So the Recovery Mode was not very helpful. I've tried the recovery mode where pressing the startup button for a while gets a menu with "Options", but once in there, I only get to choose which of the volumes to recover, and it's again asking for a password, not for a recovery key. The format of the key is ABCD-ABCD-ABCD-ABCD-ABCD-ABCD. When correctly entered, your drive is unlocked, and you can reset your. But I don't know what to do with the key. Click the right-pointing arrow and then enter your Recovery Key, omitting hyphensmacOS adds the hyphens automatically. I've found such a key that I wrote down on the same day I set up this volume. I've done some reading and understood that it's possible to use a recovery key. How do i use filevault recovery key mac when you boot up the mac and get to the filevault prompt for the user, click the question mark button next to the.
I can log into OSX as usual and I can use everything else normally, I just can't access the encrypted volume.Īfter logging in, I'm asked for a password to unlock the volume, but I don't have the password. Today I rebooted for the first time and was locked out of this encrypted Volume. I have used the computer since then without rebooting, just going into sleep mode when not used. In the Recovery Key section, click Turn On. This volume shows up in Disk Utility, described as "APFS Volume, APFS (Encrypted)" Where is recovery key on mac Go to System Preferences > Apple ID > Account Details. I set up my new M1 Macbook Pro about 3 months ago and made a separate volume for safekeeping things inside.
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