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. However, given ...

If you're wondering how FileVault disk encryption for OS X will work with your existing drive setup, and more, MacFixIt has answers. OS X FileVault questions answered - CNET X ...

A failed installation might be the least of a potential upgrader's worries, however, as Macs with a T2 security chip can suffer data loss when FileVault 2 encryption is activated.

Apple just released OS X Lion 10.7.4, which fixes a nasty bug that exposed FileVault passwords in plain text if Snow Leopard users upgraded to Lion but kept using their legacy FileVault settings.

Putting this out here in the world in case anyone has a similar problem. Had a client just now with a 2015 MBP that was being updated to Big Sur and something went wrong during the update, and as ...

Apple Computer Inc.’s secure encryption technology FileVault appears to be the latest operating system issue to affect the company in the last week. Since the release of Mac OS X Panther on ...

In OS X 10.7.3, HomeDirMounter logs information that appears to have been used for debugging during development of the 10.7.3 update. Among the information it stores in var/logs/secure.log is the ...

Apple has released OS X Lion 10.7.4. The update includes performance improvements as well as a bunch of fixes, including the FileVault bug that was recently widely covered across the Web.

This security flaw, apparantly created when Apple left debugging code in the 10.7.3 update, is only triggered with Lion systems in which legacy support for the original FileVault is retained and ...

At the same time, this doesn’t affect OTA updates from one Big Sur installation to another (such as updating from macOS 11.1 to macOS 11.2). If you have a backup of your data, you can simply ...

Apple's legacy FileVault Mac encryption system in OS X 10.7.3 has a security flaw that could allow malicious users to access stored passwords.