FileVault 2, the FDE technology built into Lion (Mac OS X 10.7), meets those three criteria in the right circumstances, but getting it up and running is not as easy as 1, 2, 3.(Speaking of which ...

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.

Apple can be crafty. Just ask Google. But I’m not here to write about corporation-on-corporation smackdowns. Rather, I’m referring to a Mac OS X trick that pairs FileVault 2 with iCloud’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 encrypts the data on your Mac so unauthorized users can't access your files. If you are using OS X Yosemite, then you are likely already using FileVault.

How to private browse in Safari on Mac, iPhone and iPad; When enabling 'FileVault', you're prompted for a password, which you must use each time your Mac is rebooted or waked from sleep.

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