I can't turn off file vault

I was installing stuffit de luxe but i can't turn off file vault -- i receive en error
and computer restart without decripting my vault.
Does anybody knows how to fix this problem?

The only way I found to deal with that problem is to back up the disk drive to an external disk drive, them reformat the File Vaulted drive and copy the original data back to it.

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Can't turn off File Vault

My initial problem with File Vault was that I am running out of space even though the drive has additional capacity. In an earlier post I learned that this is due to the fact that when File Vault is turned on it is effectively it's own volume. Unfortunately I do not have enough disk space to turn off File Vault. I installed a new 500GB drive and installed Leopard. When I attempt to turn off File Vault I am still getting a message that I do not have enough disk space to turn it off. It appears as though the additional space is required on the same File Vault volume regardless of the size of the hard drive. I'm sure I must be doing something wrong, but this seems absurd.

I am having the same issue. I have 180 GB free on my HD, but my "home" volume only has 15GB free and I cannot turn off File Vault. Other than moving my whole music library and then deleting it, I don;t know how to get the space I need and turn the d..m file vault off.
Gary, if you solved the problem, please let me know how.

Locked out of user after turning off file vault

I was told i had permission issues. I couldn't do simple things like copying files to desktop. Someone told me to turn off file vault. Did it. Now i can't access user at all. Keep getting same message,"...cannot access user at this time..." accompanied by an applications icon. All i really want from that user are my music and photos. Please help, my wife is going to kill me if i lose baby photos.

An update that may help you: I went to my Backups (created in Tiger before I switched) and restored some things from there. Unfortunately it wouldn't give me back everything (iPhoto Library all gone), but I did restore an older iTunes Library and some of my e-mails.
Were you using Backup before you lost everything?

Trying to turn off File Vault

I installed Tiger a few weeks ago. My computer says it can't find a video input from my dv camera. I thought it may be due to my Security system so I thought I'd try to turn off File Vault. When I tried to turn it off, it says there is not enough room in my hard disk to do it. It says "Turning off FileVault requires an additional 4084.6 GB of free disk space to create an unencrypted copy of the home folder. Try emptying the Trash or deleting files you don't need."
I have my storage drives partitioned but between all of them I have nearly 500 gb of space not used.
1. I'm not exactly sure what a home folder is?
2. There's no way I can find that many files to delete
3. I'm not even sure File Vault would be a potential problem for issue with the camera link.
Thoughts as to what I need to do would be appreciated.

My question was answered through another question I had which was also answered.

Problem Turning Off File Vault

My computer said it would take just under two hours to turn off File Vault. The process appeared to move along as it was supposed to. After the two hours, a message popped up that "copying is complete." My computer has been stuck on that screen for ten hours. Do I leave it? The "Cancel" button is grayed out. I don't want to lose my information. Your advice would be appreciated greatly. Thanks.

How much free space do you have?
If is possible that you don't have enough free space to turn off FV because it must make an unencrypted version before it can be turned off.
Do you have backups of your data?
Allan

Turning off File Vault issue...

I have file vault enabled on a macbook, and can't turn it off. On the user, there are only 8 GB free space, yet the startup drive has 90 GB free space. When I try to turn off file vault, I get an error that I eed an additional 25 GB free space?
How do I get around this?
Thanks

Update Leopard to 10.5.3. I must warn you that there are numerous bugs in it, but it may or may not happen to you.

Quirks after turning off File Vault

Guys,
I'm noticing a few quirks after I turned off file vault. First when I click on finder, it lists 2 desktops on the left side of the window. I cannot delete the one desktop that apparently has no content or use.
Second, when I turn on my computer there are always recovered files in the trash. How do I stop that?
Thanks,
Ray

If you're talking about two desktops in the sidebar, then click and drag it off the window and it should poof away. Additionally, check Finder->Preferences->Sidebar and tailor it appropriately. I don't use that feature, so maybe I'm missing the point.
when I turn on my computer there are always recovered files in the trash. How do I stop that?
AFAIK, you can't—it's a feature. Just empty the trash and continue on.

Unable to Turn Off File Vault - I don't have enough Free Space on my System Drive.. Any Advise?

I am trying to Turn-Off File Vault on my MacBook Pro. The Following Message Appears: There isin't enough Space on your Harddrive to Turn File Vault Off.
It requires an additional 28.7Gb of Free Disc Space on my System Drive to proceed... I currently only have 4,78Gb of Space available on my System Drive..
Any advise on how to do this??

