How to Encrypt Time Machine Backups & Is That Necessary?

2020年2月23日 — The backup will be fine. Encryption is security. If someone were to steal your Time Machine drive they could then access the files on it if they wanted.

2022年2月17日 — It's possible to have an encrypted Time Machine volume on a disk with other partitions/containers and/or volumes which are not encrypted.

2020年8月4日 — Navigate to System Preferences. · Select Time Machine from the main System Preferences window. · From the Time Machine window, choose Select Disk.

2024年8月27日 — This post covers the stepwise guide to help you encrypt Time Machine backups and offers solutions if encrypting Time Machine backup disk fails.

2021年8月19日 — You can encrypt the disk without reformatting it by opening Finder, and then right-click the drive in the sidebar, and click Encrypt Top xxxx ...

2023年3月4日 — Your encrypted data can always be recovered by your iCloud ID (if set) or a recovery key (you need to keep the key on a safe place or in your ...

2019年8月8日 — The message is: Time Machine did not back up because the backup disk was previously encrypted but is no longer encrypted.

When you switch a Time Capsule or network backup disk from unencrypted to encrypted, your existing backups are erased and new encrypted backup sets are created.

Encryption will keep safe & secure your Time Machine backup disk. If you no longer want to encrypt your disk, you can turn off FileVault: • Choose Apple menu > ...