APFS conversion

[nelly22]

I converted external SSD from HFS to APFS in Mojave and now it works okay. If i plug it in it ask password and Disk Utility says it is APFS drive.

But then i converted it to crypted APFS and it did not show progress bar at all when it supposedly crypted it.

So is my drive now crypted or not?

 

[FarmerBob]

I just installed a new HDD and got a warning about making APFS partitions in Mōjāv that I did not get in Sierra. Looks like APFS is done differenlty in each OS. I has an easier and reversible time in Sierra. But noting but trouble in Mojave.

 

[MarkC426]

I converted external SSD from HFS to APFS in Mojave and now it works okay. If i plug it in it ask password and Disk Utility says it is APFS drive.

But then i converted it to crypted APFS and it did not show progress bar at all when it supposedly crypted it.

So is my drive now crypted or not?

What type of Mac do you have?

'Important: After you turn on FileVault and the encryption begins, you can’t turn off FileVault until the initial encryption is complete. Encryption can take a long time, depending on the amount of data stored on your computer, but you can continue to use your computer as you normally do. Once the encryption process is complete, you can turn off FileVault. If you have an iMac Pro or another Mac with an Apple T2 chip, data on your drive is already encrypted automatically, so turning on FileVault won’t take the same amount of time.'

 

[nelly22]

What type of Mac do you have?

'Important: After you turn on FileVault and the encryption begins, you can’t turn off FileVault until the initial encryption is complete. Encryption can take a long time, depending on the amount of data stored on your computer, but you can continue to use your computer as you normally do. Once the encryption process is complete, you can turn off FileVault. If you have an iMac Pro or another Mac with an Apple T2 chip, data on your drive is already encrypted automatically, so turning on FileVault won’t take the same amount of time.'

It is old MBP Retina so it don't have T2.

How i can verify that data is crypted? I don't have another computer i could plug it in.

 

[MarkC426]

Open disk utility and select the 'encrypted' drive it should tell you there.

 

[nelly22]

It says APFS Encrypted but why it crypted this 250GB drive instantly without any progress bar???

 

[FarmerBob]

In playing around on my 3,1 and a new 2TB 7200RPM Drive, I have found that converting to APFS in Sierra and Mōjāv are two different processes with two different results. When I do it to one or two partitions in Sierra, OSs and Apps load and work in any OS. Doing it in Mōjāv, nothing but problems and there is a warning prior to doing it that you will not be able to revert. I could with no issues in Sierra . . . In Sierra with a 1TB Drive that questionable sources were saying was failing, I was ping ponging back and forth with no issue. Mōjāv on an APFS formatted drive ran so much better and on the new drive I wanted a "Container" that had two 150GB partitions to put Mōjāv and Big Sur on. But it looks like it's going to take more investigation or the use of older OSs to get it done.