Repeated filevaultd popups on Tahoe

tradrat wrote:

After enabling Filevault, I have had filevaultd repeated pop up every day or so requesting admin password to "make changes". Why the repeated prompts?

Also discussed in this Reddit discussion, but could not find solutions there or in Apple Community.

FYI I am sure I had Filevault enabled since forever but recently had a logic board failure. The old logic board was on Sequoia. When the computer came back from Apple it came with Tahoe installed, and I found after I restored from TM that Filevault was disabled (unclear why). I re-enabled FV and have been getting pop-ups ever since.

hmmm.... Interesting

Apple or Apple Authorizes Repair I would of thought the repaired Mac would have been returned with the macOS that originally shipped with the Mac. Then you upgrade from there to your preferred macOS...

Not sure what the resolve is here however.

Personally I have no state secrets, or international launch codes to have ever justified enabling FileVault. Others seem to think it is mission critical...

I do know macOS Tahoe flipped it on by default, this was new with Tahoe upgrade

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Easy enough to turn it off in System Settings and compare your results— does the issue goes away(?)

For a second look you can check the status of file vault within Terminal.app copy & paste the following:

fdesetup status

if you want to disable FileVault

sudo fdesetup disable

To enable FileVault:

sudo fdesetup enable

Your data is encrypted by default independent of FileVault's add layer...

reference—

Intro to FileVault

Intro to FileVault - Apple Support

How does FileVault work?

How does FileVault work on a Mac? - Apple Support

For your complexity I would Call Customer Support (800) MY–APPLE (800–692–7753) and if no resolve let them escalate the issue up the chain of command

or on line https://getsupport.apple.com/

Outside the USA—Contact Apple for support and service by phone

See a list of Apple phone numbers around the world.

Contact Apple Support - Apple Support

tradrat wrote:

Thank you for your response. Yes like you I was surprised Apple returned my Mac with a new OS. Oh well.

I was unaware newer Macs encrypt by default. Good info. Since there is no performance hit anyway, it stays on in my laptop.

I would suspect with a repair you have 90 day call in Customer Support (800) MY–APPLE (800–692–7753)

Check Device Coverage

View Coverage - AppleCare & Warranty

nomadic yeti wrote:

I've been getting this repeated popup for the last several weeks as well! I'm also running Tahoe 26.2. ChatGPT thinks (or at least hallucinates) that this is a known issue, but I have yet to see it showing up in any Apple Support boards.

Question: Is your main account a "Standard" account or an "Admin" account? My main account is "Standard". I wonder if this popup is a request that every user is getting but that doesn't show up if the user's main account already has Admin privileges.

I will add—

the current stable release of Tahoe including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 26.3

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

it resolved an issue I had with <remoted> tossing a problem report repeatedly after ever sleep...

This being the Remote Service Discovery daemon

I've been getting this repeated popup for the last several weeks as well! I'm also running Tahoe 26.2. ChatGPT thinks (or at least hallucinates) that this is a known issue, but I have yet to see it showing up in any Apple Support boards.

Question: Is your main account a "Standard" account or an "Admin" account? My main account is "Standard". I wonder if this popup is a request that every user is getting but that doesn't show up if the user's main account already has Admin privileges.