Women in Technology

Article:		An Unencrypted Look at FileVault
Subject:		Forced Restarts
Date:		2003-12-21 14:17:52
From:		F.J.
Response to: Forced Restarts
Hi again ! I am glad to hear that you are an experienced user :-) However, may I still suggest that you post on the Apple Discussions, call Apple or your usual support provider ? Indeed, you really should not experience issues. Its architecture allows it to be very resistant to faulty third-party applications. However, using such software in your workflow is not recommended either ! Apple always does its absolute best to improve the quality of its products and welcomes your feedback. Would you think that you have located a bug, there are many feedback channels available. Also, would you have some coding experience, you can become an ADC member — membership is free. For your information, FileVault does not use a proprietary encryption system. More information may be found here : http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/filevault/ F.J.

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• Forced Restarts
  2004-01-28 14:36:10  mclaincausey [View]
  
  
  I never have kernel panics or forced restarts, and I'm using an old Yikes! G4 350MHz with only 480MB of RAM. I don't see how OS X could be regarded as "unstable." It is the most stable desktop OS on the market.
  
  Sure, you can find headless Unix boxes with uptimes of several months, but to have a desktop capable of that kind of stability is amazing. When he says OS X is "unstable" I can only think he's been unlucky and/or is comparing it to server OSes, which is unreasonable.
  
  Long live OS X!
  Mac

• Don't use 3rd Party Apps???
  2003-12-21 17:29:47  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  F.J. wrote:
  > Its architecture allows it to be very resistant to faulty
  > third-party applications. However, using such software in
  > your workflow is not recommended either !
  
  That is an interesting statement. Are you seriously suggesting that users should only use Apple products on their Macs? What about Excel? Word? Photoshop? TurboTax? X-Plane? Are you aware that Apple specifically promotes the use of 3rd party applications on the Mac? They do encourage other people to develope for their hardware and software...
• Don't use 3rd Party Apps???
  2003-12-22 09:18:30  FJ de Kermadec | [View]
  
  
  Hi !
  
  I am afraid you misunderstood my previous reply : sorry if I have been unclear.
  
  I just wanted to say that relying on *poorly-written* third-party applications in a workflow was to be avoided.
  
  Of course, there are millions of excellent third-party Mac OS X applications available that can be used safely ! I know that Apple does its absolute best to help developers and am always glad to see new applications coming to the Mac.
  
  F.J.