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trying to upgrade from High Sierra to Monterey and receive error that the hard drive is being encrypted and install fails

grade from High Sierra to Monterey and receive error that the hard drive is being encrypted and install fails

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 8, 2022 8:14 PM

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Posted on Mar 8, 2022 8:18 PM

Hi,


I haven't run into this before, but based on what you posted, someone turned on encryption and upgrading is not possible until that encryption is completed. I would let it go overnight and try again tomorrow.

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trying to upgrade from High Sierra to Monterey and receive error that the hard drive is being encrypted and install fails

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