FileVault is an extraordinary bit of macOS technology. Introduced years ago, it encrypts the entire contents of your startup volume so that when the data is at rest—when your Mac is powered down—the ...

David S. writes asks about recovering a FileVault-encrypted drive. He says it was encrypted and then reformatted. Is it possible to recover any data from this drive since it was previously encrypted ...

If you use Macs for business, you should be familiar with FileVault. Apple’s built-in disk encryption system for macOS can help protect corporate data. If you run a business on Macs (and many ...

Apple's FileVault 2 whole-disk encryption can be unencrypted within an hour, according to encryption and password-recovery company Passware. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

If you want to be sure your data is secure on your Mac, Apple has provided an easy way to do so. They’ve created File Vault, accessed via the System Preferences, to encrypt your startup drive with ...

When Mac OS X 10.7 Lion introduced full disk encryption, called FileVault 2, it was a huge improvement over the original FileVault, which only encrypts a user’s home folder. And because of the ...

Last week I wrote a few tips about disk encryption, but I didn’t write about what to do with the startup disk on your Mac. I cannot think of any reason you shouldn’t encrypt your startup disk after ...

FileVault is an additional security feature included with MacOS that encrypts all the files contained within your system. By using the disk encryption component, all the information sitting on your ...

So a friend of a friend’s husband died suddenly. His MacBook Pro (with Touchbar/TB3) is locked, and he has FileVault enabled. Nobody knows his AppleID info right now (it’s maybe not available-I’m ...