Cannot remove disk password user

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Cannot remove disk password user

I am getting a "disk password" user when I am logging in to my early 2015 MacBook Pro. I believe this is because I restored my SSD recently, but formatted my SSD with APFS (encrypted).

I have tried turning on and off filevault, and the user is still there.

I have also tried this:

sudo fdesetup list

And it only shows up one user, which is my primary/user account.

What are some options I have to remove the "disk password" user? It is not helpful since it just restarts the computer when I log in with this account.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on May 19, 2020 3:09 PM

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taiseiak Author

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May 20, 2020 7:53 PM in response to BDAqua

I have fixed this issue by reformatting my disk to APFS, then installing Catalina to that new reformatted disk, then migrating my old data from a Time Machine back-up then enabling File Vault.

It seems that File Vault and APFS (encrypted) do not mesh well.

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BDAqua

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May 19, 2020 4:13 PM in response to taiseiak

It can take quite awhile to get it turned off...

Filevault state, open Terminal & paste these in…

fdesetup status

diskutil cs list | grep 'Conversion Progress'

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taiseiak Author

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May 20, 2020 2:17 PM in response to BDAqua

I have turned it off, then restarted my computer. The disk password user does not exist. However, when I turn file vault on, I get the disk password user up again.

Would the solution be to make a back up, then use disk utility to change the SSD file system type from APFS (encrypted) to APFS?

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