The full-disk encryption system called FileVault, introduced way back in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, keeps the data on your drive encrypted at rest. If your Mac is shut down, a malefactor can’t get at your ...
FileVault is an excellent tool to protect your Mac’s drive when it’s shut down. When FileVault is active, someone powering up your machine cannot gain access through any means to the encrypted data on ...
Been googling for an hour and am coming here to see if a sane human can confirm/deny that: If I plan on encrypting my disk, I can't do a clean install. It's my understanding that I need a recovery ...