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nozzlegear 4 days ago

> The capability to unlock the data volume over SSH appeared in macOS 26 Tahoe.

Neat! I thought it was odd that I was able to SSH into my Mac after upgrading to Tahoe the other night – part of me wondered if I actually hit that "Upgrade" button before walking away. This is a welcome change though; I don't usually shut my Mac down but there have been a few times where I'm working away from home and need to SSH into my Mac only to remember that I'd installed some major update the night before.

watusername 4 days ago | parent [-]

IIRC macOS upgrades will automatically store a FileVault token (basically `fdesetup authrestart`) before restarting, so the disk is automatically unlocked. It's not a Tahoe-specific thing.

nozzlegear 2 days ago | parent [-]

Oh I didn't know that, interesting to learn in hindsight. Thanks!