Time Capsule & Encrypted Backups under OS X Lion

Question

How can I have an encrypted Time Machine backup on my Time Capsule?

The option is in Time Machine preferences, but greyed out. Anyone know of hacks/workarounds to make this work?

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score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 06 '11 at 22:03

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This gentleman describes the process in full and he knows what he's talking about.

He uses a Time Capsule and 2 MacBook Airs for his setup.

answered Aug 06 '11 at 22:03

skub

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:45

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Encryption can only be done on a directly connected drive via USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt port. Wireless drives, such as time capsule, are not supported for encryption.

Sources: 1 2 and it was asked here on apple.stackexchange.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:45

Community

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answered Aug 06 '11 at 22:26

xdumaine

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Time Capsule & Encrypted Backups under OS X Lion

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