I recently added a new 5tb drive as my external Time Machine backup destination. About half of that is full with my Time Machine backup data. I opted to encrypt the backup. The transfer has completed, and Time Machine has shown "Encrypting" for the past few days. It's moving, but quite slowly. Is this normal? Does the initial encryption of a full Time Machine backup usually take days, or has something gone wrong?
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Time Machine Encryption
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If you have a lot of data on there, yes... it can take a long time.
Run the below command in Terminal and it will show you how far along it is.
The output of the command will look something like this. You can see in this example where 231 of 569GB is encrypted.
Run the below command in Terminal and it will show you how far along it is.
Code:
diskutil cs listThe output of the command will look something like this. You can see in this example where 231 of 569GB is encrypted.
Code:
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: AES-XTS
Conversion Status: Converting
Conversion Direction: forward
Has Encrypted Extents: Yes
Fully Secure: No
Passphrase Required: Yes
Disk: disk6
Status: Online
Size (Total): 569869340672 B (569.9 GB)
Size (Converted): 231454277632 B (231.5 GB)
Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)
LV Name: Heap
Volume Name: Heap
Content Hint: Apple_HFS