Well, I'd like to be running macOS Tahoe, but just after 10a Pacific time today Software Update went from telling me that macOS 15.6.1 was current to offering me this:
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Owl-53 wrote:
Auto enable FileVault during installation process, not as I recall on previous versions where we had a choice being presented
"If you sign in to an Apple account as part of setting up macOS, FileVault now turns on automatically
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But if you decline to sign in with an Apple Account during setup, just creating a local account, the macOS installer offers FileVault encryption, generating a recovery key that you can write down and store elsewhere, but it's possible to skip FileVault entirely."
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/macos-26-tahoe-the-ars-technica-review/#toc-h8
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Perfect, thanks!
Revised, 45 minutes and holding
Owl-53 wrote:
90 minutes from start of installation to final reboot and log in
Eeep. Mine was <45 minutes. So far, so good.
Refer to later posting.
Just did the Software Update method - much better overall
Thank you for all this 👍 🦉
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