An issue with Apple's macOS Big Sur installer allows users to upgrade from an earlier operating system without first verifying that the target Mac has enough free hard drive space, resulting in ...

Given Apple-supplied password reset tools, you may have concerns about the possibility of these being used to override a FileVault-protected volume.

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 a result she was locked out of FileVault.

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

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 ...

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.

However, as reported by Mr. Macintosh, Big Sur still has a serious issue that can result in data loss when users try to upgrade a Mac to the latest version of the operating system without enough ...

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.

If you clicked Turn Off Legacy FileVault, and never restarted the system in Mac OS X 10.7.3 and then logged in to a protected user account prior to that, you’re fine.

Among a raft of fixes and improvements for SMB, WebDAV, and other networking services, the OS X 10.7.4 update also disables a debug switch that wrote passwords for certain FileVault and network ...

Vista's new BitLocker feature and Mac OS X's FileVault are especially useful to those of you toting laptops that contain sensitive data.