This is the admin password on the Host Mac not the Target Mac. You will be prompted to enter in an admin password. No problem just copy the entire user folder over.Īll you need to do is copy the entire user folder over to the Host Mac. If you navigate to the user’s folder and see that you do not have permission to view Desktop, Documents or Downloads. One last note if you need to copy files from the user’s folder. Unlocked and mounted APFS Volume attached via Target Disk Mode Copying Files 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/ 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. 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.

Boot in target disk mode