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FileVault

FileVault is a disk encryption program in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (2003) and later. It performs on-the-fly encryption with volumes on Mac computers.

Key facts

Software.name: FileVault
Software.logo_size: x64px
Software.screenshot_size: 300px
Software.caption: FileVault in the System Preferences under Security
Software.other_names: Disk encryption software
Software.operating system: macOS
Software.license: Proprietary

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Contents

Versions and key features
FileVault
Master passwords and recovery keys
Migration
Manual encryption
Limitations and issues
Backups
Issues
FileVault 2
Security
Performance
Master passwords and recovery keys
Validation
Starting the OS with FileVault 2 without a user account
See also
References

FileVault is a disk encryption program in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (2003) and later. It performs on-the-fly encryption with volumes on Mac computers.

==Versions and key features== FileVault was introduced with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, and could only be applied to a user's home directory, not the startup volume. The operating system uses an encrypted sparse disk image (a large single file) to present a volume for the home directory. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard use more modern sparse bundle disk images which spread the data over 8 MB files (called bands) within a bundle. Apple refers to this original iteration of FileVault as "legacy FileVault".