Turning on FileVault using the fdesetup command line tool may not include displaying the personal recovery key on macOS Tahoe

· Derflounder Wordpress · May 7, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
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Summary
The blog post discusses the experience of testing FileVault using the fdesetup command line tool on macOS Tahoe, highlighting an issue where the personal recovery key wasn't displayed as it was in previous macOS versions.
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