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Q: FileVault stuck on "Encryption Paused"

After upgrading my MPB to Yosemite, I elected to turn on FileVault. In the Security & Privacy panel of System Preferences, the status shows "Encryption paused" and the text under the progress bar reads, "Connect power adapter to resume encryption." Trouble is, I am running from the power adapter!

 

I have rebooted and tried another power adapter. The battery icon in the menu bar correctly changes from battery to power adapter as I connect and disconnect. However, the encryption status never changes. I have left the machine running overnight with no change.


Any ideas?

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 7:25 AM

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  • by loicsans,

    loicsans loicsans Oct 17, 2014 8:01 AM in response to zinnjd
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    Oct 17, 2014 8:01 AM in response to zinnjd

    After upgrading to Yosemite, I have exactly the same problem and have tried all the obvious, like restarting, resetting the SMC and resetting the PRAM.

    Still stuck on "Connect power adapter to resume encryption." while powered and on 100% charged battery.

  • by davidvarney,

    davidvarney davidvarney Oct 17, 2014 10:36 AM in response to loicsans
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    Oct 17, 2014 10:36 AM in response to loicsans

    Same exact issue here. Grrrrrrrr!

  • by d0ri0,

    d0ri0 d0ri0 Oct 17, 2014 11:24 AM in response to zinnjd
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    Oct 17, 2014 11:24 AM in response to zinnjd

    Same problem for me. I found that if i reboot the macbook without the power adapter connected, I get a notification saying that the encryption needs power to continue. If i then plug it in it will resume for about 1 minute and then get stuck again.Screen Shot 2014-10-17 at 20.23.25.png

  • by NatashaBarnes,

    NatashaBarnes NatashaBarnes Oct 17, 2014 2:09 PM in response to d0ri0
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    Oct 17, 2014 2:09 PM in response to d0ri0

    Try clicking the lock where it says "click the lock to make changes" and it will ask for the password and then it will enable you to click on the "encryption paused" and it will resume.

  • by loicsans,

    loicsans loicsans Oct 17, 2014 2:12 PM in response to NatashaBarnes
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    Oct 17, 2014 2:12 PM in response to NatashaBarnes

    No it doesn't.

  • by caboolture,

    caboolture caboolture Oct 17, 2014 2:30 PM in response to zinnjd
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    Oct 17, 2014 2:30 PM in response to zinnjd

    Same thing, I've got the dreaded "Connect power adapter to resume encryption" message in FileVault.

     

    I tried all the obvious things: rebooting, resetting the SMC, zapping the PRAM, still stuck.

     

    I then tried reinstalling OS X Yosemite: after several hours (sigh) it finished; I logged in, went to FileVault, couldn't turn off encryption but it appeared to start. It ran for 5s, then: "Connect power adapter to resume encryption".

     

    After last year's disaster with Mail and gmail accounts, now this. Argh.

  • by -+[Cruz]+-,

    -+[Cruz]+- -+[Cruz]+- Oct 17, 2014 2:34 PM in response to zinnjd
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    Oct 17, 2014 2:34 PM in response to zinnjd

    If the wire is plugged than try to unlock to make any chances and press turn off FileVault it might help

  • by d0ri0,

    d0ri0 d0ri0 Oct 17, 2014 3:11 PM in response to -+[Cruz]+-
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    Oct 17, 2014 3:11 PM in response to -+[Cruz]+-

    It produces the error message: "Wait until your disk is fully encrypted before turning off FileVault."

  • by jlingo527,

    jlingo527 jlingo527 Oct 17, 2014 9:30 PM in response to zinnjd
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    Oct 17, 2014 9:30 PM in response to zinnjd

    My happened exactly the same thing. Stuck at Encryption Paused, and already tried all the recommendation in this post.

    It's no longer moving anywhere now.

    /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

  • by KenJr,

    KenJr KenJr Oct 18, 2014 12:15 AM in response to zinnjd
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    Oct 18, 2014 12:15 AM in response to zinnjd

    Fixed .. Had the same problem on my Macbook Air - plugged in the magsafe power connector ..  Then the progress bar changed from 'paused' to 'encrypting'.

  • by Patrick123,

    Patrick123 Patrick123 Oct 18, 2014 12:19 AM in response to zinnjd
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    Oct 18, 2014 12:19 AM in response to zinnjd

    Just a WAG, but...has anyone tried running it down to 90-95% and plugging it back in?  Maybe it's looking for a 'charging' state.

  • by loicsans,

    loicsans loicsans Oct 18, 2014 12:24 AM in response to Patrick123
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    Oct 18, 2014 12:24 AM in response to Patrick123

    Yep I did try this and replugged my power adapter at about 60%. No difference there for sure.

  • by jlingo527,

    jlingo527 jlingo527 Oct 18, 2014 2:36 AM in response to loicsans
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    Oct 18, 2014 2:36 AM in response to loicsans

    I tried to recover using Time Machine and even worse, it failed completely and now my macbook pro unusable. Searching For Disks, HDD no longer detected.

    Internal Recovery is no longer an option. Now in the middle of downloading Internet Recovery(Command + option -R)

    hopefully I can restore from time machine succesfully and forget FileVault

  • by jlingo527,

    jlingo527 jlingo527 Oct 18, 2014 2:37 AM in response to Patrick123
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    Oct 18, 2014 2:37 AM in response to Patrick123

    I have tried this one, and still Encryption Paused! it started for like one minute and it paused again.

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