FileVault encrypts Data volume as well?

I'm prepping my computer for re-sale. In Preferences it says: FileVault is turned on for the disk "Macintosh HD".


When I open the Disk Utility app, I see the Apple SSD has under it Container disk1, and under Container disk1 there are two volumes: Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD-Data.


My question is: when Preferences says FileVault is turned on for Macintosh HD, does that mean Macintosh HD-Data is also encrypted?

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Jan 20, 2020 12:37 PM

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Posted on Jan 20, 2020 12:43 PM

Yes it does. Also note that in many cases the terminology used refers to both volumes. For example, from About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina - Apple Support


In the Finder, both volumes appear as Macintosh HD.

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