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For logging into your Mac, the login window will ultimately look the same and be ready for you to enter your username and password, ie - your eServices information. There is no longer any option for password hints, though accounts created from Active Directory never had them previously, so this is a change that will largely be unnotivedunnoticed.
All campus owned non-lab computers will be encrypted with Apple’s FileVault 2 disk encryption. When you log into your assigned computer for the first time, your user account will be granted what is called a Secure Token. This is what allows for your user account to decrypt the computer after a reboot or other startup. If the Mac is going to be used by multiple users, you will want to inform ITS during the transition to ensure that all users are granted a Secure Token and are able to use the computer after a reboot or other startup.
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