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• Cloning of SSD HD via active with Filevault disk utility

  Hi all

  I want to improve my HD to SSD.

  I intend on using disk utility for recovery mode to clone my HD to a Virgin SSD I bought.

  I must, however, Filevault enabled on my HD.

  It will be a problem when it comes to cloning the drive?

  Thank you

  Adam

  No, it shouldn't be a problem. It may be necessary first turn on FileVault and encrypt the SSD. But if there is no problem just turn off FileVault on the HARD drive.

• macOS Sierra FileVault active gel during the connection

  My MacBook Pro (retina, 13 inches, early 2015) was constantly freezing when connecting with FileVault enabled on El Capitan, Yosemite, and now the Sierra (all properly installed). When the login screen appears, I can eventually type a password and login but all is extremely slow and unresponsive. I tried to turn FileVault, but it would be helpful only temporarily. Now that this question comes up on the Sierra still I'm getting scared. Any ideas / pointers for a fix?

  Hi piotrbakker.

  Did you do a clean install of the Sierra, or an update?  I had this same problem after having just the update.  I did a clean install and still had the same problem.  BTW, I've never had that with El Capitan.

  In any case, I read a suggestion to start in safe mode (restart or put in operation and hold down the SHIFT key until you Apple one).  This is supposed to complete the configuration of the elements which may not initially realized.  When you are in safe mode, simply restart or power down/up and he will start in normal mode.  So far so good.

  I hope this helps.

• Turn off FileVault before update for Sierra?

  Hey, I wonder if I should turn off FileVault before update for Sierra? I was wondering if there is a response to this expertise?

  I'm not an expert, but I upgraded to Sierra without turning off FileVault. I also did the same thing when the upgrade to El Capitan and Yosemite. Had no problem with any of these updates.

• Securely erase SSD using Filevault

  I am about to sell my MBP of 2009 with a 1 TB SSD.  I know that I can securely erase the drive as a traditional mechanical flat disc and if recommended someone following that sounds quite secured using filevault.  I'm aware that it can take a while to do but I am not hurry and eager to go through the process if indeed offers an additional layer of security if someone decides to hack.  I would that all expert opinion on it given that I don't consider myself a genius of Apple, or a guru on the SSD technology and encryption:

  1 turn on Filevault and implement a complex password of decription. (Note that it may take hours to encrypt the drive)

  2. once the drive is encrypted, start in recovery mode and erase the drive.

  3 reinstall the operating system and then turn on Filevault with a different password. (Shouldn't take as long to encrypt because there is very little data)

  4. boot into recovery mode, once more and wipe the drive.

  5 reinstall the operating system.

  Theoretically, all the old original data are an encrypted mess.  Also, the first Filevault password was erased and encrypted after the second installation of the OS.

  Probably no reason to go beyond 2 except to the reinstall the OS.

• Legacy FileVault Home Directory question

  Hi all

  I have a clients computer which executes 10.11 but always uses the legacy file Vault. Here is some of the best. The sparsebundle is 480 GB but computer customers is only 600 GB (old Tower of Mac Intel). For obvious reasons the client wants the file disappeared, but since this is the encrypted version of the base directory I cannot remove it (tried and have reconstitute with TM). I can't turn it off because it requires a lot of space to turn off filevault.

  Any suggestions? I'm at a point where I just want to reformat, but I hesitate because I would have to restore with Time Machine and just to bring back the old file not to mention disk encryption that already scares me.

  If it's in the wrong place please let me know and I can move it to the right place.

  The Mac can install, start, and run from any drive, internal or external. If the drive you have is not big enough to decipher, attach a larger, hover over the image for her and he decipher it.

  When the discs cost 1000 USD for 1 megabyte, which slowed down you. But with the price of the reader of today, you can get a large external drive for Pocket money.

• Cannot get on my computer after you turn off FileVault

  I can't get on my computer after you turn off FileVault. After reboot, he asked my name and my password. It didn't work and now I'm stuck at the connection. What should I do? The computer is new and I had nothing recorded on it.

  Reboot into recovery (command-R) Mode. Then use disk utility to ERASE the drive. Select the top reader of the page entry and select Delete. This will erase, reformat, and create a single partition. Close disk utility, then select reinstall OS X OS X Utilities menu.

• Accidentally installed FileVault

  Hello

  I accidentally installed FileVault on my MacBook Pro (13 inch-mi 2012), it took forever, but it's now on board so to speak!

  It will have an effect (i.e. time consuming!) next time I'm back up externally to Time Machine? I usually back up once or twice a week, as I'm a light user.

  Also, they have FileVault installed taken over a large part of my disk space? I was wondering if I should turn off!

  Your TM backup is not automatically encrypted. You can encrypt it in the TM preferences. Initial encryption will be slow

  You Mac hardware encryption built-in in the CPU chip, encryption encryption (with the exception of initial disc encryption) will be so not really noticeable.

• How do I set up FileVault on SSD on El Capitan

  I am running El Capitan on a late 2011 13 "MacBook Pro. Recently I replaced the drive with a 500 GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD. I took out the old drive, plugged into the SSD, rebooted into recovery mode and restored from a Time Machine backup. Everything went well spent - the machine is MUCH more reactive.

  Now, I would like to turn on FileVault. I go through the guests first few and continue to hit and I get a dialog box that reads:

  FileVault cannot be enabled for disk "MacHD".

  Some disc formats do not support the required encryption recovery partition.

  To use encryption, reinstall this version of Mac OS X on a reformatted drive.

  It is in the format "Mac OS X extended (journaled). I guess I need a recovery partition. Is this correct? If so, it can be done on a 3rd party SSD and if so, what is the process? Have I messed up by not having things is not a recovery partition? Moreover, I still have the hard drive that I replaced (the original drive supplied with the machine) and I've not yet washed it.

  Thank you

  If you reinstall the OS X on top of your OS X existing, it will create the recovery partition.

  Download from AppStore > El Capitan

  http://www.Macworld.co.UK/how-to/Mac/how-create-Mac-recovery-partition-OS-x-El-c apitan-yosemite-backup-free-3636717.

  install a new copy of El Capitan from the installation disc.

  With the connected boot drive, start - or restart - your Mac by holding down the Option (also called Alt) key. This will take you to the Boot Manager. Choose to install OS X El Capitan of the reader. Select "Disk Utility" and your hard drive, and then click clear. Return to the main menu and choose Install OS X.

  Once the installation of the El Capitan is complete, you can restore the applications and settings from a Time Machine backup, or download manually.

• iMac 5 k end of 2014 for the first time enable FileVault stuck Reboot

  Hi all

  I just got the FileVault on my iMac 5 k end of 2014 with fusion drive for the first time.  It is said that a restart is required. He could not restart and stuck on the black screen. No apple logo, nothing.

  Here are the steps I've tried

  1 restart by holding the power button and turning it back on

  2. reboot into recovery by now cmd + R Mode

  3. enter in disk utility

  4 did not have a first-aider for my drive of fusion

  5 tried by clicking file > open or remove encryption (both selections are greyed out)

  6. I tried to enter the Terminal. Typed in fdesetup disable (no command found, Ditto for sudo)

  7. click on the left upper Apple logo > disc start > selected my drive > chose Unlock > typed my password > selected reboot > same, stuck.

  I need help.

  Thanks in advance

  Hello. Please let me know if figure you it out. Your question sounds the same I am facing with my Mac mini (published earlier today). Turn on Filevault and all I get is a white screen.

• FileVault and Bitlocker, Windows 10, OSX10.11

  I'm curious as to the viability of using FileVault on my OS X and Bitlocker partition on my bootcamp partition. I tried before with apparent success on Windows 8.1 and tried again today with Windows 10, using the EFI System.

  First of all, I enabled FileVault before using 10 Windows in Bootcamp. Then once Windows 10 has been installed, I have enabled Bitlocker. Two boot partitions and to report being encrypted, but I've seen web old descriptions indicating that the MBR needs to be changed to make this installation work, or that Windows must be installed on the punched.

  Here is the read disk structure (128 GB MacBook Air SSDS) diskutil. Any thoughts are appreciated.

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 121,3 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 88.3 GB disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  4: Microsoft database 31.8 GB disk0s4

  5: Windows Recovery 366,0 Mo disk0s5

  MBR is valid on facilities that use the legacy BIOS Setup. What year/model is your Mac?

• ID iCloud and FileVault

  I have a basic question, but can't seem to find the answer after searching for her.  I have an iMac running El Capitan 10.11.5.   I have active FileVault.  My question is: is it possible to use my ID iCloud/Apple to connect on my iMac with FileVault active or do I have to have a local account (username/password separate) on my iMac?

  When I go to settings-users and groups, click on change password, I expected to see a dialogue box that could offer me to use my ID iCloud as the connection of my iMac (shown below - mentioned in several articles I read).  But it's just the dialog box to change the local password.

  

  Any help would be appreciated.  Thank you.

  Found the answer - seems the option of using iCloud connections has been removed in 10.11.5

  ERS-removed-in-OS-x-10-11-4S-users-groups-preference-pane/ https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2016/04/18/icloud-Password-option-for-local-US

• ID of FileVault and iCloud

  I have a basic question, but can't seem to find the answer after searching for her.  I have an iMac running El Capitan 10.11.5.   I have active FileVault.  My question is: is it possible to use my ID iCloud/Apple to connect on my iMac with FileVault active or do I have to have a local account (username/password separate) on my iMac?

  When I go to settings-users and groups, click on change password, I expected to see a dialogue box that could offer me to use my ID iCloud as the connection of my iMac (shown below - mentioned in several articles I read).  But it's just the dialog box to change the local password.

  

  Any help would be appreciated.  Thank you.

  so your screenshot is not yours?

  I have disabled FV, that's what I get 10.11.5

  also your signature has you on 10.7.2, you may want to change.

  

  see this article

  Change or reset the password of a user account from OS X - Apple support

• If enable FileVault slow down my Macbook Pro Late 2011 13 '?

  Hello world

  Internet is a crazy jungle is crazy every day, in order to protect myself I plan the activation of FileVault, I use an old Macbook Pro 13 "Late 2011 model with 8 GB of ram and a disc hard 500 GB Mavericks.

  Activation of FileVault make very slow or slow down?

  I have a Time Capsule and Time Machine backups for it which are not encrypted, will turn on FileVault no problem or encrypt everything on the next backup?

  Thank you!

  No, not once the conversion is completed, you should see no difference.

  FileVault encrypts only locally.

  Time Machine encryption is a separate setting in Time machine if you want that it encrypted on back up.

  OS X El Capitan: secure your Time Machine backup disk

• Cannot turn on FileVault 2: "some disc formats do not support the recovery partition" version of the OS - 10.11.4

  Hello

  I went to turn on FileVault encryption for the first time, and when I click on restart (by FileVault guests) I got a error message that says "FileVault can not be enabled for the drive. Some disc formats do not support the required encryption recovery partition. To use encryption, reinstall this version of Mac OS x on a reformatted drive. »

  I found an article from apple support for this problem with El Capitan who recommended first aid running in disk utility.  I tried this but then received the same error message.

  a little history:

  -Mac OS 10.11.4 installed running on the brand/model ADATA SP 550 SSD

  -This SSD is a 250 GB drive partitioned into two, with one of these partitions being my OS

  -J' ran this BONE of a Bay external thunderbolt

  -ssd is formatted as HFS journaling +.

  I am really confused about this error message and couldn't find much online about it.  I use a fairly recent OS install.  I installed the operating system clean and made all my preferences and install so that I can encrypt and then back up this pristine OS environment in time machine so that I could always go back to it on the line in case where things are bunk too upward.  I'd have to install yet another OS to clean and do all my long software installs and system preferences settings... SIP.  I don't know if that makes a difference, but this version of the OS that I have been cloned by superduper to this SSD partition.

  What is the brand of SSD that I?  Might that matter?  I appreciate all the comments.  I'm really scratching my head...

  Thank you very much

  To enable FileVault, you need a recovery partition, which you don't have. You can create one by reinstalling OS X.

  If you do not already have a current backup, please backup all data, and then reinstall the OS. * you don't need to erase the boot volume, and you won't need the backup unless something is wrong. If the system has been upgraded an earlier version of Mac OS X, you may need to the Apple ID and password to use.

  There are ways to back up a computer that is not fully functional. Ask if you need advice.

  If you installed the runtime Java distributed by Apple, and still need, you will need to reinstall it. It goes the same for Xcode. All other data will be preserved.

  Related support article refers to OS X 10.11 ("El Capitan"), but the procedure is the same for OS X 10.7 ("Lion") and later versions.

• I can't begin FileVault on my Macbook pro.

  I can't begin FileVault on my Macbook pro. When I try to activate File Vault it displays following error.

  Some disc formats do not support the required encryption recovery partition. To use encryption, reinstall this version of Mac OS X on a reformatted drive.

  Take a look at this article, it should help you Use FileVault to encrypt the boot on your Mac - Apple Support disk