yes, you should encrypt
performance hit is negligible nowadays
If you link it to your Apple ID you also don’t need to worry about losing the key down the road.
I have it on for a 2011 11” air and it’s fine.
If you are paranoid about having your devices broken into by targeted social engineering attacks or law enforcement though, don’t do this
1 Like
Wouldn’t Apple’s proprietary two factor thwart this? Honestly puzzled.
very little is invulnerable to social engineering and law enforcement being able to break into Apple encryption is a question mark
it’s still vastly better than what’s available on any other platform in terms of usability and reliability but it’s true that those vectors exist
1 Like
If you’re worried about someone with physical access to your machine getting past your encryption, getting physical access to your two factor device likely isn’t that hard