Apple's hard drive encryption protects your data from thieves and hackers. But It can keep you out, too, if you don't safely ...

Apple has released what are likely the final X.Y releases of the macOS 14/iOS 17 generation of operating systems. Only macOS receives any feature changes that Apple documents in release notes; the ...

Also, for those who care about such things, macOS 14.6 includes the below "Enterprise" fixes. One of these had been driving us crazy for a while in our deployment. The login keychain is correctly ...

Passwords are a chief component of an individual’s digital identity, and as such, they require careful consideration when setting them to avoid potential security exploitations. Used by tens of ...

FileVault is an additional security feature included with MacOS that encrypts all the files contained within your system. By using the disk encryption component, all the information sitting on your ...

If you use Macs for business, you should be familiar with FileVault. Apple’s built-in disk encryption system for macOS can help protect corporate data. If you run a business on Macs (and many ...

Sometimes Apple needs your Mac to know exactly what time it is. Most people leave their Macs set to the default setting in which the time is set via a network server that keeps it up to date down to ...

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 ...

So a friend of a friend’s husband died suddenly. His MacBook Pro (with Touchbar/TB3) is locked, and he has FileVault enabled. Nobody knows his AppleID info right now (it’s maybe not available-I’m ...

UPDATE: File Vault erasing settings? Several users are reporting loss of dock preferences, iApp settings, and other data after receiving a message from FileVault about "recovering" disk space: Alex ...