Q: Help! FileVault installation problems!
I have a MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011) running Yosemite with a processor: 1,7 GHz Intel Core i5, and 250GB.
I wanted to update to El Capitan, and accidentally turned on FireVault encryption, and after approximately 2 hours the encryption process is saying there are 332 days remaining, and the bar showing process keeps jumping between 33% and 100%. Is there any way to sotop this process without damaging my disk and computer, as I do not have a backup.
My computer is currently running at significantly reduced speed.
How long will this process normally take? And should I turn it off if the process ever finishes? Have read that this will take an extremely long time as well.. So upset that I was able to do this by accident, as I have a lot of work to finish.
Please Help!
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
Posted on Aug 22, 2016 11:44 AM