Better yet, could you adjust the size of the partition of your System Partition? I didn't know you had your HD Partitioned, I would really avoid moving the whole Applications folder off it is possible it will mess things up. Maybe give it more room, so that file vault can copy everything over. If that is possible to just take space from the Projects and give it to System, that would be the best option.
Thanks,
Kevin

Turning off File Vault

Turned on file vault a few months ago. Can't be too safe you know. Computer began running erratically. Many many odd things began to happen. iphoto could not find any of my 8000 photos. (photos are still on my hard drive though), Mail keeps making me re-establish mail as if I am a first time user, ical repeatedly dumps everything, items show up on my dock that weren't there before, items missing from the dock, lost all 200 of my bookmarks in Safari, all my system preferences are constantly being reset.
Called Apple support. He told me that I shouldn't have turned on file vault. Should only be used by government types. (my opinion is it shouldn't be used by anyone other than those who have a desparate desire to reload all of their software and OS) So we tried to turn off file vault. At that time there was 18 gigs free. File vault says there is not enough room to turn off. Apple rep tells me to buy an external hard drive to copy everything over and then reinstall the OS and all of my software and then bring over my files from the external hard drive. (Sound good so far?) I can't wait to start this process as I have loads of free time and nothing better to do with my life anyway! Oh, and I made an appt with an Apple Genius at the Genius bar at the Biltmore in Phoenix. He told me that I needed to do the same thing. When he tried to turn off file vault, it showed, for some reason, that now only 3 gigs were free. File vault said that if there was only 1kb more free space it could be turned off. So we deleted about a 130 MB of data, and file vault still came up with the same msg. So, after being told that apple does not provide this service and that I would have to fix this problem on my own, I walked out of the store with a brand new Iomega 160GB external hard drive and $160 less in my wallet, all the while veins bulging from my neck, blood pressure shooting through the roof and anger levels normally reserved for things like pay cuts and lost pensions. . So... now I am about to begin my wonderful adventure. First question I have is...If I transfer everything on my computer over to the Iomega while file vault is turned on, how will that effect the files that I bring back over to the Mac that now has file vault turned off? Do I have to bring back the files and programs, one by one by one, or is there a way to restore the entire thing with one operation? Will I get back my iphoto photo albums and all of my slideshows ? (I'm on my knees praying on this one)
Anyway, thanks for listening and for any help , or suggestions you may have and if I may say to others out there... never, ever, ever turn on file vault
P.S. I was a long time windows user, switched to Mac about a year and a half ago. Fell blissfully in love...until now. What made me switch to a Mac was the day that I was re-installed my operating system on my PC for the 6th time in 2 months. I've come full circle.

you would think, seeing how this is obviously a known bug, that apple would do a better job of explaining the setbacks of using FileVault. unfortunately, most of us "common people" aren't privy to this type of information until it's too late..as we're relentlessly searching forum posts at 2am because our 2 week old computer is riddled with error messages.
to my recollection, i never even activated FileVault. as i recall, i first noticed it when i installed Tiger, so i just wrote it off as a new feature. in fact, it ran successfully until i transfered all of my data from my old PowerBook over to my new iMac and then updated to Leopard. now, out of my remaining 233GB available, it's telling me i have less than 1GB left in my home folder. and, as everyone else has been saying, trying to just simply turn FileVault off is futile. it seems that no matter what you're going to get some sort of contradictory error message. for instance, i've only used 37GB of space in my home folder, yet when i go to turn FileVault off it tells me that i need to delete 41GB before i can turn it off. interesting.
fortunately i already have a 500GB external drive that i've since backed the entire contents of my HD onto. however, i'm curious, as captainphx's question from his initial thread went unanswered..if i copy these (encrypted) files over to my external drive, do a clean install of the OS, ensure that FileVault is turned OFF, then copy the files back to my iMac, will there be complications?
i'm going to attempt to call apple support tomorrow, so hopefully i can get this resolved. i'll follow up with the results of that discussion. if apple's not going to make this information readily available then, by god, i will.

Do I need to turn off File Vault before I erase a hard drive?

I have a File Vault 2 password set up on my Mac, in addition to a firmware password. I'm selling the computer, and I want to make sure everything is wiped out.
I know how to turn off the firmware password. However, I was wondering if I need to turn off file vault 2 before I start up the OS in recovery mode, at which point I will erase the hard drive using the 7-pass delete option in disk utility. Or do I not have to worry about that, and go ahead and boot up on the internal system HD in recovery mode to delete the HD entirely, without turning off File Vault first?
Thanks for the help,
Eric

Boot from the installation disc that came with the computer and repartition the internal drive with the default options. Then install the original OS.

