Startup Security Utility settings seem not doing anything

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Startup Security Utility settings seem not doing anything

I've just updated to MacOS 11.3 and not sure if this is a new bug.

After updating and restarting, when I open System Preferences, Security & Privacy, General tab, the lower area shows "Your current security settings prevent the installation of system extensions" with a button to Enable system extensions.

So I unlock, see the instructions, and go to shutdown/ recovery startup.

Upon doing my password a couple of different pop-ups in Startup Security Utility, restart, I come back to System Prefs. But the statement is still there — "Your current security settings prevent the installation of system extensions" with a button to Enable system extensions. Did it again, still there after 2nd iteration.

Is this normal in MacOS 11.3?

Or was there a step that I skipped?

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Apr 27, 2021 4:59 PM

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TammyW_03

Community Specialist

Apr 28, 2021 2:07 PM in response to Ken2G5

Hello Ken2G5,

Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities. We understand that after lowering your security options, you're still not able to enable system extensions with an alert you still need to modify your security options. The following guide has the steps to take to change those security settings, so you can compare to the steps you're already taking: Change startup disk security settings on a Mac with Apple silicon

This guide links to the one above, but discusses the system extensions a bit more, and the steps for the security settings can also be found under "If you get an alert about a system extension" here: About system extensions and macOS

Let us know how it goes using those steps.

Take care.

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