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Encrypt an external USB drive using FileVault

How to encrypt an external USB drive using FileVault

Note that drives encrypted on a Mac cannot be accessed on Windows.

  1. Insert the USB drive
  2. Control-click (or right-click if available) the USB drive icon that appears and choose 'Encrypt "Device Name"' from the menu (as below)

  3. Enter and verify a password. Make sure that this password is something which you will remember. Once you have entered a password hint, then click Encrypt Disk (this may take some time)

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