FileVault Makes Mac Security Stronger

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Flowchart illustrating how a user password and hardware key combine to form a key encryption key, which—together with an xART key and hardware key—generates the FileVault volume encryption key that secures all volume data.

Flowchart illustrating how a user password and hardware key combine to form a key encryption key, which—together with an xART key and hardware key—generates the FileVault volume encryption key that secures all volume data.