Can't turn on File Vault on HFS+(case-sensitive, journal)

Hi Guys
I can't turn on File Vault on HFS+(case-sensitive, journal), OSX10.4.8
I've done disk repair.
Thanks

Hello
I'm sorry I can't help you with your problem, but I do believe, that security-problems should for most users be solved in a different way (e.g. encrypted disk-images). Please read the following post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3583185&#3583185
Good luck!
senex

How do I turn off file vault when my hard drive is full?

I am trying to migrate all my files onto a new MacBook Pro but my current computer has file vault turned on. To turn it off and decrypt my user home folder I need more space on my hard drive. I have tried cloning my MBP onto a larger external drive and starting up from there but every time I try to shut off file vault I get an error after about a half hour of the process.
What should I try next?

Hi Jeremy,
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.
If 10.7.0 or later...
Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partition & use Disk Utility from there to Repair the Disk, then Repair Permissions.

Cannot turn off file vault OSX Yosemite

So, I started out trying to install windows via bootcamp assistant & got an error when I hit partition drive. After a call to apple support this is apparently caused by filevault encryption being enabled. So I tried to disable it, it says to wait until disk is finished encrypting. Ok, fine but it also says encryption is paused because it wants a power connection, even while its plugged in at 100%. I tried a host of commands to make it start up again & cleared PRAM & immediately booting into recovery mode. Tried disk utility to disable encryption both in & out of recovery mode. I am completely at a loss here. My diskutil cs list output looks like this:
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group CEF8B9F8-B04D-4A07-B867-69934AD9E7FC
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         499418034176 B (499.4 GB)
    Free Space:   20480 B (20.5 KB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume E6BD0FE9-D033-4254-82F5-E8FDCC55A77B
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     499418034176 B (499.4 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 32B4E02D-A0D7-47D3-9787-FA97E794380A
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Conversion Status:       Converting
        Conversion Direction:    forward
        Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     Yes
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 3058D72C-BBD8-4394-A45A-770B3E284429
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          499093905408 B (499.1 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   Paused
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
Any Ideas here? I'm at a loss on what to try besides re-installing as I have quite a lot of files and nothing to back them up to.
Prateek R Patil

Back up all data before proceeding. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select Disk Utility.
In the Disk Utility window, select the icon of the startup volume from the list on the left. It will be nested below another disk icon, usually with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar. When prompted, enter the login password of a user authorized to unlock the volume, or the alternate decryption key that was generated when you activated FileVault.
Then, from the menu bar, select
          File ▹ Turn Off Encryption
Enter the password again.
You can then restart as usual, if the system is working. Decryption will be completed in the background. It may take several hours, and during that time performance will be reduced.
If you can't turn off encryption in Disk Utility because the menu item is grayed out, you'll have to erase the volume and then restore the data from a backup. Select the Erase tab, and then select
          Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
from the Format menu.
You can then quit to be returned to the main Recovery screen. Follow these instructions if you back up with Time Machine. If you use other backup software, follow its developer's instructions.
Don't erase the volume unless you have at least two complete, independent backups. One is not enough to be safe.

How Can I Turn Off File Indexing?

was letting my imac rest for awhile,then i noticed a box that said indexing Hard Drive est time 5 hours,how if i can turn this off? thanks for any responses

Hi, Bill -
It's easy to turn that off, but not obvious nor intuitive.
Open Sherlock. Select "Index Volumes..." from one of the menus (I think the menu is named Find or Index - I'm not at a Mac right now). In the new screen, uncheck all items in the list. OK the screen, and that takes care of it.

How do I free up hard drive space and turn off file vault?

How do I free up hard drive space on my Macbook so I can

You guess is wrong, Time Machine can back up with FileVault turned on.
You are seriously short on free space. You need to delete or move enough files to increase your free space by at least 10 GB. Your movie, video and music files would make good candidates for gaining the most free spoace quickly.
Once you get the free space you should repair the disk by booting from the Install DVD and starting Disk Utility. I am not talking about repair permissions here either.
The reason to repair your disk is that running the free space so low has greatly increased the chances for disk corruption. If you don't do the corruption will only get worst cause weird problems for you until the system stops.
Allan

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