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When I created a FileVault encrypted partition to install OSX Yosemite, I don't think I created a recovery key. Is it possible to create a recovery key after the fact? How do you do it?
pupeno
Posted 2015-04-20T22:39:21.570
Reputation: 8 223
Generate a recovery key for a FileVault
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You can access the disk until you forget the password of all users that can unlock the disk. (You might want to create another user for this purpose and store the password safely)
If you did not write the unlock key down nor used icloud storage for it, you have no way to recover or re-create the key.
bbaassssiiee
Posted 2015-04-20T22:39:21.570
Reputation: 1 225
How positive are about that information? The program fdesetup has a command changerecovery which says "Change or add recovery key", I'm just not 100% sure of how it works yet. – pupeno – 2015-04-21T08:46:15.893
Not fully sure. – bbaassssiiee – 2015-05-14T19:32:44.577