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I am trying to encrypt an SD card but there is no "encrypt" option

I'm trying to encrypt an sd card on my iMac 27 running the latest Majave. There is no option to "erase encrypted" in Disk Utility and no option to "encrypt" in Finder. I can decrypt in finder if a card is already encrypted - but not encrypt a new card. Cards are correctly formatted in mac OS extended journaled.

iMac, macOS 10.12

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 4:57 AM

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Posted on Mar 18, 2019 5:33 AM

Just tried again with an encrypted USB drive. All options available (in both Finder and Disk Utility) tried with non-encrypted USB drive and encryption not possible. Partition is greyed out in Disk Utility. So works ok for drives that are already encrypted but will not encrypt a new drive.

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Mar 18, 2019 5:33 AM in response to dialabrain

Just tried again with an encrypted USB drive. All options available (in both Finder and Disk Utility) tried with non-encrypted USB drive and encryption not possible. Partition is greyed out in Disk Utility. So works ok for drives that are already encrypted but will not encrypt a new drive.

I am trying to encrypt an SD card but there is no "encrypt" option

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