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How to bypass FileVault when you restart your Mac

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SecurityIconXWhen you enable FiieVault on your Mac, you greatly enhance its security by encrypting all of its drive contents. This approach makes it exceptionally difficult for any data on the drive to be recovered; however, it does require that whenever you restart your Mac, you provide the password of an account that is authorized for unlocking the drive. Unfortunately, since the OS cannot boot until you provide this password, then this effectively locks out your ability to use your Mac, including accessing it remotely. Continue reading →

All methods for restarting and shutting down your Mac

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PowerIconWhile shutting down and restarting your computer might sound trivial, and are perhaps obvious tasks in most cases, there are a number of ways to go about doing these on your Mac, many of which you might not be aware of.

Some of the approaches for shutting down and restarting may be preferred in most situations, but others might be better suited when your Mac is unresponsive, or is otherwise in a jam where the standard options are either not available or not working properly. Continue reading →