Once you type in the correct PRK you will be see this message. Passphrase incorrect or user does not exist NOTE: for the PRK you have to include all the dashes and use all CAPS. Paste or type the Mac’s Recovery Key in and hit enter. Unlocking the Drive using the Personal Recovery User and Personal Recovery Key.ĭiskutil apfs unlockVolume /dev/disk_volume_ID_here -user personal_recovery_user_UUID_here Unlocking the drive with the PRK and Personal Recovery User.Īfter typing in the command you will have a prompt that says Passphrase. Now that you have the all 3 things we can now unlock the drive. Getting the UUID of the Personal Recovery User. You would think we could use the same command to mount the drive with TDM. You can find that article here.ĭ/5/unlock-or-decrypt-your-filevault-encrypted-boot-drive-from-the-command-line-on-macos-mojave/
#What is target disk mode how to
Rich Trouton wrote a great article on how to unlock FileVault 2 in the Recovery Partition. You may have used this command in the past if you needed to unlock FileVault in the Recovery Partition.ĭiskutil apfs unlockVolume /dev/apfs_volume_id_goes_here -passphrase personal_recovery_key_goes_here Attempting to unlock FileVault 2 TDM “diskutil apfs unlockVolume -passphrase” If you know the user’s password, type it in and the drive will mount.
#What is target disk mode mac
If the Mac is not encrypted and doesn’t have a T2 the drive will just mount as Macintosh HD on the Desktop. FileVault 2 Target Disk Mode GUI unlock pop-up for a non T2 Mac. The users listed will be securetoken enabled users. You will get this message if you are encrypted or not encrypted with a password. The unlock message above is what you will see with a T2 Mac.
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