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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by STRML on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:24PM (#15411398)
Couldn't you just turn off FileVault (decrypts the drive), let that finish, then turn it back on again?
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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by Someone on Thursday October 05, 2017 @03:08PM (#15411761)
I guess that doesn’t remove the master key. Maybe, it also is used as the ID that uniquely identifies the disk?
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