I started a 256GB drive encrypting approximately eight hours ago - for the last three hours it has been stuck at "1 minute remaining".
Rebooting achieves nothing, and a "first aid" in Disk Utility returns no issues. However the SMART status of the drive is "not supported".
Is there anyway I can abort this encryption, or somehow kick start it?! Or do I just need to be more patient and let it run overnight?
The recovery key is cloud stored.
Thanks.
hmm.
some things that have worked:
1. Boot in safe mode. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
2. Turn off screen saver
3. Set screen to never sleep.
4. Turn brightness all the way down (so as not to damage your screen and let it run overnight)
or
reformat and reinstalled from a backup.
How to use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250
hmm.
some things that have worked:
1. Boot in safe mode. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
2. Turn off screen saver
3. Set screen to never sleep.
4. Turn brightness all the way down (so as not to damage your screen and let it run overnight)
or
reformat and reinstalled from a backup.
How to use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250
Safe Mode does a Disk Repair, clears many Caches, & prevents 3rd party things from loading that may interfere.
Thanks - I absolutely don't want to format a this stage in time, so will leave it overnight. Out of interest what's the benefit of safe mode in this scenario?
Hooray - just checked and after an hour or so it's finally finished. Phew! Thanks both.
eludlow9876 wrote:
Hooray - just checked and after an hour or so it's finally finished. Phew! Thanks both.
Good computing eludlow9876 !
Filevault stuck at "1 minute remaining"
