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The macOS operating system has the following disk management systems:
FileVault , is a disk encrypted utility;
Fusion Drive is an Apple's hybrid drive technology;
CoreStorage is a logical volume management system.
R‑Studio supports all these technologies and can unlock their encrypted volumes (drives and images) using either their passwords or recovery keys.
CoreStorage/FileVault
To unlock the volume
1. | Right-click the encrypted volume and select Unlock encrypted drive on the shortcut menu. |
2. | Enter the password/recovery key on the Unlock encrypted drive dialog box |
> | R‑Studio will unlock the volume |
If the volume is partially encrypted, R‑Studio can recognize which part is encrypted and which isn't. It will provide a correct access to the unencrypted and encrypted parts of the volume, provided that the correct password is entered.
Apple Fusion Drive
R‑Studio detects components of Apple Fusion Drive and creates virtual Fusion Drives automatically. At the same time, R‑Studio gives access to the individual components of the Fusion Drives (drives and images).
When an automatically created Fusion Drive is selected, R‑Studio highlights its components.
R‑Studio shows the components of the Fusion Drive on its APFS Fusion Components tab.
R‑Studio shows broken Fusion Drive s in pink.
The Fusion Drive Components tab also allows you to manually disconnect or connect the components, for example, if they are such damaged that R‑Studio cannot recognize them as parts of a broken Fusion Drive. Select the object from the drop-down box and click the Connect button. R‑Studio displays the objects it recognizes as the components of the Fusion Drive in blue.
You may immediately switch to the Fusion Drive configuration that R‑Studio believes most probable by clicking the Reassemble button.
R‑Studio shows Fusion Drive with manually added components in blue: