Changing Startup Utility Settings for Apple Pay

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Changing Startup Utility Settings for Apple Pay

I need to change my Startup Utility Settings to set up Apple Pay. I've gone into recovery mode and changed the settings to Full Security. I still can't set Apple Pay because it says my settings need to be changed. Am I reading this correctly, that this can only be done for Apple Pay at system installation? That's got to be wrong. Who would create a system like that?

Any suggestions on how to get Apple Pay on my 2019 MBP would be very appreciated.

Thank you.

Posted on Jun 8, 2020 9:10 AM

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askbarnabas

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Jun 8, 2020 3:01 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

just saw this - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251315691

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Jun 8, 2020 11:05 AM in response to askbarnabas

Yes, it is, but in System Preferences, if I go to turn on Apple Pay I get this

All the instructions seem to indicate that this can be changed in Recovery Mode in Startup Settings Utility. I did that changed everything to the default settings including Full Security, but the System Prefs behavior doesn't change. I thought I saw in passing somewhere, though I can't find it now, that this could only be set at system installation, but I find that hard to believe.

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Tom Wolsky Author

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Jun 8, 2020 11:25 AM in response to askbarnabas

Yes, File Vault is on. Really? You have to turn it off to use Apple Pay? That seems just wrong. Shouldn't there be a way to add Apple Pay without decrypting the drive? Everything else can write files to the drive and access them when I'm logging into it with my system password.

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Tom Wolsky Author

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Jun 8, 2020 12:39 PM in response to askbarnabas

Thanks very much for sticking with this Barnabas. I tried turning off File Vault, but it made no difference. Let me see if switching off and rebooting will change the behavior. I'm afraid it's somehow related to the T2 chip programming.

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