David S. writes asks about recovering a FileVault-encrypted drive. He says it was encrypted and then reformatted.
Is it possible to recover any data from this drive since it was previously encrypted with FileVault 2 and the keys were unfortunately wiped? Do you have any recommendations or suggestions how to decrypt the drive and recover the data?
I'll answer this in reverse order.
FileVault 2 (commonly called just FileVault) can be enabled via the Security & Privacy system preference pane, and uses a boot process that keeps the drive locked until you log in with an account allowed to unlock the drive.
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