I'm on a 16" MacBook Pro M4 Max w/ 36 GB RAM
Apple Pay had been working with the beta releases with not issues, but after the macOS 26.6 beta update, Apple Pay was deactivated and is showing an error message:
Apple Pay has been disabled because the security settings of this Mac were modified
I found suggested fixes on the non-beta Apple forums (since this issue has apparently struck past release-versions of macOS), but none of them have worked.
Does anyone here have any notions?
Thanks!
Hi @SonyaLynn,
You wrote:
Apple Pay had been working with the beta releases with not issues, but after the macOS 26.6 beta update, Apple Pay was deactivated and is showing an error message: [...] Does anyone here have any notions?
To diagnose the most likely cause of this issue, please run the following before changing anything else:
Check SIP:
csrutil status
csrutil authenticated-root status
Both must show enabled. If authenticated-root is off, the Signed System Volume (SSV) seal is broken—potentially due to the pre-release signing certificates used in the beta OS—and Apple Pay cannot work.
Check SSV seal integrity:
diskutil apfs list
Find your system volume and look for Snapshot Sealed: Yes. If it says No or Broken, that is a primary cause.
Check Developer Mode:
systemextensionsctl status
DevToolsSecurity -status
Developer Mode being active will disable Apple Pay by design.
Filter apsd logs for the specific error code:
log show --predicate 'subsystem == "com.apple.passd"' --last 1h --info --debug | grep -i "apple pay\|security\|disabled\|modified"
The specific error code here is key to identifying the underlying cause.
Submitting feedback
Before taking any action after confirming the above, please respond with the output. In addition, please file a bug report via Feedback Assistant. In the bug report, include the following details:
- output of
apsdlogs - output of
bputil -d - output of
csrutil status
Once reported, please reply here with the Feedback ID.
Cheers,
Paris X Pinkney | WWDR | DTS Engineer
