Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

So I just got the email that my work is now requiring full disk encryption. I have never done full disk encryption on the Mac and, for whatever reason, this makes me a little apprehensive. Is there ...

OK, a simple cross-platform usability evaluation: which method of protecting critical files works better, FileVault or NTFS encryption? I'm not taking sides, although I am more familiar with FV than ...

If you use Macs for business, you should be familiar with FileVault. Apple’s built-in disk encryption system for macOS can help protect corporate data. If you run a business on Macs (and many ...

In last week’s column, I explained the use and benefit (and some of the drawbacks) of turning on full-disk encryption (FDE) with Apple’s built-in FileVault 2. Readers had a few questions—I answered ...

Apple's FileVault technology is a method of automatically encrypting your files so you do not have to worry about data theft should your system be stolen. In its first iteration FileVault was just ...

FileVault 2 is a feature of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion that provides a way to encrypt a full disk drive so that it can only be used by those who know a password ... until now, that is. Passware, a company ...

Both Windows Vista and Mac OS X can encrypt files and protect them from the prying eyes of thieves and snoops. Vista's new BitLocker feature and Mac OS X's FileVault are especially useful to those of ...

As you may have seen over the weekend, someone has discovered a security hole in FileVault, which arose with the OS X Lion security update, version 10.7.3, back in February: FileVault encryption ...

FileVault is an extraordinary bit of macOS technology. Introduced years ago, it encrypts the entire contents of your startup volume so that when the data is at rest—when your Mac is powered down—the ...

Apple device management platform provider Jamf is improving the integration of its Jamf Pro and Jamf Connect products, connecting the two with new features relating to configuration and enrollment ...

ZDNet reports on the discovery of a significant breach of password security for certain users of Apple's FileVault encryption system under OS X Lion. Affected systems currently store the login ...