Questions tagged [filevault]
FileVault is a macOS feature allowing full-disk encryption using XTS-AES-128 with a 256-bit key. Older implementations encrypted the user folder only.
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How can I figure out what's slowly eating my drive space?
Every few days I get notices on my MacBook that it's running or run out of hard drive space. Curiously, restarting the computer will enable me to recover gigabytes of space (this past time, it was ...
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Data Not Backed Up, Partition Type: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF
I was trying to install Linux on my MacBook for class when I bricked my computer, which now in an unbootable state.
I made my partition too small, so I was going to delete and create a larger one. ...
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Partition type suddenly FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF, drive unmountable
I have two drives inside my MBP, an SSD for the OS and the original HDD for large Data. The HDD has 3 Partitions:
My Data (Core Storage volume)
20Gb for Linux
4Gb for Linux Swap
Recently I ran ...
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Apart from being able to encypt an entire volume, what are the other differences of FileVault 2 over FileVault?
Does FileVault 2 in Lion have any other differences compared to the old version, FileVault in previous releases of the system? Are there any additional benefits to using the new version?
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Does FileVault encryption slow read/write access on an SSD?
Never fancied enabling FileVault on previous Macs but now I'm running OS X on an SSD. Is there a noticeable decrease in speed?
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How to recreate Lion Recovery HD partition?
I have a Macbook Air Mid 2011 which came pre-installed with Lion.
After a trackpad hardware problem I wanted to be sure that none of my programs was responsible for the problem. I booted into the ...
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MacBook Pro 2012 - black screen after flat battery
After working perfectly whilst never being allowed to run completely flat, booting after a flat battery, even after fully recharging, doesn't switch the backlight on. This means the user cannot see ...
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How to view progress when encrypting a disk?
Mountain Lion allows one to encrypt any disk by right-clicking on the disk in the Finder and selecting Encrypt from the contextual menu.
Is there anyway to check on the progress of this encryption ...
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FileVault Stuck on Pause
I just got a new 13" rMBP with Yosemite installed. I chose to enable FileVault when I set the machine up.
Now, several days later, an app called "Reverting from FileVault" shows on the list of apps ...
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Automatically Mount Encrypted Core Storage Volume (10.14.4+)
Prior to Mojave 10.14.4, macOS would automatically attempt to mount locked Core Storage volumes, and if the necessary password was found in the current user's keychain this would occur automatically.
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Change OSX encryption filevault password to match login pass
When I first setup my OSX laptop, my filevault and user login password were the same. At bootup, I only had to login once (with my username and password).
I recently changed my OSX password but my ...
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Disable a user's ability to unlock a FileVault 2 volume at startup/login time
I recently performed a clean install of Lion on one of my Macs. The installation process created one administrative user account. After installation, I enabled FileVault for the entire disk. Then, I ...
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MacBook startup problems - mouse and keyboard not working at login / stuck on apple logo
Today I restarted my Mac after several weeks uptime. After restart, I got the login screen with unresponsive keyboard and mouse.
Right before this problem I had Aperture open, with a problematic ...
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Does Windows or Linux have any tools for accessing a FileVault2 encrypted drive's contents?
I'm looking to mount (and access files on) my FileVault2 encrypted drive on a non-OS X box, and am wondering if anyone has done this with Windows or Linux.
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Is File Vault 2 whole disk encryption or whole partition encryption?
Can I use File Vault to encrypt only some of the partitions on my disk (so that I can still have unencrypted and Windows partitions on the same disk), or does File Vault encrypt the whole disk so that ...
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Is the Guest account a security risk with full disk encryption on Mountain Lion?
I have File Vault 2 full-disk encryption enabled on my 2012 MacBook Air running Mountain Lion. By default it also has a "Guest" Safari-only account available. I just tried it the other day and found ...
