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Q: Why did auto unlock Mac with Apple Watch stop working?

When I first upgraded to watchOS 3 and macOS Sierra, auto unlock Mac with Apple Watch worked. A few days alter it stopped working. What could have happened? I checked all Settings/System Preferences.

Apple Watch, watchOS 3, macOS Sierra

Posted on Sep 26, 2016 8:35 AM

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Q: Why did auto unlock Mac with Apple Watch stop working?

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  • by SoN1NjA,

    SoN1NjA SoN1NjA Sep 26, 2016 9:06 AM in response to alang26
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    iPhone
    Sep 26, 2016 9:06 AM in response to alang26

    Is your Apple Watch unlocked?

  • by John Paterson1,Solvedanswer

    John Paterson1 John Paterson1 Sep 27, 2016 10:44 AM in response to alang26
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    Sep 27, 2016 10:44 AM in response to alang26

    This new "feature" is absolutely finicky with my iMac. I am almost ready to give up on it. This morning, I restarted both the iMac and Apple Watch and it worked a few times. This evening back to the same "beta" status. Yes sir...it just works...right!!!

  • by TX_DZD,

    TX_DZD TX_DZD Sep 28, 2016 6:40 AM in response to alang26
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    Apple Watch
    Sep 28, 2016 6:40 AM in response to alang26

    I'm not sure why this is marked as Answered?  I am having the same issue.  I never had a beta version - I enabled the feature to unlock my Mac with my watch and it worked fine for about a week.  Now, it gives me the "Unlocking with apple watch . . ." but after about 20 seconds it just gives me the password prompt.  I've rebooted the Mac, restarted my watch - and, Yes, the watch is unlocked.  Any ideas?  Thanks.

  • by Stamatis Kapetanakis,Helpful

    Stamatis Kapetanakis Stamatis Kapetanakis Oct 6, 2016 7:39 AM in response to alang26
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    Apple Watch
    Oct 6, 2016 7:39 AM in response to alang26

    This is NOT solved - would a moderator please change it's status, thanks.

     

    Much like others, i have the same issue. It worked for a week and now it tries to work but fails and just presents the password field, only with a delay of 10 sec while 'unlock with Apple watch' silently fails...

  • by needleman_mark,

    needleman_mark needleman_mark Oct 6, 2016 8:13 AM in response to alang26
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    Apple Watch
    Oct 6, 2016 8:13 AM in response to alang26

    this happened to me too - I unpaired and repaired. the watch with my iPhone and the option showed up again the the Security panel in System Preferences