Encrypted (Veracrypt) partition gone

[pxzmoa]

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[pxzmoa]

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[chabig]

I would guess that your MacBook Pro needs to be running some special software to see into the encrypted drive--perhaps a Veracrypt app, and OSXFuse 2.5 or higher as well (according to the veracrypt website).

 

[pxzmoa]

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[chabig]

I'd never heard of VeraCrypt until I read your post. This must be asked...why don't you use FileVault, the native encryption on Macs?

 

[pxzmoa]

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[maflynn]

Perhaps you have heard of TrueCrypt? VeraCrypt is basically TrueCrypt's successor. I use it because it's FOSS (free and open source software) and therefore certain to not contain any possible backdoors.

And that's the risk of using FOSS, you lack support for a product. It appears the Veracrypt site has a support forum, did you try posing your question/issue there? Apple has a good track record with privacy and security, I personally would favor FV over a 3rd party product, but that's me.

Did you try rebooting your Mac and see if the encrypted drives are mounting on the Mac and you can access it?

The sad thing is the encrypted drive is doing what its supposed to , not letting anyone access the data, so if you cannot mount and see the data, you're pretty much SOL.

my issue actually not being VeraCrypt's fault but some macOS specific bug

How so? It may be a compatibility issue between the two and/or the VeraCrypt people missed something. Tbh, I have no idea, because I really don't trust using open source encryption software for the very reason you're having issues

I don't have a complete backup

That's a bummer man

 

[pxzmoa]

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[chabig]

...I realize I ignored that message that said "The selected device contains partitions. Formatting the device might cause system instability and/or data corruption. Please either select a partition on the device, or remove all partitions on the device to enable VeraCrypt to format it safely." Oops...

This was the root problem, so I’m quoting it for future readers. It was not a Mac specific problem, nor a software bug.

 

[maflynn]

Well, your operating system manages your hardware, not the software that runs on top of it... Btw I now know that I should have selected /dev/rdisk3s2 which I've now tried with another hard drive. In fact now I realize I ignored that message

Bummers, so I guess, it's not the OS' fault, but sadly user action. I've been there and done that in other forms, so I'm not looking down on you.

Good luck

 

[pxzmoa]

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[Fishrrman]

The example posted by the OP above provides the perfect example as to why I -DO NOT- use encryption of any sort on my drives.

At any moment, something can go wrong, and..... POOF! .... it's gone....

 

[maflynn]

Yeah right but at the same time that data wasn't just written into thin air, right?

No, but its basically inaccessible