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zinnjd Author

Level 1

8 points

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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Macalexa

Level 1

4 points

Posted on Sep 21, 2017 6:53 AM

Hello,

I have Sierrra. Enabled filevault and it got stuck.

Solution
:Open Terminal -> type: " sudo fdesetup disable " then paste your password or recovery keyword.

I pasted my recovery keyword and voila it worked again and the process was finished in a few hours :-D

Yay! 🙂

Thank me later 😉

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Petehok

Level 1

0 points

Apr 20, 2015 6:10 AM in response to VibezPL

10.10.3 didn't fix it for me either. I've done all the tricks mentioned, but none of them have helped. Still stuck. And it *****!

Jun 20, 2015 2:01 AM in response to DarkCrow

that happened to me too i called the apple support

they meant that its a bug or so

i reinstalled yosemite and after the installation was finished then i activated file vault

Jul 13, 2015 7:08 PM in response to KenJr

I was stuck on this aswel, and I did what you said KenJr I plugged in the charger and it started encrypting.

Thanks so much

chaham25

Level 1

0 points

Sep 30, 2015 6:06 PM in response to zinnjd

Same happened to me. I went to disk utility, clicked on my Mac SSD, checked repair disk, then repair disk permissions. Resumed as soon as it finished with repair permissions.

Oct 1, 2015 12:42 PM in response to netnothing

Actually not at the top. the disk utility is at bottom I believe. Otherwise what you are saying is correct.

Oct 1, 2015 1:03 PM in response to oshamahue

Thanks.....will have to give it a shot.

Wonder why this would work where booting to Recovery console doesn't?!? Same thing.....booting to a different drive.

-Kevin

weppa83

Level 1

0 points

Oct 2, 2015 5:01 AM in response to weppa83

sorry:

10. click file and "turn off encryption"

Oct 7, 2015 1:31 PM in response to Erik Uetz

I am glad that worked for you

moorandr

Level 1

0 points

Oct 7, 2015 6:52 PM in response to Mark DS

Did you ever figure out a solution to this? My terminal log shows pretty much the exact same thing... The drive appears to be non-revertible.

zomx

Level 1

8 points

Oct 21, 2015 5:13 AM in response to oshamahue

This helped me after having the curse for 9 months, thank you!

Oct 27, 2015 3:50 PM in response to Erik Uetz

Awesome!!! This worked perfectly.

Wykek

Level 1

0 points

Oct 27, 2015 9:07 PM in response to im_greg

I had unplugged my UPS thinking the same thing as you and was disappointed to see nothing change then ran another backup. I came across your post to reboot and voila! It worked, Muchas gracias!

Oct 29, 2015 2:41 PM in response to hikeno19

This worked for me!! Thanks!!

Nov 3, 2015 10:48 PM in response to oshamahue

still does not help.

Dec 2, 2015 9:53 PM in response to himindz

I've been fighting with my Macbook Pro for three days now after upgrading to El Capitan and electing to use FileVault. Your solution is what helped me. Thanks!

FileVault stuck on "Encryption Paused"