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FileVault is stuck in "Connect power adapter" state

I had told FileVault to encrypt my drive, it told me to connect a power adapter. I waited too long and eventually the computer hibernated.


The following day, computer working fine, I go into preferences to see where FileVault is at. I am currently have the power adapter plugged in, my laptop is now 100% charged.


FileVault seems to be stuck. It still says "Connect power adapter to resume encryption", even though I am on power. "Turn Off FileVault..." tells me I must wait until FileVault has completed to disable.


Any thoughts?

OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Oct 2, 2014 2:20 PM

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Oct 3, 2014 10:44 AM in response to mattswell

This procedure is a diagnostic test. It makes no changes to your data.

Please triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

{ diskutil list; echo; diskutil cs list; } | pbcopy

Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.

Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:

☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

☞ In the Finder, select Go Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.

Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.

Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear below what you entered.

The output of the command will be automatically copied to the Clipboard. If the command produced no output, the Clipboard will be empty. Paste into a reply to this message.

The Terminal window doesn't show the output. Please don't copy anything from there.

If any personal information appears in the output, anonymize before posting, but don’t remove the context.

Oct 3, 2014 11:20 AM in response to Linc Davis

/dev/disk1 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1 2: Apple_CoreStorage 999.7 GB disk1s2 3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3 /dev/disk4 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *999.3 GB disk4 Logical Volume on disk1s2 F3B7928D-82BE-4D91-8A11-748F87A01950 Unlocked Encrypted CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found) | +-- Logical Volume Group C398ADAB-8E58-432D-87D1-7CDEA63FEA0C ========================================================= Name: Macintosh HD Status: Online Size: 999695822848 B (999.7 GB) Free Space: 0 B (0 B) | +-< Physical Volume 28B6A834-B356-4684-B17D-4762DF724B0B | ---------------------------------------------------- | Index: 0 | Disk: disk1s2 | Status: Online | Size: 999695822848 B (999.7 GB) | +-> Logical Volume Family 59982951-0399-4019-860C-4C602BC5E00B ---------------------------------------------------------- Encryption Status: Unlocked Encryption Type: AES-XTS Conversion Status: Converting Conversion Direction: forward Has Encrypted Extents: Yes Fully Secure: No Passphrase Required: Yes | +-> Logical Volume F3B7928D-82BE-4D91-8A11-748F87A01950 --------------------------------------------------- Disk: disk4 Status: Online Size (Total): 999324516352 B (999.3 GB) Conversion Progress: Paused Revertible: No LV Name: Macintosh HD Volume Name: Macintosh HD Content Hint: Apple_HFS

Oct 3, 2014 1:20 PM in response to mattswell

The conversion is paused, but according to what you say, there's no valid reason for it, so something has gone wrong. If you don't already have a current backup of all data, back up immediately. Then you can try the instructions linked below, but I'm not too optimistic:


Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

Reset your computer’s PRAM

Oct 17, 2014 9:29 PM in response to Linc Davis

Mine happened to be the same:

/dev/disk0

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage 999.7 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

/dev/disk1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *999.3 GB disk1

Logical Volume on disk0s2

90C69512-39D4-41EE-B93F-424BDA646B84

Unlocked Encrypted


CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

|

+-- Logical Volume Group 3F73020C-B0BB-40B7-8D43-ECCCB4719184

=========================================================

Name: Macintosh HD

Status: Online

Size: 999695822848 B (999.7 GB)

Free Space: 0 B (0 B)

|

+-< Physical Volume 43DDC4A3-57A3-4127-8259-0ADD4C11D746

| ----------------------------------------------------

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk0s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 999695822848 B (999.7 GB)

|

+-> Logical Volume Family 8B03FB6A-B3C3-426D-9484-8C0A4730DDA1

----------------------------------------------------------

Encryption Status: Unlocked

Encryption Type: AES-XTS

Conversion Status: Converting

Conversion Direction: forward

Has Encrypted Extents: Yes

Fully Secure: No

Passphrase Required: Yes

|

+-> Logical Volume 90C69512-39D4-41EE-B93F-424BDA646B84

---------------------------------------------------

Disk: disk1

Status: Online

Size (Total): 999324516352 B (999.3 GB)

Conversion Progress: Paused

Revertible: No

LV Name: Macintosh HD

Volume Name: Macintosh HD

Content Hint: Apple_HFS

Oct 19, 2014 4:38 AM in response to mattswell

I have the same issue macbook pro mid-2012. 768 HD. Shows encryption bar full blue but says encryption paused and plug into resume if I am plugged in or not. Does not seem to want to auto sleep (with default energy settings), not sure that is related. When on battery, it says filvault is biggest battery user (converting to FileVault), but does not say this when plugged in. Does not seem to effect system performance.


Not sure if my disks are encrypted or not and I hope apple comes up with a fix for this soon. Is there a place where we should be reporting to apple these issues?

Oct 19, 2014 11:37 PM in response to mattswell

I had the same issue and spent all of yesterday trying to fix it. Unfortunately, my computer was too slow to do anything at all except when on recovery mode. You can start the process of decrypting your files even if the encryption is not fully completed using disk utility in recovery mode by following the steps on this website:


http://derflounder.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/using-disk-utility-to-unlock-or-decr ypt-your-filevault-2-encrypted-boot-drive/


Hope this helps!

FileVault is stuck in "Connect power adapter" state

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