Just for clarity, though, the numbers I posted above are WITH FV2 turned on. You should be able to get similar results.
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Spinning Beach Ball On New MacBook
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Just for clarity, though, the numbers I posted above are WITH FV2 turned on. You should be able to get similar results.
I'm thinking maybe FV2 was still trying to set up. It was causing all kinds of issues.
It's possible. I didn't pay a lot of attention to how long it took, though i did open Sys Prefs so I could watch the progress bar. I vaguely remember maybe an hour or 90 minutes - could be wrong, wasn't paying much attention other than to see that it had stopped. It won't run on battery power, by the way, so if it starts and you unplug the machine it defers encryption until it's back on mains power.
I had the beachball issue at initial setup. It was during the Filevault setup (which I had never seen before during a Mac setup, so that was weird in and of itself).
That said, it was definitely a pain to handle. I restarted the machine but then it forced me to create a new profile and it was telling me I couldn't use my name for the machine because it was already taken. This time around it didn't bother asking me about Filevault and finally started up the OS. From there, I had to log out of the new profile and login to the original name I created. Then I deleted the second profile I had setup.
From there, because my iCloud has a million things going on, Apple doesn't do a good job letting you know that there are a lot of background processes going on. So I would beachball here and there as photos and mail and other things were getting setup.
Finally after a couple hours, things settled down and now the machine works perfectly. But I do think Apple needs to better figure out the initial setup process.
That said, it was definitely a pain to handle. I restarted the machine but then it forced me to create a new profile and it was telling me I couldn't use my name for the machine because it was already taken. This time around it didn't bother asking me about Filevault and finally started up the OS. From there, I had to log out of the new profile and login to the original name I created. Then I deleted the second profile I had setup.
From there, because my iCloud has a million things going on, Apple doesn't do a good job letting you know that there are a lot of background processes going on. So I would beachball here and there as photos and mail and other things were getting setup.
Finally after a couple hours, things settled down and now the machine works perfectly. But I do think Apple needs to better figure out the initial setup process.
It appears that while you are presented with a screen for FileVault, you don't actually have a choice.
The minute that screen appears its being installed. I set one of these up for a friend and I tried to uncheck the Filevault box and the beach ball appeared.
The ball was there for about 20 minutes. After 30 I would say something else is going on.
The minute that screen appears its being installed. I set one of these up for a friend and I tried to uncheck the Filevault box and the beach ball appeared.
The ball was there for about 20 minutes. After 30 I would say something else is going on.
I had the beach ball on this screen after selecting both options as yes. After 30 min it moved on. After double checking the FileVault settings, I came to realize it still didn't enable encryption. I had to manually enable them again. The computer stopped responding for about 30 seconds and then restarted. When it restarted the encryption began and has since finished in the background. The computer was plugged in the whole time.
24 minutes of beach balling it finally moved on, didn't have to restart, both FV options selected
If it stolen, how to easily take out the internal storage as it is embedded on the motherboard. You can lock it with firmware password so no other OS can boot via usb. Therefor , FV is unnecessary. I'm not a spy with TOP SECRET files. haha
True, but very, very easy to crack. With some macs it's even so easy that you can start up with CMD-R and turn the firmware password off without even typing your password.
It's like the key under the doormat, Filevault is the only proper way to protect you and your files.
I agree with squirrl. Worst case, set up your MacBook when you get home from work or over a weekend, and let FileVault run its course overnight. Once it's set up, it's hardly noticeable. The reason it is noticeable on the MacBook is that it is CPU intensive to encrypt a drive for the first time, particularly if it has lots of data, and the CPU needs to power down frequently in order to avoid overheating.
I'd rather have one day of inconvenience knowing that if I lose this, someone can't get at my data. Given how small this is, it might be easier than you realize. I also plan to get a personal articles policy on this (it came in handy once before when I left an 11.6" MacBook Air on an airplane).
I have been using now for almost two days. I got spinning beachball on set up and again today I had to shut it down because of beachball. I only use web, email and not much else. I am very disappointed that I am having issue after spending what I did. Not sure i this laptop is ready for prime time.
Backup your apps and data, boot to internet recovery (cmd + option + r), go to disk utilities and erase the disk, then install OS X from Apple's servers. PITA? Yes. Shouldn't be necessary? Agree. Big deal? No, not really. Your post sounds like you have a problematic OS installation. It happens - wipe it absolutely clean and give it another shot.
It looks like Apple is addressing MacBook setup issues in a support document:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204755
Saw this on AppleInsider:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/04/21/apple-details-for-new-12-macbook-owners
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204755
Saw this on AppleInsider:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/04/21/apple-details-for-new-12-macbook-owners