You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
2012 MBP 15" running 10.15.1
Can't update macOS software; discovered FileVault incomplete setup; can't turn off; can't finish. Stuck
Tried Safe Boot:
Unsuccessful
Tried first aid:
Unsuccessful
Tried recovery boot, first aid:
Unsuccessful
Tried Sudo:
FileVault was not disabled (-69595)
Ideas..?
MacBook Pro
Changing the setting for FileVault takes only a few seconds.
But once the setting is changed, the conversion of your drive begins. Slowly, in the background, each and every used block is read in (encrypted/decrypted on the fly if needed) and written back out again (encrypted/decrypted on the fly if needed).
That takes from all afternoon to a day or so, and proceeds only when your Mac is awake. You may not change the setting again until the conversion is complete. But your Mac can be used while the conversion is under way.
Changing the setting for FileVault takes only a few seconds.
But once the setting is changed, the conversion of your drive begins. Slowly, in the background, each and every used block is read in (encrypted/decrypted on the fly if needed) and written back out again (encrypted/decrypted on the fly if needed).
That takes from all afternoon to a day or so, and proceeds only when your Mac is awake. You may not change the setting again until the conversion is complete. But your Mac can be used while the conversion is under way.
santabean2000 wrote:
2012 MBP 15" running 10.15.1
Can't update macOS software; discovered FileVault incomplete setup; can't turn off; can't finish. Stuck
If the conversion is in progress you have to let it complete first.
Can you post a screen shot of the dialog box—
When did this pop up, under what conditions?
see: Incomplete filevault encryption - endless restarts
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8254112
You can erase the the "parent" drive and start over with an install and restore your user data
Boot into Internet Recovery (Command R) and from the dropdown menu: Utilities> Disk Utility> View>Show All Devices
Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
How to erase a disk for Mac - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208496
How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
Use FileVault to encrypt the startup disk on your Mac - Apple ...
FileVault stuck; can't stop or turn off. What to do?
