Yet another FileVault Question

[dnanian]

Restoration can be a pain, since everything's encrypted in FileVault, so you can't easily get direct access to the files if you're not booted from the drive.

Note that, if you show hidden files, you can see the encrypted sparse image on the backup. If you open that hidden image with the appropriate password, you can get at the files. But booting from it is easiest.

Of course, when you're booted from it, your "real" Home is now locked up and hidden, right? So, you have to play some games, storing the files you want to restore somewhere, booting back, and then copying them in.

So... security has its price!