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kubaw

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Apr 18, 2012
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Call me paranoid but I just want to be sure that everything is fine. I am used to that in previous macOS version I could distinguish between APFS encrypted and unencrypted volumes simply by popping up "Get Info" window for particular volume. But with Big Sur there is a difference. On a fresh MBA M1 (so a T2-equipped device) I've enabled File Vault. In Disk Utility I can see that both volumes (APFS System Volume with snapshot inside and APFS Data Volume) are "APFS (Encrypted)". But: when i "Get Info" my "Macintosh HD" it just reports "APFS".

What's more is that when I've created another encrypted APFS volume in the same container and it is correctly reported in "Get Info" as "APFS (Encrypted)". I do not understand why Apple makes this distinction and it is somehow surprising change, but I just want to be sure that my main system volume is indeed encrypted and this encryption is password protected.
 
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