I have a 1 TB external drive I use for Time Machine, and as manual backup external drive. It is encrypted.
I started to convert it back to normal. I was able to mount it correctly several times while the conversion was in progress, but now it is not working anymore. Can't be mounted.
diskutil corestorage list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
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+-- Logical Volume Group 390B29FA-501C-4A34-BCE9-A2249F1FA2A3
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Name: HDEXT1TB
Status: Online
Size: 999860912128 B (999.9 GB)
Free Space: 5943296 B (5.9 MB)
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+-< Physical Volume FB6151D3-4BEA-4C69-A744-A17B9AE18262
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| Index: 0
| Disk: disk2s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 999860912128 B (999.9 GB)
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+-> Logical Volume Family 21CF48F7-8D6D-4990-A2E6-C21680852F03
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Encryption Type: AES-XTS
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Conversion Status: Converting (backward)
Reversion State: Decrypting
High Level Queries: Not Fully Secure
| Has Visible Users
| Has Volume Key
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+-> Logical Volume 45E49F43-C577-415F-B606-3295EB25FAB3
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Disk: disk3
Status: Online
Size (Total): 999502643200 B (999.5 GB)
Conversion Progress: 57%
Revertible: No
LV Name: HDEXT1TB
Volume Name: HDEXT1TB
Content Hint: Apple_HFSX
diskutil mount readOnly 45E49F43-C577-415F-B606-3295EB25FAB3
disk3 is a CoreStorage Logical Volume which failed to mount
diskutil corestorage decryptvolume 45E49F43-C577-415F-B606-3295EB25FAB3
Started CoreStorage operation on disk3 HDEXT1TB
Error: -69649: This Core Storage logical volume is already decrypting
Is there any way to mount it again? It seems to be still decrypting, do you think I can simply leave it attached to the Mac even if not mounted?