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> how do I send it for repair safely (as in my data be safe)?

You have backups, right?

(That is, unfortunately, the legit answer to this question.)

The question is ambiguous but I interpreted it as if the laptop fails and I need to have it repaired how do I keep my data safe because I can't just pull the hard drive out before sending it for repair.

The T2 chip already encrypts the SSD using a unique identifier generated and known only by that host's T2, so it's sort of a non-issue imo

Thank you for your input, that's exactly what I meant.

If you use FileVault encryption with a secure password.

No, it's encrypted either way. With FileVault enabled it just won't automatically mount and decrypt when connected to the T2 chip

That doesn’t matter if the password is known, guessable, or nonexistent.

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