Apple Pay Disabled because of security Setting of this Mac were Modified

I am getting the following message on 2021 MacBook Pro 14" with M1 Pro Chip running Sonoma 14.1, but the following fix that I have read about did not fix this issue for me. Anyone can help please, I called support and they are stumped.


Apple Pay has been disabled because the security settings of this Mac were modified" - I have tried this and this has done nothing for me. Go to Software Update/Advanced and uncheck the recheck "Install system data files and security updates."

MacBook Pro (2021)

Posted on Nov 4, 2023 5:02 PM

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Posted on Aug 31, 2024 8:28 AM

Thank you but did not work for me. I got the same error message when logged in as the second user. However, I did arrive at a solution. On Sonoma 14.6.1 as of August 2024, go into Settings, Software Update and see Automatic Updates. It says Security Responses with a circled "i" to the right. Click the "i" and there is a dialog box with options. I had to turn on "Install Security Responses and System Files" to be able to set up Apple Pay. (FYI, my other settings on that dialog box are Check for updates - On, Download new updates when available - On, Install macOS updates - Off, Install application updates from the App Store - Off.) Credit to a senior support technician on a support call and to the author of another post from 2020 that appears to have it correct, just a bit outdated. Good luck!

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Mar 24, 2024 12:55 PM in response to DanielSC2010

I found another way to fix this:


Create a 2nd user. Use the same icloud account. Log into that user, and go to system settings/wallet. Try to add, and you'll get something saying that another user on this mac is using apple pay, do you want to delete the cards. Say no.


Log back into the first user. Go back to the system settings/wallet and try to add again. When you get the "do you want to delete", say yes. Then add the cards.

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