Updating to Mtn Lion with File Vault 2 running ?
Will I be able to update to Mtn Lion with File Vault 2 running or will I need to unencrypt ?
softwater wrote:
It would make no sense for FV2 to have to be disabled in order to updgrade.
I disagree. You are doing a major operating system upgrade. That changes all the base OS files, including the file vault files.
I would think it foolish to do that type of upgrade with File Vault enabled.
But we will find out as many will do the upgrade with File Vault enabled and if they have problems they will surely post about it.
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Step 2
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