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  1. adib

    macOS Sonoma on Apple Silicon can't recognize encrypted HFS+ drives

    As per title. I have an external USB 3.0 hard drive (the rotating variant) formatted with HFS+ and encrypted via Core Storage. Plugging the drive into my M1 Mac Mini running Sonoma (14.0) could not mount the encrypted HFS+ partition. Disk Utility shows the partition as "unformatted."...
    • adib
    • Thread
    • apple silicon core storage encrypted disk hfs+ sonoma
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS Sonoma (14)
  2. J

    I accidentally started decrypting my empty 5tb external hard drive because the encrypted drive won't show password hint

    I bought a new 5tb Seagate external drive and encrypted it with Disk Utility with a "passowrd hint" on my 2019 Macbook Pro (Catalina). The drive has never been used and is empty. However, the password hint did not show when I plugged it back in, so I thought maybe I should redo the encrytion. I...
    • joyagirl
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    • disk utility encrypted disk seagate external drive
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
  3. mac_in_tosh

    Encrypted drive password is requested in all accounts

    This happens every time I mount my password-protected Time Machine external drive in my (administrator) MacBook Pro account and then eject it when done. When any other account on the machine is entered at a later time, the window requesting the drive's password is displayed and one has to click...
  4. osculum_est_mortis

    What’s The Best Cross-Platform File System for external SSD/HD

    I use linux/windows/Mac OS and its very annoying having encrypted drives that don't work with each other unless I use veracrypt or boot into a VM to unlock one another ... time consuming and just a pain . wondering if there is a way so solve this ? can I unlock LUKS on Mac ? or unlock APFS...
  5. A

    Disk Password in Mojave and APFS

    Hi to all, I have the following problem that makes me going nuts. I have spent 3 days in trying to get this issue out of my way. Without success. Now I have searched here for a thread but didn't find what I was looking for, for a Guide... I am currently using macOS High Sierra (10.13.5) on a...
  6. shamelin73

    SSD to go between Windows and Mac

    I have searched and there are so many utilities that sound like it would work but the site that I have seen them on seems suspect. I would like to ask you here. I have a Sandisk 1TB SSD and would like to encrypt it but be able to go from work to home and be able to open on Windows and Mac. I do...
    • shamelin73
    • Thread
    • encrypted disk mac os windows 10
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  7. J

    Filevault: does encrypting an external usb hard disk work for you?

    diskutil apfs encryptVolume disk3s1 -user disk Passphrase for the new "Disk" user (ABC-xxx): Repeat passphrase: Starting background encryption with the new "Disk" crypto user on disk3s1 The new "Disk" user will be the only one who has initial access to disk3s1 The new APFS crypto user UUID will...
  8. Yoms

    Is FileVault the best encryption solution?

    Hi, I'd like to encrypt my whole disk using FileVault on a 2018 MBP (using recovery key and not the iCloud account). Is FileVault the best choice? I've read that its encryption algorithm is not state of the art. Or is there a better free alternative? Thanks,
    • Yoms
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    • encrypted encrypted disk
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  9. F

    MB Air (A1465) SSD encrypted

    I've replaced the motherboard on my friend's MacBook Air A1465 (mid-2012) and I have these problems now: OS won't boot (no apple logo, just white screen) While trying to reinstall the OS with a flash drive - after it asked the SSD password - it says the selected SSD isn't encrypted in GUID...
  10. I

    Cannot Decrypt and Remove File Vault from Third-Party SSD

    Dear forum members, Background: My mid-2011 Mac mini came with a stock Mac OS X 10.7.5 running on a HDD which I then proceeded to encrypt using File Vault. Later, an SSD was installed and the data was cloned over from the HDD to the SSD without decrypting the disk first but everything was fine...
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