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macOS User Guide
- Welcome
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- Use Continuity across your devices
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Hand off between devices
- Insert photos and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Insert sketches from iPhone or iPad
- Copy and paste between devices
- Use Apple Watch to unlock your Mac and approve requests
- Make and receive phone calls on your Mac
- Control accessories in your home
- Send files between devices with AirDrop
- Use AirPods with your Mac
- Stream content to Apple TV
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- Understand passwords
- Use keychains to store passwords
- Reset your Mac login password
- Set up your Mac to be secure
- Guard your privacy
- Protect your Mac from malware
- Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites
- Clear your Safari browsing history
- Manage cookies and other website data in Safari
- Find a missing device
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
Turn off FileVault encryption on Mac
When you turn off FileVault, encryption is turned off and the contents of your Mac are decrypted. The decrypting could take a while, depending on how much information you have stored. However, you can still use your Mac to do other tasks while the information is being decrypted.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
> System Preferences, click Security & Privacy, then click FileVault.Click the lock icon
to unlock it, then enter an administrator name and password.Click Turn Off FileVault.
Click Turn Off Encryption.
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