Thomas O'Connell

Q: Filevault Yosemite stalled and won't continue??

My mid 2012 MBP retina is in paused mode of encryption in FileVault.

 

I thought it might be a good idea to use this with all the horror stories you hear about stolen laptops but better to be stolen than use FileVault IMHO :-).

 

It has been in encrypting mode since the day Yosemite was released...I just realized it today and it now shows Encryption paused. When I try to turn off FileVault, the message says to wait until the disk is fully encrypted before turning it off.  I searched for info in this group and the best idea I could find was to reset PRAM - which I did and it went to a screen that said "encrypting - estimating time remaining" to a screen that said to plug in to power adapter (which I already was plugged in to ((tested to be working by unplugging and replugging and screen brightness changed)).

 

Looks like the proverbial catch 22 to me at this point and I'm stuck...any advice appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

Tom

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 30, 2014 2:41 PM

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  • by Thomas O'Connell,

    Thomas O'Connell Thomas O'Connell Nov 14, 2014 11:38 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Nov 14, 2014 11:38 AM in response to Linc Davis

    Linc-

     

    Just thought I owed you a final update. I finally gave in and wiped my HD and reinstalled Yosemite without restoring anything, turned off FileVault, and then restored files from Time Machine. Couldn't find any solution that worked (including a half hour session with Applecare).

     

    This is always scary but I had two backups and it was actually pretty easy and the actual time spent working on it is trivial ... Except for the waiting :-)

     

    Thanks again for your help...one of the few sources I really trust...

     

    Cheers,

     

    Tom

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