Encrypt your virtual machine to control the use of the virtual machine and access to its contents.

When you encrypt a virtual machine, you set a password that is required to open the virtual machine. You can remove the encryption or change the password at any time.

Note

Large virtual machines, such as those that exceed 50GB, might generate a low disk space warning.

You can encrypt your virtual machine with a password to control access to the virtual machine and its contents.

You can change the password for an encrypted virtual machine at any time.

You can remove encryption from a virtual machine at any time.

You can store the password for an encrypted virtual machine in your Mac's Keychain password management system at any time. Mac Keychain remembers the password for you.