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#Can i use my computer while mac os x encryption in progress update#
#Can i use my computer while mac os x encryption in progress upgrade#

Sh-3.2# echo Username $SBUSERNAME - UserID $SBUID GroupID $SBGID Sh-3.2# export SBGID=$(id -g $SBUSERNAME) Sh-3.2# export SBUID=$(id -u $SBUSERNAME) Sh-3.2# Prompt will change: instead of $ will be #. Password: fv1pwd Now open Terminal: you will find in in bold every command you must give in it, surrounding text is commands’ output.Įnter superuser mode, using current user’s password (the one has administrative privileges): In summary: if something will happen to you, to your Mac or to your loved ones using informations provided in this post, don’t come crying to me because I will tell you: “I told you to leave it alone!” this is an experiment and who tries it, will do it at his own risk.

#Can i use my computer while mac os x encryption in progress upgrade#

I don’t know about any offical Apple documentation ensuring good results of these procedures I can say that it worked on my MacBook Air with OS X Lion (an upgrade from Snow Leopard with FileVault 1 enabled).

So make a full backup with Time Machine before start and get a bootable CD, DVD o USB key (i.e: OS X installation media) to restore your system if needed

if it’s not deeply clear what you are doing, you can have data loss or make the whole system unusable.

you will use mostly command line in Terminal and sudo command, available only to Mac users with administrative privileges.

Waiting for 10.7.4 that maybe will fix, this is a possible workaround. With 10.7.3 release has come a bug that displays password in clear text of the Legacy Filevault account because of a DEBUG flag. But you have to clean secure.log files which may display password in clear.

#Can i use my computer while mac os x encryption in progress update#

Ultimate update:Released update 10.7.4 fixes the problem. Only requirement: FileVault Master Password must be already set, otherwise requested certificate may be not available.

This procedure works also with existing accounts. After some searching and experiments I found a way to encrypt a new user’s home using FileVault 1 (aka Legacy FileVault). rEFIt users may dislike it and if you rely only on System Preferences actually you can’t re-enable it. It seems that, once disabled, you cannot enable Legacy FileVault again in OS X Lion: you must use FileVault 2. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide