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Encrypting SSD of Mac with High Sierra 10.13.6 #274
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Hey, Unless your use case is very specific, I recommend backing up your data, formatting drive (using Disk Utility available in macOS installer), clean-installing macOS and using FileVault. I haven’t tried, but my gut feeling is one cannot use VeraCrypt to encrypt boot drive… as a result, if you wish to have full disk encryption, FileVault is likely your only option. Hope this helps. Sun |
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Hi!
First of all, thank you so much for the knowledge and expertise shared!
I am not tech literate. This is my first github post and I do not know a lot of tech jargon. I hope I am posting in the right place, and apologies if anything I write might be confusing or if I might not use the correct terms.
I have a mid 2012 Macbook Pro with High Sierra 10.13.6 and I want to encrypt my SSD. Months ago when I first installed my SSD, I backed up my old drive through Time Machine and restored the back up in the new SSD. I tried FileVault but it says "Some disk formats don’t support the recovery partition required by encryption. To use encryption, reinstall this version of macOS on a reformatted disk."
In case this information helps, here is information about my SSD
I then started to search for alternatives to FileVault and learned about VeraCrypt. I downloaded VeraCrypt 1.25.9 because that is the one that can run in my Mac High Sierra 10.13.6. Should I be aware of any security concerns for running an older VeraCrypt or it should not be much of a concern?
I am about to run VeraCrypt but I do not understand much. Is creating a hidden volume recommended?
If I encrypt my SSD with VeraCrypt and a hidden volume, can I still back up as usual with Time Machine? Or what should I do before encrypting with VeraCrypt with a hidden volume to ensure I can still back up with Time Machine?
Thank you so, so much. Sorry I do not know much about tech matters so I might have follow up questions to clarify terms/actions I am not familiar with. Not sure if the above idea of using VeraCrypt with hidden volume will work with Time Machine, I am open to suggestions on how to encrypt my SSD for my Mac with High Sierra 10.13.6 that can still back up with Time Machine.
Thank you again! Take care!
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