FileVault is easy to set up and use. However, if you own a Mac that runs on Apple Silicon or has the Apple T2 Security Chip, it already has the FileVault encryption turned on.

If you enable FileVault, erasing your lost Mac can be done in seconds, since the only thing it has to erase is your encryption key. But then no one can ever recover your data, not even you.

The full-disk encryption system called FileVault, introduced way back in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, keeps the data on your drive encrypted at rest. If your Mac is shut down, a malefactor can’t get at ...

If necessary, you can restart a FileVault-enabled Mac and have it automatically unlock the volume and load the operating system. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

Instead, with FileVault enabled, you’ll have to manually log in every time. This will even be the case after waking your Mac from a sleep state, as well as attempting to use the system when ...

When Mac OS X 10.7 Lion introduced full disk encryption, called FileVault 2, it was a huge improvement over the original FileVault, which only encrypts a user's home folder. And because of the ...

We’ve been uniformly negative about FileVault, the new security feature that Apple added to Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, but that doesn’t mean we dislike the idea of protecting sensitive data. The problem ...

FileVault 2 is a feature of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion that provides a way to encrypt a full disk drive so that it can only be used by those who know a password ... until now, that is. Passware, a company ...

FileVault is OS X's built-in data encryption technology, and when enabled, as with an unencrypted OS X volume you simply enter your account credentials to get into your system.

Apple introduced FileVault in 2005 with Mac OS X Panther (10.3). At that time, it only protected a user’s Home folder.

OS X: FileVault does a great job of protecting your Mac. Every time you boot up, it asks for your password. If you're troubleshooting or providing remote support, though, entering it every time is ...