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Turn off FileVault is grayed out.

I have "Old" Macbook Pro "Early 2011",

Filevault has already finished the encryption process,

I want to turn it off.


It doesn't let me to turn It off


Please HELP !

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 11, 2020 8:35 AM

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Posted on Mar 11, 2020 10:16 AM

Hmmm,


Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?


Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.


To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...

Open System Preferences>Users & Groups, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.

Does it work in the new account?

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Mar 11, 2020 10:16 AM in response to iAce11

Hmmm,


Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?


Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.


To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...

Open System Preferences>Users & Groups, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.

Does it work in the new account?

Apr 15, 2020 8:22 PM in response to iAce11

I have the same problem with my late2011 MacBook Air

Greyed out file decryption button. Now OS updates will not install either.

I ran a disk utility first aid from the command R boot up. Startup was ok but numerous errors on the actual HD.

Also, no matter how often I try I cannot boot into safe mode anymore.

Any suggestions?

Apr 22, 2020 8:01 PM in response to BDAqua

Thanks for your help

fdsetup status gets reply of FileVault is On.


FileVault master keychain appears to be installed

diskutil cs list | grep 'Conversion Progress' gets no response.

am i entering the values incorrectly?

Turn off FileVault is grayed out.

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