Silent FileVault Activation

tobiaslinder
Contributor II
Contributor II

A client of mine wants to mass-rollout FileVault to all his users and was asking me if there is a silent way to roll it out (without the user ever seeing a box that tells him to enter a password or tells him that FileVault is now going to be activated.

Thanks for your ideas.

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davidacland
Honored Contributor II
Honored Contributor II

I think you might be able to do that if you use institutional keys.

I've always avoided it though as it sets the same key on all devices.

nvandam
Contributor II

FileVault requires a restart, unless the machine is High Sierra and APFS.

Quan_nong
Contributor

I dont think you can rollout without user interaction, since the user would need to enter their password to enable their account to be "Enabled to unlock FV2"