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Is it possible to unlock a FileVault drive?
If the Lion Recovery Partition allowed a unlocking of a Filevault drive, means that that code could be easily cloned, altered and used to crack any Mac with Filevault with a simple USB key. The government snoops would be screaming if they knew this was possible.
Why does FileVault not work in recovery mode?
Filevault is a complete waste of time and effort for most users, it hogs CPU cycles, slows down one’s machine and disables recovery options if OS X fails to boot as one can’t decrypt the image and simply recover files using a alternative means (like Firewire Target Disk Mode for instance)
Why is there an error message on FileVault?
Error message said wrong format, so reformatted Extended (Journaled, Encrypted), entered disk password, copied security key, re-cloned, rebooted the internal and logged in. No problems. Tried to turn off encryption and got this error message: “Filevault failed.
How do I unlock a disk in recovery mode?
So while in Recovery Mode, open Terminal , locate the logical UUID (example: 111111-2222-3333-444444444444 ) of the disk to unlock. “diskutil coreStorage list” will give you the UUID.
What happens if I Lose my FileVault recovery key?
If you lose both your account password and your FileVault recovery key, you won’t be able to log in to your Mac or access the data on your startup disk. Encryption occurs in the background as you use your Mac, and only while your Mac is awake and plugged in to AC power.
Why are some users weren’t added to FileVault?
The terminal message addes error “-69594” Weird, so it looks like some forum mod removed my post with the solution… That’s unfortunate and annoying… There is a bug where new admin users don’t have a secure token enabled which is required to gain permission to unlock a FileVault protected disk.
Is there a way to unlock a hard disk?
When prompted to allow users to unlock the disk, I selected my user. Later on, upon rebooting, I was able to use my user id/password to unlock the disk. However, the next reboot and since then, my user id/password does not work to unlock the disk. I must select the disk and use the disk password to unlock it.