Thomas O'Connell
Level 1
(37 points)
Q: Filevault Yosemite stalled and won't continue??
My mid 2012 MBP retina is in paused mode of encryption in FileVault.
I thought it might be a good idea to use this with all the horror stories you hear about stolen laptops but better to be stolen than use FileVault IMHO :-).
It has been in encrypting mode since the day Yosemite was released...I just realized it today and it now shows Encryption paused. When I try to turn off FileVault, the message says to wait until the disk is fully encrypted before turning it off. I searched for info in this group and the best idea I could find was to reset PRAM - which I did and it went to a screen that said "encrypting - estimating time remaining" to a screen that said to plug in to power adapter (which I already was plugged in to ((tested to be working by unplugging and replugging and screen brightness changed)).
Looks like the proverbial catch 22 to me at this point and I'm stuck...any advice appreciated.
Thanks
Tom
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Linc Davis
Level 10
(208,022 points)
The encryption process is paused. I don't know why. It seems to be a bug. If you can't get decryption started as I suggested in my first comment, you'll have to wipe the volume and restore from a backup. If you can connect the drive to a computer running Windows or a version of OS X older than 10.7, erase it that way. Otherwise see .
