Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

#filevault #decryption #stuck

  1. R

    Decrypting a WD external hard drive with Mac OS snow panthers files with a PC. I really F’ed up.

    Some years ago I stored some officials documents on an external western digital hard drive, I also thought it was cool to decrypt them. The operating system was snow leopard, and most of the the files are (.jpegENX) Of course I no longer own a Mac, and I need some of these files to fill in the...
  2. H

    iMac FileVault stuck decryption

    I bought an iMac on line 2011 model, restored os but now I hit FileVault by mistake it started encrypting for almost 3 days, so I found a YouTube video showing me how to use terminal to disable, now decrypting the files been two days, is there any other way to stop this so use my computer, I’m a...
  3. M

    FileVault decryption stuck - cannot install Mojave

    Hello, guys! I set my FileVault decryption on but the process has gotten stuck at 98% for days and I cannot get to shut it down. I can use the iMac just fine, the only problem being that I'm not allowed to upgrade to Mojave because of this. Anyone been through this and got to a solution? Thanks...