Thursday, August 16, 2007

How to secure my Mac : FileVault

And now let's secure my MacBook, in fact it is the best moment to secure your files... If you loose your laptop or if your laptop is stolen, how can you prevent other people to access to your files ? The solution is really easy: encrypt your files by using the Mac software: FileVault. FileVault uses the powerful AES-128 scheme to encrypt and decrypt your files on the fly... Why is it the best moment to use Filevault ? Because you have not yet a lot of informations and the AES-128 need to encrypt all your files but it is a very heavy process to encrypt files... To use FileVault , go in the "System Preferences" and click on the "Security" icon.here, it is very easy to proceed: just read the instructions and follow them... Do not forget to use a master password to retrieve your informations in the case you forget your password...
This is as easy as pie, an apple pie

My first MacBook

I have just bought a new laptop because my previous on e died in a spark... It was a PC with Linux, but I was fed up of the little penguin and the bad quality of Asus Laptop... So I decided to bought a new MacBook... Yeah, I know it is quite expensive but Apple has some good prices for student I took the following configuration:

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  • 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
  • 1GB memory
  • 120GB hard drive1
  • Double-layer SuperDrive
and now, just open the box (it is a bit like christmas in august)
push the start button and dream comes to live: the apple is alive
the first configuration is really easy, as long you can read english and you know your name... Enjoy the Apple: enjoy computer science...