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Filevault wont switch off?

Filevault has been encrypting my computer for weeks now, I honestly cant remember when i turned it on but it must've been about a month ago.

I've been enduring it for a while now and now when i try to check if its finished and if i can turn it off, the turn off button is greyed out and it claims to still be decrypting but it doesnt give me a time frame?

The time indicator bar is fully blue which must mean its finished but it looks like its frozen for some reason? I have a project due sometime soon that I need to finish ASAP and Filevault is slowing down my iMac tenfold. I'll admit that my iMac is old but it was never this slow until I turned Filevault on. What should I do please??

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.13

Posted on May 2, 2020 9:32 PM

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Posted on May 4, 2020 4:43 PM

Highly recomend these...


https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB


And if you plan on keeping it add at least 16 GB of RAM...


https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iMac/2011/DDR3_21.5_27


No wonder it's so slow... 4GB of RAM isn't really enough to even run the OS by itself anymore.

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May 3, 2020 6:26 PM in response to ilhaam226

Do you have a recent Time Machine backup or a clone?


If not I'm not sure what er can do, but normally you'd get an external drive then use Time Machine to Backup or CCC to clone it.


Carbon Copy Cloner...


http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html


Not sure if it works in the midst of an encryption or not.


If you told me your exact Mac model I could recommend a good external drive.

Filevault wont switch off?

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