![]() If you forget your login password AND don’t have a recovery key, then you will be permanently locked out. If you have forgotten your password, the only other way of accessing your computer is a recovery key. To switch encryption off again or access your computer’s data, you need your login password. The first encryption stage is to create a recovery key. Then click Turn On FileVault to begin the process. Make sure your charging cable is in your laptop (otherwise, it will stay inactive). Once the password has been entered to unlock the padlock, the Turn On FileVault button will be activated. Then in the bottom left-hand corner, click the padlock icon and enter your password. Once in Security & Privacy, click on FileVault. Go To MacOS System PreferencesĮveryone knows where that is. It will pause itself if you disconnect it and run the computer on the battery. Note that your laptop must be plugged into an electrical outlet for it to work. It might make a nice drink coaster, though. Without the passcode or recovery key, the hard drive is virtually useless. To unscramble it, you would need the passcode to the system or the recovery key to unlock the computer.Īs well as protecting your data from overzealous and overreaching government officials, FileVault is also a useful deterrent to anyone thinking of stealing your laptop. If the hard drive was removed from the computer, the data would be scrambled and unreadable. What does this mean? It means that if the computer is off, and the person trying to get in doesn’t know your passcode or recovery key, then the data on the hard drive is safe. When you have done so, everything on your computer is encrypted. FileVault is switched off when you buy a macOS computer for the first time. ![]() What Is FileVault?įileVault is the proprietary encryption software for macOS computers. Today we are going to cater to our macOS users and cover FileVault. We have already covered Bitlocker (and I highly recommend you use it).
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