Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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macOS 26, despite all its visual warts, lets you manage Macs with FileVault drive encryption enabled, even after a hard reboot or cold boot (like after a power outage).

I'll show you how it works in this video.

Find out more about this feature here on these pages:

- support.apple.com/en-us/124963
- keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/apple_ssh_and_filevault.7.html

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