BootUnlock 1.3.1

• Fixed a bug where the installation script went into the infinite loop asking the user for volume's password with no way to cancel the activity;
• Hopefully, addressed an issue where the installation script was not waiting for Xcode's installation to complete.

BootUnlock 1.3.0

• Added support for ARM-based Macs (e.g. Macbook Pro M2);
• Added the "preinstall" script with a check and a conditional installation of the Xcode command-line tools;
• changed the way BootUnlock binary is created from /usr/sbin/security, now the lipo tool is used to extract the x86_64 part from the universal Mach-O binary. This allows running it with an adhoc signature on the ARM-based Macs.

P.S. I would appreciate it if you open an issue if any of the new features do not work as expected since it is really hard to test (to do correct testing of the Xcode command-line installation, I need to install a vanilla macOS and it is too time consuming for a small change like that :( )

BootUnlock 1.2.0

This release provides support for macOS Catalina. There are no logical changes to the behaviour of the core helper script that does the mounting of the encrypted volumes at startup, so if you are using Mojave or prior versions of macOS it is recommended to stick with the 1.1.0 release since the current release was only tested on Catalina.

BootUnlock 1.1.0

This release denotes a behavioural change on how BootUnlock is invoked. Starting from version 1.1.0 the helper script is triggered by the "mount" event in launchd, hence it will be possible to detach and re-attach encrypted APFS volumes at any time and still get them handled by BootUnlock.

As always, we appreciate any constructive feedback on how the tool can be improved any further.

BootUnlock 1.0

This is the initial release of the BootUnlock tool which allows users to unlock the secondary encrypted APFS volumes during the startup using passwords stored on the System keychain. It is assumed that the System keychain is located on the encrypted boot volume, hence from the security standpoint there is no compromise on security, but lots of convenience.

We would appreciate any feedback on the tool, but please make it constructive so we could action on it.