Time Machine Encryption Paused...

[xpillowx96]

Hi, so I was backing up my Macbook to an external HDD, and after it finished backing up, it started encrypting like I set it to do.

The encryption process was really slow, like 30% over 10 hours. The problem is, the last time I checked, it was at 70%. Then, I shifted my computer and HDD, and suddenly the progress bar no longer showed that it was encrypting, nor did it show the progress bar of encryption. The external HDD was NOT dismounted, and the power source was NOT unplugged, I checked.

I looked around online for ways to check if the encryption was complete:

I went to Apple logo at top left hand corner -> About This Mac -> System Report -> Hardware -> Storage -> <Name of External HDD Volume> -> below is what it says:

<Name of External HDD Volume>:
Available: 856.47 GB (856,470,904,832 bytes)
Capacity: 999.49 GB (999,489,667,072 bytes)
Mount Point: /Volumes/<Name of External HDD Volume>
File System: Journaled HFS+
Writable: Yes
Ignore Ownership: No
BSD Name: disk3
Volume UUID: DA3FE21C-C0D8-3022-8ED4-ED5BBFE731AC
Logical Volume:
Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)
Encrypted: Yes
Encryption Type: AES-XTS
Locked: No
Conversion State: Paused
Bytes Converted: 669.13 GB (669,129,900,032 bytes)
LV UUID: 279CBC29-5F13-48DF-8E7F-AA4EECAF6DE7
Logical Volume Group:
Name: <Name of External HDD Volume>
Size: 999.86 GB (999,860,912,128 bytes)
Free Space: 18.9 MB (18,923,520 bytes)
LVG UUID: 1FBCC1B7-064A-4E33-ADE6-3198BBA05A91
Physical Volumes:
disk2s2:
Device Name: BUP Slim Mac SL
Media Name: Seagate BUP Slim Mac SL Media
Size: 999.86 GB (999,860,912,128 bytes)
Protocol: USB
Internal: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
Status: Online
PV UUID: 6302ABCA-A3EF-4927-9B72-A7E5126F6213

and I also opened up Terminal and typed "diskutil cs list":

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
+-- Logical Volume Group 1FBCC1B7-064A-4E33-ADE6-3198BBA05A91
=========================================================
Name: <Name of External HDD Volume>
Status: Online
Size: 999860912128 B (999.9 GB)
Free Space: 18923520 B (18.9 MB)
+-< Physical Volume 6302ABCA-A3EF-4927-9B72-A7E5126F6213
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk2s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 999860912128 B (999.9 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 9FE57D82-5166-4A31-916C-49E10DE350E7
----------------------------------------------------------
Encryption Type: AES-XTS
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Conversion Status: Converting (forward)
High Level Queries: Not Fully Secure
| Passphrase Required
| Accepts New Users
| Has Visible Users
| Has Volume Key
|
+-> Logical Volume 279CBC29-5F13-48DF-8E7F-AA4EECAF6DE7
---------------------------------------------------
Disk: disk3
Status: Online
Size (Total): 999489667072 B (999.5 GB)
Conversion Progress: Paused
Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)
LV Name: <Name of External HDD Volume>
Volume Name: <Name of External HDD Volume>
Content Hint: Apple_HFS

So clearly the encryption process was not completed. However, Time Machine does not give an option to resume encryption! I tried "Back Up Now", but it only backs up the changes I made since the last backup; there is no mention of encryption anywhere. Please help me find a way to resume encryption. Thank you!

 

[chscag]

What do you mean by "shifted my computer and HDD"? It looks like you interrupted the process and now it's stalled. I don't know of a way to get out of that except to dismount the drive, erase it, run Time Machine again for a full backup and then use FileVault once more.