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OS X Lion: How to perform a Safe Boot if FileVault 2 is enabled

Posted in Apple Mac OS

Products Affected

OS X Lion, Product Security

Symptoms

When you attempt to perform a Safe Boot with FileVault 2 enabled, your Mac starts up to a normal login window.

Resolution

To perform a Safe Boot, decrypt your startup (boot) volume by disabling FileVault 2. You can enable FileVault 2 again afterwards.

  1. From the Apple (?) menu, choose System Preferences.
  2. From the View menu, choose Security &
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