How to: Enable a user to unlock a disk encrypted by FileVault on your Mac


Instructions

1) Open System Preferences.

2) Click Security & Privacy.

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3) In the bottom left-hand corner, click the lock icon.

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4) Authenticate using Touch ID.

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Alternatively, you may type a username and password with administrative privileges on your Mac. Then, click Unlock.

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5) Under the FileVault tab, click Enable Users.

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6) To unlock the disk, you may need to enter a username and password and click Unlock.

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7) Next to the user account that you wish to enable for unlocking the disk, click the Enable User button.

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8) Ask the user to type their own password. After that, click OK.

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9) A green circle with a check mark will appear next to their account indicating that it's been enabled. You may then click Done.

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OUTCOME

The user account has been granted access to unlock the encrypted disk.