Once FileVault is set up and working, you should notice it in only two ways. First, if you like to login automatically, FileVault turns that setting off (which makes sense from a security point of ...

FileVault is a robust full-disk encryption system that Apple released way back with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. ... Some readers trying to turn on or disable FileVault have been met with the message: ...

You should also pay a visit to Safari > Settings > Privacy and make sure "Prevent cross-site tracking" and "Hide IP address from tracking" are both enabled to help defeat web trackers. You can also ...

To encrypt your drive, press the Turn On FileVault button. Do not worry if the process of encrypting a drive takes several minutes. It may actually take several hours.

To turn off automatic login on your FileVault 2-encrypted Mac, go to System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options and make sure that "Off" is selected from the drop-down.

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 ...

[Post updated, see below.] Whole-drive encryption isn't one of the sexiest features in OS X, but it's nice to know it's there. FileVault 2 (introduced in Lion; the original FileVault began in 10.3 ...