I have a MacBook Pro with an external hard drive for Time Machine backups. The external hard drive is connected to the Mac wirelessly via an AirPort Extreme. The backups are encrypted. How do I remove the encryption so as to backup without encryption?
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), macOS Sierra (10.12)
I tried what you said and it worked great. Except the backup starts up and runs for about 1/2 an hour and stops. I've tried restarting again and the same thing happens. I think what I have to do is to remove the external hard drive, reformat it, and set up Time Machine from scratch.
I can't thank you enough for the time you spent on this. I don't know what someone like myself would do without great people like you in the community. I will close the tread out and mark it solved, since what you directed me to do worked.
Ok, now you can uncheck the "Back Up automatically" checkbox to turn off Time Machine, as it is no longer grayed out.
Then you can re-enable Time Machine and get access to the [√] 'encrypt backup' box described in this illustrated article by the late James Pond:
Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions:31. How do I set up and use encrypted backups?
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If you are no longer doing Backups automatically, Time Machine is OFF.
Here's how:
√ Open Time Machine
√ Turn Time Machine Off
Just two more steps to go:
Select Backup Disk and turn Time Machine back on
Choose NOT to encrypt Backup
To turn off Time Machine, try the big slider that takes up the entire left side of the pane:
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My screen does not have the "off/on" button on the left side of the screen. My screen has a check box and the words "Back up Automatically".
This is what I see after I entered username and password. I still don't see a way to un-encrypt.
This is what I have now. Still don't see a way to turn off backups. Thanks for your patients as I am 70 years old.
See if this helps, time machine turn off encryption
I opened up Time Machine from System Preferences and I see no way to turn off Time Machine.
Click the lock and authenticate with an Admin Username and password to make any changes.
Remove encryption from backups
