How can I revert a corestorage volume to its native types after turning off FileVault2?

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How can I revert a corestorage volume to its native types after turning off FileVault2?

I turned on filevault2 but then I had to turn it off for various reasons. I see that my drive has become a corestorage volume and I would like to be able to revert the corestorage volume to its native types. (that means remove the drive off corestorage, like it was before you enable filevault2.)

Please reply with some helpful answers; I would not like to reinstall mac os x)

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3), Late 2013 13 inch MacBookPro11,1

Posted on May 29, 2014 7:53 AM

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Linc Davis

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May 29, 2014 9:50 AM in response to iMacApplpro7

That should happen automatically. It may take a few hours.

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iMacApplpro7 Author

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May 30, 2014 1:09 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thanks for your reply. No, my drive, for some reason, stays as corestorage volume. It does say - when I type in diskutil cs list into terminal - in the logical volume section 'Revertible: No', but I reinstalled mac OS X, ran diskutil cs convert 'Macintosh HD' and then enabled filevault 2 after that with the sudo fdesetup enable command but not through the GUI (system prefs>privacy>filevault2. )I ran diskutil cs list and it sais 'Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)'. If i wanted to turn off filevault, i ran the command diskutil cs revert 'Macintosh HD' and it would decrypt the volume and return my disk to its native types (not a corestorage volume but a disk)

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