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.

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 ...

New features with Lion 10.7.2. My original FileVault article was researched and written using Mac OS X 10.7.1. Soon after the article was published, Apple released version OS X 10.7.2, which ...

FileVault Basics — Conceptually, FileVault is easy to understand, since it makes use of a variety of existing Mac OS X technologies. When you turn on FileVault, Mac OS X creates a special type of disk ...

Mac OS X's FileVault. How it works: FileVault encrypts the user's home directory and all the files in it. As you read and write files to your home directory, in the background, FileVault encrypts ...

If you haven’t carefully tracked your Recovery Key, you could wind up being unsure which is accurate for your current Mac and FileVault encryption setup. There’s fortunately an easy way to check.

If you're a first-time Mac user or you just upgraded your device, these six steps are essential to protecting your device from hackers and abuse.

It’s still recommended that FileVault 2 gets enabled, so automatic log-in cannot be enabled. The only time you don’t want to use FileVault is for Macs in shared areas (school labs, etc.). Wrap-up ...

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 ...

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.