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  1. J

    FileVault 2 + Prey Anti-Theft: Possible?

    I've heard of several crazy workarounds. For example, there is an intriguing script on GitHub that seems to set up Prey on a FileVault 2 drive, but it's 10 years old and I can't find much documentation on it. Here is another (again, decade-old) method that involves two partitions...
    • Jony Five
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    • filevault 2 prey
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    • Forum: macOS
  2. N

    MacPro 5.1 can't do filevault after Mojave-upgrade any more

    Hello, after having laboriously prepared my brave MacPro 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon from 2012 for Mojave (switched off FileVault (Decrypt lasted 7 hours), bought and installed a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, installed Mojave (10.14.2), BootRom being 140.0.0.0.0, hd being APFS) everything works...
  3. J

    Instant Filevault encryption/decryption on 2018 MBP

    I noticed my new 2018 MBP turned on Filevault by default. Out of curiosity, I turned it off and on again. Unlike previous experience, both processes were instant, no need to wait hours. I'm a bit doubtful on whether Filevault is actually turned on given zero encryption time? Does the instant...
  4. haralds

    FileVault on HFS+ SSD corrupted system during encryption

    I am running High Sierra 10.13.5 beta 2 on an SSD that is pretty full. It's 2TB and has about 18% free space. Since I am going on vacation I decided to go to FileVault2, which I have used previously in earlier versions without trouble and routinely use on my MacBooks. Forecast completion went...
    • haralds
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    • filevault 2 high sierra ssd
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  5. H

    FileVault 2 Boot Camp Partition

    I have seen several different answers to this question and so I am a bit confused. If I enable Filevault 2 upon setup of my 2016 Macbook pro and THEN create a windows partition for boot camp, is the windows partition still covered by FileVault 2? If someone was, for example to use...
  6. grahamperrin

    FileVault 2 reportedly on after completely turned off

    Cosmetic bug in 17A264c. With the FileVault page of the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences open during during reversion (converting (backward)) from Core Storage, after reversion completed, the pane stated: Workaround Unlock the pane. Environment MacBookPro8,2 /dev/disk1 on USB...
  7. grahamperrin

    HFS-to-APFS dry run succeeded, actual conversion failed, error -69853, boot file not written

    Core Storage encrypted startup volume, upgraded to 17A264c from a pre-release build of 10.12.6. External hard disk drive, limited to USB 2.0 with a MacBookPro8,2. After the upgrade I used Recovery OS Disk Utility to unlock the encrypted volume, then Terminal to perform a dry run of conversion...
  8. D

    I need to hand my rMBP in for repairs. Is FileVault enough to keep my data private?

    My 2014 rMBP is in need of a display repair (also, one of the rubber feet fell off, which apparently means that the whole underside has to be replaced...). I have to hand it in at the Apple Store in the next few days and I am concerned about the privacy of my data. I tend to be somewhat paranoid...
    • danqi
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    • filevault filevault 2 genius bar mackbook privacy repair rmbp security
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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