Questions tagged [filevault]
FileVault is a system which encrypts files on a Macintosh computer. It can be found in the Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther" operating system and later.
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How to know when filevault decryption has finished
I have turned off FileVault I want to know when it has been completed, for the moment it has not ended because time machine backup is not possible.
I want to add that I have turned off and on my ...
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After MacOS Ventura 13.1 update, the only admin account became "standard" user. How to (re)authorize the admin account?
My Mac Mini updated to Ventura 13.2. Afterwards, the Admin account lost its admin privileges. The system had (and still has) FileVault enabled. It has two user accounts, one previously had ...
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How do I turn off FileVault when the button is disabled?
I'm trying to turn off FileVault so that I can reinstall macOS. However the "Turn Off FileVault..." button is disabled and has remained so since first trying several weeks ago. How might I ...
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Cannot delete encrypted CoreStorage external hard drive with macOS
I have a 2TB Time Machine external HDD, encrypted with FileVault, that I use that I pulled out without ejecting.
The drive would then stop showing when I plug it back in and so I've tried to just wipe ...
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How can I disable FileVault Encryption Process? (Mac OS)
I enabled FileVault on my Mac (MacOS High Sierra) in the Security and Privacy System Preferences. Now my computer is extremely slow, I can't even use it.
FileVault is still in the process of ...
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Reverting a hard drive encryption process on Mac stuck on X percent
I have an external HDD used for both storage and Time Machine backups (by "storage" I mean non time-machine files are found on that HDD as well, outside of the "backups.backupdb" folder)
After not ...
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How to manually lock a FileVault encrypted external hard drive stuck in "unlocked"
My FileVault encrypted extrenal hard drive is stuck in "unlocked" mode as verified by Diskutil Cs List. Is there a command to manually lock it?
I believe this issue must have been caused by either ...
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Vault "Failed copying contents" from CRXDE Lite
I am using Java version 1.8, AEM 6.3, Apache Maven 3.6.1, filevault 2.4.40, IntelliJ 2019.2.1 in Manjaro OS.
The problem is after all setup I created a AEM project and tried to push/pull by using ...
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Is there a way to pause FileVault encryption if it is in progress?
Is there a way to pause FileVault encryption if its in progress on APFS (NOT revert it or disable it, just put it on pause)?
P.S. I have researched this online and found the following post:
is ...
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Unlock FileVault encrypted drive knowing only user password
I have an external disk which is clone of a MacBook internal disk. I used it as an external boot disk from time to time. Today when I tried to boot from it on a new MacBook it stopped working and I ...
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Time Machine did not back up because FileVault was encrypting or decrypting a disk. Backups will resume once FileVault finishes
As of yesterday, Time Machine has stopped making backups because it thinks that FileVault is encrypting or decrypting a disk. It's not. In fact, FileVault has never even been switched on!
I've ...
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Disk corrupted after failing FileVault decryption
Yesterday my 13inch 2016 MacBook Pro with 500G storage space notified me that my storage was almost full. I checked "About This Mac/Storage" and found out that "System" took more than 200GB of space. ...
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What can cause FileVault password to change by itself
To elaborate on that, my work computer is a Macbook Pro encrypted with FileVault. I was away for a few weeks vacation and coming back I can't log in. My password is correct. I've been using it for a ...
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best process after drive upgrade (High Sierra APFS with FileVault encryption)
I am running MacOS 10.13.5 with APFS format SSD and FileVault encryption.
I need to upgrade the drive from 1/4 TB to 1/2 TB.
I want to avoid having to reinstall all my applications and data after re-...
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How can I convince Time Machine that FileVault has completed encrypting or decryption a disk?
Summary: Time Machine backups have stopped working 3 days ago. Error indicates FileVault is busy encrypting or decrypting. This is not true, as far as I can tell.
Any ideas how I can get Time ...
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