<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I have an old Mac that I want to activate FileVault on, but find that it has a Master PW, which we seem to have no record of. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Since FileVault is not active, I presume there are no encrypted files that will be affected.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Can I trash FileVaultMaster.keychain &/or FileVaultMaster.cer to get around this & set a new Master PW?</DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; ">Very truly yours,</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; ">Michael R. Hoffmann</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; ">NOTICE: This e-mail (including any attachments) is covered by the electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC §§2510-2521, is confidential and may contain attorney-client materials and/or attorney work product, legally privileged and protected from disclosure. This e-mail is intended for the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender advising that you have received this message in error, then delete it and all copies of it. Thank you.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>