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Even though all permissions are in place, and I've triple checked that everything (watch, phone, laptop) are signed in to iCloud, the laptop is not recognizing that watch is signed in so can't activate "unlock with Apple Watch." What am I missing or is it a bug in the latest OS as it was fine before?
jboltwv
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2
Are you signed into the same Apple ID on the Mac, iPhone, and the Watch? I'm a very new Mac user, so I'm not sure of any other troubleshooting for this. I've never seen that error on my devices. If you are signed into the same Apple ID on all devices, you can try restarting them all and trying to configure it again.
See this tip from the support document that you linked here from.
If you're having difficulty getting Auto Unlock to work, try these solutions:
Learn about more Continuity features for your Apple devices.
I've got a 2019 MacBook Air running Big Sur and it will still unlock with my Apple Watch. It will fail occasionally, and I will also see an error saying wireless connection to Watch is weak, but just before logging into the ASC here this morning, it unlocked it just fine. The step to turn it off and then restart the Mac will usually straighten it out.
It's not already selected. The permission must have disappeared in the update to the latest OS.
Here's the screen when I first open it;
And here it is after I click to allow:
Are you signed into the same Apple ID on the Mac, iPhone, and the Watch? I'm a very new Mac user, so I'm not sure of any other troubleshooting for this. I've never seen that error on my devices. If you are signed into the same Apple ID on all devices, you can try restarting them all and trying to configure it again.
MacBook Air running latest OS not recognizing that Apple Watch is signed to iCloud.
