Why is FileVault not working on my Mac?
However, even when connected and seemingly working properly, FileVault may be stalled. Reboot your Mac and hold Command-R at the startup sound to get to Recovery Mode. Open Disk Utility in the OS X Tools panel. Select your boot drive in the sidebar.
When does FileVault encrypt the whole drive?
The only time it is noticeable is when you reboot, as it requires a password before starting the boot process. You may notice that the system is slow when you first enable FileVault 2, since it has to encrypt the whole drive. Once that is done you will probably forget that it is on.
How to fix your Mac stuck on encrypting with FileVault?
Fix your Mac stuck on encrypting with FileVault 1 Reboot your Mac and hold Command-R at the startup sound to get to Recovery Mode. 2 Open Disk Utility in the OS X Tools panel. 3 Select your boot drive in the sidebar. 4 Click the Unlock button, and then supply your FileVault password to unlock the drive.
Using XTS-AES-128 encryption with a 256-bit key, it safeguards the information against unauthorized access on the startup disk. That being said, FileVault has had its own share of issues that seem to arrive out of nowhere. Recently, a handful of macOS users have reported that they can’t turn on FileVault on Mac.
What happens if I change the configuration of FileVault?
If you change any of the setting configurations, such as changing the Not configured to 1, already encrypted devices will not be impacted. Your devices that were not fully encrypted will most likely become encrypted. In general, already encrypted devices will not be impacted by any of the settings in the profile changing configuration.
Where do I find the recovery key in FileVault?
If the key is needed it should be retrieved from Intune. My ask is that the ShowRecoveryKey FileVault2 payload option be made available in the Intune FileVault configuration profile so that it can be set to False, so that the recovery key will not be displayed to the user. Here is the relevant part from Apple’s reference: