specify that ME had boot problems, I stated that it had "issues" and yes the blue screen of death was one of many. :D
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