I can't make my Apple Watch unlock my Mac what can I do?

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I can't make my Apple Watch unlock my Mac what can I do?

I am clicking the unlock with Apple Watch option in system preferences and it says Apple Watch is not founded.It is really weird both my iPhone and Apple Watch is open and unlocked and all bluetooth's are open but somehow Mac doesn't detect Apple Watch.It was working fine on Mac OS Catalina and Watch Os 6 but when I upgraded to WatchOs 7 it started not working and I thought oh let me upgrade to Big Sur and nothing changed still the problem is there.Can someone help?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 3:26 AM

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Alwayswantingtohelp1

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Dec 12, 2020 8:19 AM in response to Tunanika

Hello Tunanika,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!

We understand from your post that you are unable to unlock your Mac with your Apple Watch. This article ha some steps which may help:

Unlock your Mac with your Apple Watch - Apple Support

"If you're having difficulty getting Auto Unlock to work, try these solutions:

In Security & Privacy preferences, deselect ”Use your Apple Watch to unlock apps and your Mac,” then restart your Mac and turn this setting back on.
Make sure that your Mac isn't using Internet sharing or screen sharing."

Best Regards.

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Tunanika Author

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Dec 12, 2020 9:42 AM in response to Alwayswantingtohelp1

After the last WatchOs update, my problem was solved.Thank you for your reply.when I looked at the update description it was saying update solves a problem that prevents unlocking your Mac.And It solved so no problem anymore 😁

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I can't make my Apple Watch unlock my Mac what can I do?

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