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<div>Hi Samuel.</div>
<div>I found this on the Apple web site. Go to the link and you can
follow the discussion. I have copied the "lead" which
started it.</div>
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<div>cheers</div>
<div>Hans</div>
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>http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?14@209.dGRKaMWXkED.4@.599b98e4</div
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<div><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-3" color="#000000">I have
traced my various problems with Panther (wow...you just wouldn't
believe...) to using File Vault. No problem will be evident until you
restart your computer 1-5 times (depending on how much data is being
swapped around on your hard drive on the home folder), but at one of
these points, you will restart your machine to see that your
preferences are scambled like crazy. My guess is that somehow, while
encrypting data on the fly, File Vault causes the file system to lose
track of the placement of the data, and/or this proccess corrupts the
data to the point the system or a program resets itself. I know
several people are talking about problems with it.<br>
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If you are experiencing problems with your new install, I suggest
checking File Vault first. If it is not enabled, your problem
obviously stems from something else.<br>
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Also, I spoke with Apple support last night about this issue.
Unfortunately, they are clueless. It seems no one at Apple support has
really used File Vault at all. I got switched to 4 different people.
Finally this wonderful lady said she would get a team on it, and she'd
call me back on the issue. So far, I've yet to hear back from
anyone.<br>
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I find it amazing that "technical specialist" (as they
called the last two people who spoke with me) had no idea about File
Vault from never using it. I even had one support guy argue with me
about File Vault issuing a dialogue box after restarting or shutting
down a machine that prompts the user to regain lost data from the use
of File Vault. He said such a thing did not occur and accused me of
installing some 3rd party item.<br>
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Do not hit continue, by the way, for it only makes matters worse.
After disabling File Vault, my system is fine. Matter of fact, it is
wonderful, and I'd say it's an exemplary upgrade overall. I'm
impressed, after torturing my system to see if File Vault was indeed
the culprit, that no data loss occurred on my machine aside from
preference related items.<br>
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Anyone else find what I'm saying to be true? Hope I caught, at least,
some people in time to help.</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><tt><font size="+1" color="#000000">Has
anyone had a problems with filevault on OS10.3? In particular,
the symptoms are that it erases settings when you log in if you use
the 'recover space' option.</font></tt></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><tt><font size="+1" color="#000000">Also,
Macromedia Contribute and Backup don't seem to
work.</font></tt></blockquote>
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color="#000000"><br></font></tt></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><tt><font size="+1" color="#000000">Any
suggestions greatly appreciated.</font></tt></blockquote>
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color="#000000"><br></font></tt></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><tt><font size="+1"
color="#000000">Thanks,</font></tt></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><tt><font size="+1"
color="#000000">SJK</font></tt></blockquote>
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<div>Hans Dietrich<br>
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