On your Mac: System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> FileVault. Solution 2 (Not recommend): Turn off FileVault Once you enter this, the mac will immediately reboot and you should be able to connect.

You will be asked for your user name and password. Open up the Terminal app and enter the following command and press enter: This has to be done on the remote machine using the Terminal app. Instead use the authenticated restart sequence. If you want to restart the machine remotely, don't restart it from Finder. Solution 1 (Recommended): Use authenticated restarts when restarting the Mac remotely If Filevault is enabled you should see a message saying that 'Filevault is turned on for the disk'. Open up System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> FileVault. There are ways around this though, see the solution section below.ĭetermine if Filevault is enabled on your Mac You will not be able to connect to the machine unless someone physically unlocks the disk. When Filevault is enabled, your disk is locked after a restart and nothing is allowed to run - not even the OS - until you enter your password at to unlock the disk. If your Mac is showing as offline after rebooting the Mac then it might be because FileVault is enabled on the Mac.

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