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I decided I did not want to have the backup on my external hard drive encrypted. I am running Big Sur on an M1 chip iMac. When I right click on the drive icon there is no option to decrypt. How do I decrypt it?
Thanks OK
iMac 24″, macOS 11.4
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities.
Connect the external storage device to your Mac. Now, go to Finder > Go > Computer. Control click on the name of the external storage device, and choose [Decrypt].
If that option is not there, you must erase the external storage device, and reformat to a non-encrypted format.
-Jack
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities.
Connect the external storage device to your Mac. Now, go to Finder > Go > Computer. Control click on the name of the external storage device, and choose [Decrypt].
If that option is not there, you must erase the external storage device, and reformat to a non-encrypted format.
-Jack
Thank you so much. The option to decrypt it was not there. I erased it and re-formatted it not encrypted.
How do I decrypt external hard drive?
