Time Machine setup message, some FileVault folders will not be backed up?

I want to set up my Time Machine for the first time on a Mac Pro running Lion. However, a Time Machine message says some folders will not be backed up because FileVault is turned on:
"When using FileVault, you cannot restore individual files in your home directory via the Time Machine browser. However, you can restore all files and folders by using the Restore System from Backup feature of the Mac OS X Installer. Important: Time Machine will perform backups only when you are logged out of your FileVault-protected account."

You're using the "legacy" (pre-Lion) version of FileVault (LFV). LFV is obsolete and should not be used under OS X 10.7 or later.
When LFV is active, your home folder is only backed up by Time Machine when you log out. If you use Time Machine and haven't logged out recently, do that now so the backups can be updated. If you use third-party backup software, the backups may or may not be up to date, depending on how the software works.
After backing up, follow the instructions on this support page under the heading "Migrating a Legacy FileVault home folder from an earlier version of OS X." You might get an alert that there isn't enough disk space to deactivate LFV. If so, see this support page.

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Hello m:
The preference file (plist) tells OS X what default and/or user preferences to apply to a device or a program. They rarely become corrupt, but if they do they cause all sorts of odd behavior.
After you trash the preference file and restart, OS X will rebuild the missing file with default values. If you have some personal preferences, you would need to enter those.
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P.S. The preference file I mentioned is located in Macintosh HD>library>preferences
Message was edited by: Barry Hemphill

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I'm currently using the Time Machine system on my Macbook.
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I replaced my hard drive on my Macbook (2008 model) with a larger drive. I then put in my Snow Leopard disk, and followed the steps to restore from Time Machine backup. a few hours later it said it was restored, but when trying to boot up, I just get a blue screen with an occasional flicker to the Leopard screen. I tried an earlier back up as well but with the same results. Any suggestions??

Same exact problem here just yesterday, folks.
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Portland Mac wrote:
... But when I decided to try and just do a fresh install and work my way back through all my software, I started by installing Snow Leopard and suddenly it boots and everything from my Time Machine backup is there...
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Portland Mac wrote:
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Am I mistaken, or did you do a fresh install after restoring your TimeMachine backup?
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Nothappy123 wrote:
When your Mac first started up, and you got a window asking if you wanted to +Transfer your information,+ what did you select?
I selected to transfer my information from a Time Machine back-up. The lastest date it had was Jan 2010, which was strange because it backs up every hour (or at least it was supposed to)
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Yes, that's what I thought; you hadn't mentioned it before, and I wanted to be sure.
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See if there are two (or more) +sparse bundles+ listed, as in the sample.
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Additional Information
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You propose to partition the 3GB this way ...
1 - iMac TM + media --> 2TB partition
2 - MB TM --> 300GB partition
3 - other Mac TM --> 700GB partition
That seems to abandon the use of any of the existing HDs. Why not do a partitioning this way?
3TB HD
1 - iMac TM --> 2TB partition (by itself rather than shared with media)
2 - other Mac TM --> 1TB partition (rather than a 700GB partition)
A - MB TM --> 320GB HD (rather than in a 300GB partition)
B - media backup --> 1TB HD (rather than in co-storage on a 2TB partition)
As to abandoning old TM backups ... To what extent do you believe that any of the prior backup files will be required in the future? To what extent can you pull those files separately from the TM backup and then archive them separately? IOW, to what extent can you look at your existing TM backup and say ... uh ... this is just old stuff that I will never need to (or have time to) see again or ... OH! ... this old file needs to be kept for the rest of eternity?
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Greetings and welcome to the Apple Discussion boards
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Was working fine for the past year until now.

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