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How to determine if your Mac OSX computer's hard drive is encrypted

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Click on the "Apple" in the upper-left corner and go down to "System Preferences"


Click on "Security & Privacy"

Click on "FileVault" - Your hard drive is encrypted if you see the following text: "FileVault is turned on for the disk '"Macintosh HD"'." (*PLEASE NOTE: The name of your hard drive may vary from the "Macintosh HD" example."

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