On May 26, 2007, at 19:09 PM, Emmett Gray wrote: > Is there something like a "path to home" problem since home is > inside a disk image? I'm pretty sure the troubles are caused by > some kind of path issues... Well, the image is mounted at /Users/<user name>, so the path should be identical. However, it is a separate volume from the volume containing /Users/, and aliases store information about the volume and directory ID within that volume, so there may be an issue with resolving aliases. One thing I'd try: Save the Applescript as text, then open it and compile it while the File Vault-protected user is logged in. -- Chris Page - Computer Professional The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents. -- Nathaniel Borenstein