FileVault offers the fantastic option in macOS to encrypt your entire drive. With modern Macs, starting now several years ago, that whole-disk encryption allows nearly the same performance as with an ...

FileVault is an extraordinary bit of macOS technology. Introduced years ago, it encrypts the entire contents of your startup volume so that when the data is at rest—when your Mac is powered down—the ...

FileVault is OS X's built-in data encryption technology, and when enabled, as with an unencrypted OS X volume you simply enter your account credentials to get into your system. However, given Apple ...

A bug in OS X 10.7.3 exposes legacy FileVault users, but there are some workarounds to prevent this from happening. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

So SuperDuper! backup failed with an exotic error message, reported to Shirt Pocket. Dave Nanian, as usual, swiftly replied, suggesting booting from the recovery ...

Whilst past reports of Mac OS X security have never shown Apple's big-boy operating system to be the most secure of softwares, Mac users may be particularly surprised this time to find out that if ...

FileVault has long been one of the most notable security & privacy features in macOS. For those unfamiliar, this built-in encryption feature is designed to encrypt Mac’s hard drive along with all the ...