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Guest login got enabled even though FileVault 2 is enabled and Guest login is disabled
I rebooted my Mac yesterday after installing the Apple update TS4088. Even though I disabled Guest Logins in my Users Preferences and have enabled FileVault 2 since the start, I am able to see Guest ...
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How (in)vulnerable is OS X to encryption ransomware?
These days, malicious software seems to be infecting Windows computers, encrypting their data against their will, and asking for a Bitcoin ransom in exchange for the encryption key.
In order for such ...
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How to turn off “macOS MDM Enrollment”
I have a MacBook Pro that I bought on eBay. There’s an annoying message that pops up every few minutes “macOS MDM Enrollment” is the title. I’ve tried several different methods posted on this site to ...
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Find and decode bytes containing passphrase hint (CryptoUsers structure) in FileVault Drive Encryption of HFS+ encrypted drive
I had a Mac computer running macOS 10.14.6 (I believe) and set up a Time Machine backup with encryption on a hard drive. It is encrypted with HFS+ with a password and a hint. The password was stored ...
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Why does OS X show a forgot password prompt when trying to boot or wakeup screen?
Something came up today that bugged me a bit, I left my laptop on battery power before going to bed. When starting it up the battery was dead. I plugged it in, and here is what happened:
The startup ...
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User account doesn't appear on first login screen
After restarting my computer when I am presented with the initial login screen (the light gray one with the restart and shut down buttons), I see only two of my three user accounts.
If I log in with ...
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How do I get the password hint for an encrypted disk?
I created an encrypted disk on a USB drive the other day, and added a password hint. I don't remember what the password is. (I have a scheme for mapping hints to passwords, so when there's a hint ...
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Headless Mac mini: Share Screen + FileVault
At the office we have a Mac mini that will be used to run a Teamcity agent. It is a requirement from our security department that we enable FileVault on this machine.
I will also need to manage ...
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How can I verify a Lion FileVault recovery key?
I have a volume that is encrypted with OS X Lion's full-disk FileVault. When I enabled FileVault I was given a recovery key, which I wrote down. I'd like to verify that the recovery key that I wrote ...
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What user behavior is necessary to make Filevault 2 maximally secure?
Situation: Filevault 2 passwords can be stolen
Passware has released the Passware Kit Forensic 11.3 which is able to steal the FileVault 2 password from the RAM by performing a DMA Attack via the ...
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Can you reinstall OS X on a FileVault 2-encrypted drive?
I've been researching FileVault 2 to make sure that I understand it before I enable it on my Mac. While reading Macworld's Complete guide to FileVault 2 in Lion, I encountered an unexpected caveat (...
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Unable to create Guest Account after enabling FileVault
After upgrading to Lion, I tried creating a guest account and it worked.
I enabled FileVault on Lion and went through the process of encryption. After that, when I am trying to create a Guest account,...
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FileVault optimizing... 43 days remaining
My FileVault says that I have to wait for 43 days for it to finish optimizing something. As soon as I launch any application it stops working. So the only time that I can dedicate for the FileVault to ...
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Speed of old Filevault vs. new Lion full disk encryption
How do the old Filevault and the new Lion full disk encryption compare speed wise?
ATM I am using Snow Leppard with FileVault to encrypt my whole home directory, which makes opening IPhoto, Chrome or ...
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Does FileVault encrypt the disk instantly?
I have recently found that FileVault is disabled on my machine. Although I remember that I set "encrypt" option when I was setting the machine up.
I opened System Preferences and enabled FileVault. ...
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How do I set up a Mac to use both FileVault and Boot Camp?
I understand FileVault will encrypt the volume Mac OS X is installed on. I guess this means that Windows won't be able to read it.
How can I set up a MacBook to use FileVault for the Mac OS X ...
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Error recovering MacBook login password: “There was an error communicating with iCloud”
I forgot my Apple MacBook Pro M2 password yesterday (running on MacOS Sonama) and after multiple tries, I tried to recover using recovery options provided by apple. After following all the steps ...
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Grey login screen after enabling encryption
After turning on encryption with FileVault on my MacBook Air with Mountain Lion my login screen went gray. Is there a way to go back to the default one?
The grey one
The default one
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How can I get Time Machine to back up the contents of a FileVault while logged in?
Disclaimer: this question and answer are targeted to the Snow Leopard implementation of FileVault where the user home folder is only encrypted in a bundle. Lion's implementation of FileVault doesn't ...
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How long will FileVault encryption take? Can I stop it?
I enabled FileVault to encrypt my hard drive a few days ago. The encryption process is still not finished and the estimated time keeps changing. It's been anything between "4 days" and "300 days". The ...
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Switch from sleep to hibernate after set time
Is there a way to set a MacBook Pro (10.8.2) to go into normal sleep when I close the case but then switch to hibernation after, say, 15 minutes? It's clearly capable of going from sleep to hibernate ...
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How do I stop FileVault's decryption?
I accidentally turned off FileVault on my MacBook when trying to allow downloaded Canon driver software to be opened. FileVault is currently decrypting and I want to stop it as soon as possible. How ...
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Encrypt external HDD without erasing data?
I'm running Filevault on my internal hard drive, but I realized that I never encrypted my external drive. Currently it's running Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and I'm not seeing any encrypt options ...
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FileVault 2 encrypted disks with my home directory on a different drive
I have multiple volumes on my mac and I just enabled encryption on the other drives. My home folder is stored on one of those drives. Now I can't login because it can't see my home directory, but if I ...
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How do I mount my FileVault 2-encrypted volume?
I have a Lion 10.7.2 system (on MacBook Air 13" 2011) which doesn't boot anymore after a restart. My HD is encrypted with FileVault 2, and after I click on my username and enter my password, it ...
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How can I have one password for FileValue 2 (pre-boot password) and another for my user login?
I know this is possible.
When I first installed Mavericks, I set up a default password of "password".
I then enabled Filevault 2.
At some point I then changed my password from "password" to my ...
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Password incorrect after enabling FileVault
I use FileVault to encrypt all my disks. Lately I had problems restarting my MacBook. After restart, the keyboard and mouse froze at login, making it impossible to login or do anything. It appeared ...
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How to make M1 Macbook (Pro 2021) useless if lost / stolen?
What are risks specifically for an Apple Silicon device? What can I do to make them less critical?
If prepared properly, what shoud I do after my Mac is lost / stolen?
Here is my homework research so ...
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Time Machine + FileVault on Lion or Mountain
If I stop the backup it says: "now encrypting...", is the data saved "not encrypted" before being encrypted? Can I make it "always encrypted"?
Non-encrypted transfers are a problem for me.
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Can I enable FileVault and then partition my hard drive later?
I just bought a 2014 MacBook Pro with a 512GB SSD. I updated to El Capitan today and when it booted up for the first time, it asked me if I wanted to enable FileVault. I chose not to because I wasn't ...
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FileVault users who are unable to delete files by shell command from Terminal Recovery Mode, here's what to do [closed]
This solution applies to FileVault users who are unable to modify permissions of pesky directories (file folders) or files themselves, in order to delete them.
Working with Terminal while in Recovery ...
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Can't Enable Filevault because Recovery Partition Missing
I'm trying to enable FileVault for my home directory on my Macbook, but every time I try it tells me it can't because the Recovery Partition is missing.
however, if I drop to a terminal and run "...
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I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to my Account on Yosemite
I wanted to check if it's possible to use emoji in a password for my Account on OS Yosemite. It worked but I didn't realize that the login screen has only native keyboards, so I can't type emoji there....
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With File Vault ON are time machine backups encrypted?
I have been using time machine to back up to a wireless external drive since I got my mac. Today I used filevault to encrypt my hard drive.
Will this affect how Time Machine backs up my files?
Will ...
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