FileVault 2 clarifications. FileVault 2 encrypts data at the hard drive level. Programs that run on your Mac see the data as if it has no encryption.

Shutterstock FileVault is an additional security feature included with MacOS that encrypts all the files contained within your system. By using the disk encryption component, all the information ...

If you're wondering how FileVault disk encryption for OS X will work with your existing drive setup, and more, MacFixIt has answers. ... Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, ...

If you use Macs for business, you should be familiar with FileVault. Apple’s built-in disk encryption system for macOS can help protect corporate data.

In Mac OS X Lion, Apple has completely revamped FileVault, removing it as a simple encryption of users' Home folders and reinstating it as full disk encryption solution, with an apparent option to ...

RAID and Lion's FileVault disk encryption do not mix Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008.

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 ...

So I just got the email that my work is now requiring full disk encryption. I have never done full disk encryption on the Mac and, for whatever reason, this makes me a little apprehensive. Is ...

A third-party encryption tool has to do the job right, but also have features or options that set it apart from FileVault 2. (SafeGuard provides a separate installer for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.