Re: Upgrading to Big Sur woes

If you hold Option down when you hear the boot chime, do you see an array of disk volumes, or do you see a password window?
If the latter, you have what used to be called the "firmware password" on, and perhaps that's what it's complaining about. I think you turn that off via recovery mode now.

> On Jan 30, 2021, at 10:01 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I was about to upgrade my Mac Pro (running Mojave) to Big Sur, but when I run the Big Sur installer and select the APFS (encrypted) boot drive, it says: 
> 
>   You may not install to this volume because it has a disk password.
> 
> How do I turn off the disk password? Or is it complaining that the drive is encrypted?
> 
> I go into Sys Prefs -> Security -> FileVault and click on the lock icon, and then click on "Turn Off FileVault..."  But the button does nothing. It turns blue when clicked, but nothing happens, no panel opens, ... nothing.
> 
> The console log has this:
> 
>  ODNodeCustomFunction failed with result ODErrorCredentialsNotAuthorized
>  SetFrontProcessInternal(0x0,0x1fa1fa pid2520) error=-606 so failed
>  Authentication failed for <private> with ODErrorCredentialsInvalid
>  ODRecordVerifyPassword failed with result ODErrorCredentialsInvalid
> 
> 
> The diskutil info for the drive is:
> 
>    +-> Volume disk1s1 D798F143-8BC1-40FE-97AB-74396129744B
>    |   ---------------------------------------------------
>    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s1 (No specific role)
>    |   Name:                      Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive)
>    |   Mount Point:               /
>    |   Capacity Consumed:         351754764288 B (351.8 GB)
>    |   FileVault:                 Yes (Unlocked)
> 
> I assume I can re-encrypt my boot drive after I've installed Big Sur, but how do I turn it off (or turn off the disk password) for the installation? Or is this not what it's complaining about?
> 
> -Carl
> 
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