Apple Pay on Mac - now compulsory??

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Apple Pay on Mac - now compulsory??

I'd prepared a booking on the Travelodge site and to pay by bank card. A message appeared on screen:

"Add cards to Apple Pay to make purchases on this Mac"

Now that's a first. I don't have (and don't want) anything to do with Apple Pay. It was meant to be a simple payment by bank debit card to Travelodge on the Travelodge website. That's all. I found there was no way round this - other than to select pay by Paypal, which I did.

This has never happened before. Can anyone comment on this? Surely Apple is not now forcing us to make purchases for anything online (using a Mac) through Apple Pay??

iMac 24″, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jun 18, 2023 6:10 AM

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Stuart-S Author

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Jun 18, 2023 8:39 AM in response to Chattanoogan

Chattanoogan,

I wish I'd taken screenshots, but when I initially clicked on 'continue to payment' button, that's when the other, smaller window popped up about telling me to add card details to Apple Pay. From there it was 'Add' (which took you to Apple Pay in System Settings) or 'cancel' which took you back to square 1. I tried this a few times, there was no way round it, other than to change the payment method to Paypal. If I wanted to pay by card, I had to add my card details to Apple Pay. Very odd, and extremely irritating.

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Jun 18, 2023 6:23 AM in response to Stuart-S

How were you not able to continue-on and complete your ccard transaction “normally” ?

It would seem that if you could indeed use Pay-Pal, that another explanation might exist.

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Jun 18, 2023 9:16 AM in response to Stuart-S

Thanks for the reply.

Odd indeed. 🤔

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Apple Pay on Mac - now compulsory??

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