Setting up Auto Unlock on other Mac having a different main iCloud account

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Setting up Auto Unlock on other Mac having a different main iCloud account

I'm using Auto Unlock to unlock my personal Mac because my personal Mac obviously has the same iCloud account in macOS as the Apple Watch I'm using.

Now I have a work Mac and I need to use another main iCloud account in that one for obvious reasons, but it would be swell to be able to setup Auto Unlock on this Mac as well, are there any ways to do this without exposing too much of my personal iCloud information to the work Mac?

What I tried:

Adding my personal iCloud account to "Internet Accounts" in "System Preferences". It didn't seem to work as the Auto Unlock toggle was not available from "Security & Privacy", as noted here https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl4f800a42/mac olansiar

Posted on Oct 16, 2021 2:28 AM

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1ssmith

Community Specialist

Oct 17, 2021 8:47 AM in response to adeel206

Hi adeel206,

We understand that you're wanting to have Auto-Unlock on your work iMac but have concerns about your personal iCloud information. Auto Unlock is based on Apple IDs matching. There is not a way to have it work with two separate Apple IDs.

Hope this helps.

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