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FileVault

FileVault is a disk encryption program in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (2003) and later. It performs on-the-fly encryption with volumes on Mac computers.

Versions and key features, FileVault 2 & Overview

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License
Proprietary
Operating system
macOS
Other names
Disk encryption software

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Overview

Versions and key features

FileVault

Master passwords and recovery keys

  • PRNG Pseudorandom number generator

FileVault 2

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FileVault

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples60
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
Components1

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FileVault

Top relations

related to Master passwords and recovery keys · 11
FileVault → Apple, Apple ID, Changing, During, File Vault, If, Mac, OS, PRNG, The, When FileVault
related to Versions and key features · 11
FileVault → Apple, For, Leopard, Lion, Mac OS, MB, OS, Panther, Snow Leopard, The, This
related to Performance · 8
FileVault → AES, Core CPUs, CPUs, Intel Core, OS, Performance, The I/O, Yosemite
related to Starting the OS with FileVault 2 without a user account · 7
FileVault → Apple, Disk Password, EfiLoginUI, If, Lion, Mountain Lion, OS
related to Security · 6
FileVault → AES, It, NIST, Once, Only, XTS-AES
related to Manual encryption · 5
FileVault → Disk Utility, Documents/private, Encrypting, Instead, This
related to Validation · 4
FileVault → OS, Terminal, The, Users
related to FileVault · 3
FileVault → Mac OS, Panther, The
License · 1
FileVault → Proprietary
Operating system · 1
FileVault → macOS

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Important terminology

os disk mac key encryption home user directory 10 user's recovery system image volume encrypted apple password computer used uses

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FileVaultLicenseProprietary1.00infobox
FileVaultOperating systemmacOS1.00infobox
FileVaultOther namesDisk encryption software1.00infobox
FileVaultis adisk encryption program in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther0.90text
FileVaultrelated to FileVaultThe0.60section
FileVaultrelated to FileVaultMac OS0.60section
FileVaultrelated to FileVaultPanther0.60section
FileVaultrelated to Manual encryptionInstead0.60section
FileVaultrelated to Manual encryptionDisk Utility0.60section
FileVaultrelated to Manual encryptionDocuments/private0.60section
FileVaultrelated to Manual encryptionThis0.60section
FileVaultrelated to Manual encryptionEncrypting0.60section

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