(The discussion also seemed to imply that if something goes wrong, getting back my data from an encrypted disk might be hard even if I know the encryption password. But my passwords to login into various accounts, I don't want falling into wrong hands)Īt the same time, I have read in some forums that encrypting backups sorta defeats the purpose - since that means I might not be able to access my backed up data when I need it. (assuming that the rest of the data on my Mac isn't that sensitive, to warrant encrypting the disk otherwise.
I was wondering if that means I should use an encrypted disk to store Time Machine backups. However, it seems Time Machine also backs up information in the keychain.
I am new to the Mac and was setting up my Time Machine.
