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Your mileage may vary though, and it of course also depends on how many files you have, and the speed of your drive. I didn't stick around my computer so don't have an exact number, but I think the 2 hour estimate it gave me was roughly accurate. For those of you still using HFS+, I believe you have to restart first, after which the encryption process starts. If you are using APFS you will not actually have to reboot first, the encryption will start right away and even after finishing you don't have to reboot, which is pretty cool. You will be asked where you'd like to store your recovery key (either in your iCloud account, or by you providing it yourself), after which the encryption process will start.
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Click the lock icon in the bottom-left to unlock the settings, and then proceed to click Turn On FileVault. You should now have done everything you need to prepare for FileVault support, so go ahead and head on over to System Preferences » Security » FileVault. Once you've checked this, don't forget to save ( cmd+s) your config file, then go ahead and quit Clover Configurator. Clover Configurator showing that the Preboot volume is set to be hidden, which should be removed. Once FileVault is enabled, you'll need to boot from the Preboot volume instead of the volume you used to use. If Preboot is listed there, select and delete it from the list (press the minus button). While we're in Clover Configurator, head on over to the Gui sidebar option and on the right-hand side check the Hide Volume list.
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Clover Configurator showing the driver you should install. Tip for the extra cautious: If you are really unsure which you need or simply want to make absolutely certain you won't lose access to your Hack, you can create a bootable USB stick with an exact copy of your Clover setup (including the step mentioned below on un-hiding your Preboot volume!) but with the alternative keyboard/mouse driver, so that if your first choice ends up being wrong, you can boot off of your USB stick and after booting fix your main drive that way.
#Clover boot loader filevault prebooter install#
It's best not to install what you don't really need, so try to only install the one you really need. In case you use a PS/2 keyboard you'll likely have to install AppleKeyAggregator-64 instead, so make sure you check and use the one that is right for your specific setup.
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Then, head to the Install Drivers section and look through the list and find AptioInputFix-64 if you are using a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse or with one of those dongle thingamajigs. To do this, open Clover Configurator (or equivalent), mount your EFI partition, and then open EFI/Clover/ist.
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Now we must ensure we have the right keyboard and mouse driver installed, or you will not be able to type in your account's password at the FileVault login screen. You don't have to rely on an app like I did, just look for common suspects Apps you no longer use, certain apps' preference to cache the entire internet (Spotify, Chrome with its cache of previous versions, iTunes if you back up your iPhone onto your Mac for some reason, etc.) DaisyDisk showing how much data is stored and where. I wanted to do this before switching on FileVault as I suspected it would help reduce time for the initial encryption process, so it would probably be smart for you to do the same.
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This took a while longer than usual as I forgot to purge my Final Cut Pro cache, which added ~150GB of content at least, among a few other things like a Downloads folder I hadn't cleaned in a while.Īfter the backup completed I used DaisyDisk to look around my main drive to see where the big chunks of data were, and was able to purge a lot. To start, I made sure I had fully up-to-date bootable backup, so I ran SuperDuper! and let it do its thing. For those of you who missed my other article, I have a backup drive that would, in case this all fails, would allow me to restore a working, non-encrypted setup straight back to my main drive, so at worst I would only lose a few hours. The FileVault Preferences pane, showing FileVault is not yet enabled.Īfter recently updating to the latest-most version of macOS, I thought it was high time I try FileVault out. Regardless, that has nothing to do with APFS. For the "final" installation I switched to using APFS, which so far has been working perfectly other than that Steam and Adobe still to this day not supporting case-sensitive file systems. In my first tests (with this Hackintosh, anyway), I started with a basic HFS+ partition as I experimented with which parts work, and which don't. When I set out to create my Hackintosh, I had opted not to start with FileVault enabled as I wasn't sure how far I would get with the hardware I have at hand, and how much more complicated things might get with FileVault enabled. It ensures that if your computer and/or hard drive ever gets in the wrong hands, your (work) files will, at least, remain safe. Enabling FileVault is a smart move, especially if your device is portable.