"Turn off FileVault 2 for our mouse driver to work." - Logitech

donmontalvo
Esteemed Contributor III

Oh yea, you read that right:

https://support.logi.com/hc/en-001/articles/360037899233

Worth posting here for awareness, in case you're asked to package/deploy.

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jwojda
Valued Contributor II

that makes sense, my understanding is that FV is a pre-boot area of the device and not the actual OS (which is why AD passwords can get out of sync with it). The FV preboot wouldn't load 3rd party apps/drivers and potentially bluetooth stuff as well.

McGinn
Contributor

I just got this notification from the Logi Options app...common Logitech!!! 😡
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jhuls
Contributor III

Thanks for posting that. We've been slow to move to full disk encryption so this is good to know as we move forward.

franton
Valued Contributor III

Well I just stopped buying their product then.

donmontalvo
Esteemed Contributor III

I got a response from Logitech, they revamped their article to stop telling customers to disable FileVault 2. #yay

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Logitech provides a USB-A receiver, which is useless when your MacBook Pro only has USB-C ports.

MacObserver wrote about this too:

Please Don’t Disable FileVault Encryption Like Logitech Wants

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Looks like reddit has a thread on this as well.

Logitech is recommending users disable FileVault so that their bluetooth accessories work

I updated my blog post, not sure how I picked up a couple thousand followers in past weeks, must be the Jeep stuff. :)

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