Reverse to non-encrypted partition

[Eugen Mezei]

iMac 2020 installed online (to the default High Sierra) and than upgraded to Monterey. Added Win10 with bootcamp.

I would like to access the APFS partition/container from within Windows, but Paragon APFS for Windows does not support encrypted partitions. Any idea how I make my Monterey installation to be non-encrypted?

 

[bingeciren]

iMac 2020 installed online (to the default High Sierra) and than upgraded to Monterey. Added Win10 with bootcamp.

I would like to access the APFS partition/container from within Windows, but Paragon APFS for Windows does not support encrypted partitions. Any idea how I make my Monterey installation to be non-encrypted?

From Monterey, go to Settings, in there from Security tab go to Firevault and turn it off.

 

[Eugen Mezei]

From Monterey, go to Settings, in there from Security tab go to Firevault and turn it off.

Did as you instructed, but Firevault is not activated.

 

[bingeciren]

Did as you instructed, but Firevault is not activated.

If the disk is encrypted as you said, then the Firevault should be on to begin with. Click the padlock icon on the bottom left on the Security settings, enter your Mac password and then turn the Firevault Off. It takes quite a bit of time for the decryption to finish but eventually it will be off and the disk will be decrypted. It’s not an instant proces.

 

[Eugen Mezei]

I can not inactivate it, as it is already inactive. (Never was activated.) Still Paragon (under Windows) sees the partition as encrypted and tells me he can not mount it because of this.
Opening the padlock changes nothing, tried it.

 

[DeltaMac]

If the boot partition is formatted APFS (encrypted), and not FileVault, then I think your only solution is to back up the drive, erase it as APFS (don't select one of the encrypted options), then restore your boot drive.

 

[chabig]

That machine has a T2 chip. The SSD is encrypted and there is nothing you can do about it. I don't think your Windows installation can see the APFS files at all since the software necessary to work with the T2 chip isn't part of Windows.

I would suggest moving the data you want to share onto an external drive, or run Windows in virtualization.

 

[DeltaMac]

Ah, OK, I completely missed that. I do some service on Macs, but my experience tends to lag behind -- The customers that I work with tend to have older Macs, and I am still trying to get up to speed on how the T(x) chips "help" the system.
And, there's another one...

 

[Eugen Mezei]

Chabig, Win10 sees the partition in his own partition manager although as of unknown type. Paragons software sees the partition and knows recognises it as APFS, but encrypted.
The point is to share the data between the two OS there where it lyes, not to copy it to a common place. (In other words, to use the space efficient.)

As for the T2 chip, I need it like a hump.

 

[bingeciren]

If the boot partition is formatted APFS (encrypted), and not FileVault, then I think your only solution is to back up the drive, erase it as APFS (don't select one of the encrypted options), then restore your boot drive.

Yes, this seems to be a good theory. Even with the T2 chip, if the boot drive is formatted non-encrypted, Paragon should be able to see it properly.

 

[DeltaMac]

That would assume that the boot drive in a Mac with a T2 chip is possible to format as non-encrypted...
I don't really know, but Chabig says that the internal storage is always encrypted, so if a software tool needs to use an un-encrypted drive, then you will need external storage, where you can decide to encrypt (or not)