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by IncRnd 3184 days ago
This is called using a KEK (key encryption key) to encrypt a DEK (data encryption key) or a FEK (file encryption key), depending on the exact purpose.

As you point out, erasure can rotate keys. What Apple apparently didn't provide was a straightforward way for key rotation as a key management function. This surely appears to have been rushed to market.