The other issue was that he recommended putting the whole bitcoin folder in the image.... Is that overkill?
Does that folder (which resides in the Library/Application Support) get larger over time?
Thanks for all the helpful advice!
Yeah, the folder will grow in size as you download new blocks and create new addresses. I don't really see an advantage in having the whole folder inside the encrypted volume so I just put the wallet.dat file and symlink to it. Makes for easier backup.
Btw, anyone knows by how much does wallet.dat grow with every new address past the default pool of 100?