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Is it built in to most iOS systems?
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It is a Mac OS feature, not an iOS one. iOS devices have their own encryption featured. Remember the whole thing with locking the devices with a PIN?
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It is a Mac OS feature, not an iOS one. iOS devices have their own encryption featured. Remember the whole thing with locking the devices with a PIN?

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yes it is called filevault 2 (version 1 is really terrible, and 2 is available from Lion and later) and it is part of the OS, you can enable it just after installing or I believe even after its already installed<br />
<a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/2880039/how-to-encrypt-your-mac-with-filevault-2-and-why-you-absolutely-should.html" rel="ugc">https://www.macworld.com/article/2880039/how-to-encrypt-your-mac-with-filevault-2-and-why-you-absolutely-should.html</a>
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yes it is called filevault 2 (version 1 is really terrible, and 2 is available from Lion and later) and it is part of the OS, you can enable it just after installing or I believe even after its already installed
https://www.macworld.com/article/2880039/how-to-encrypt-your-mac-with-filevault-2-and-why-you-absolutely-should.html [https://www.macworld.com/article/2880039/how-to-encrypt-your-mac-with-filevault-2-and-why-you-absolutely-should.html]

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Is drive encryption possible on a mac? &nbsp;If so, what do I need to do to set it &nbsp;up. &nbsp;If its not available, do I need a third party software in order to accomplish it and do you have any recommendations?
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Is drive encryption possible on a mac?  If so, what do I need to do to set it  up.  If its not available, do I need a third party software in order to accomplish it and do you have any recommendations?

encrypting drive on Mac OS

Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it. In an encryption scheme, the intended communication information or message, referred to as plaintext, is encrypted using an encryption algorithm, generating ciphertext that can only be read if decrypted. For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-random encryption key generated by an algorithm. An authorized recipient can easily decrypt the message with the key provided by the originator to recipients, but not to unauthorized interceptors.

Encryption

Mac OS X is the desktop operating system from Apple Inc., found on Macintosh computers. OS X consists of a Mach/BSD-based kernel, operating system interfaces primarily based on FreeBSD and additional frameworks (written in C, C++ and Objective-C providing user interface and application-level services.

Mac OS X

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.