Enabling FileVault on Yosemite
Read the full details here before doing anything: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18637?viewlocale=en_US Enabling disk encryption on OSX Yosemite turns out to be a straightforward process. Simply enable it through Setting/Security & Privacy/FileVault - if you chose not to let your iCloud account unlock your disk (for when you've forgotten your password) you'll have to keep a safe record of the recovery key (it sounds like you only get one oppourtunity to record this) - this triggers a reboot, and then when you log back in you'll be able to monitor the progress of file encryption from the same settings panel. I have 2 MacBooks: July 2014 Apple MacBook Pro , 2.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz, 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM, 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage January 2011 Apple MacBook Air , 13 inch display, Core 2 Duo 1.86GHz, 4 Gig RAM 1067 MHz DDR3, 256 Gig SSD Since disk speed is king, I wanted to measure the effect of enabling FileVault so I f...