To me, this is a dealbreaker for sparse stuff. However, sparse and sparse bundle files can't be accessed from Windows, so you're stuck with Macs. To me, this means I don't depend on Mac, even if I lose it, I can still access backed up dmg files from any machine (any means Windows, over 90% out there are, like it or not). One thing important to me (may or may not be to you): dmg files, even encrypted with 256 AES, can be open in Windows, using appropriate apps. However, as far as I know, if you delete things, they won't shrink - there is a manual way to shrink them from Terminal. Both types require that you define maximum size, but will physically take as much space as you really put into them. Using this method, you can easily share a laptop and have only a single user’s home directory unlocked and mounted when he logs in. The same password used to log in is used as the key to unlock the encrypted filesystem, so you only need to type it once. The first is one large file, the second is a collection of small files (which can be handy). The pammount project lets you unlock an encrypted filesystem automatically when you log in. If you want a "flexible" encrypted file, you should use sparse image or sparse bundle image.So in terms of size, it's not optimal per se. Is a way to resize dmg, like any other partition, you can do it fromĭisk Utility. Will not be able to add anything in dmg further to that size. Will have that size no matter what you delete from it. When you create a dmg file, you must specify its size.However, you should keep in mind the following: Like the other guys said, dmg is probably the best way to keep important folders encrypted.
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