How to reset HomeKit (Home app) on MacOS

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How to reset HomeKit (Home app) on MacOS

This is a question with an answer, I just wanted to document this to perhaps help someone else in future.

My Home app on macOS Monterey was borked. I could see all my devices, but not all my Rooms and other settings - everything was in "Default Room". You may have different issues.

Here's how I reset HomeKit on MacOS (only), and it worked fine for me.

Go into System Preferences -> Apple ID -> iCloud, and then uncheck "Home".
Go into the Library folder within your user folder (~/Library) and delete the entire "HomeKit" folder there.
Restart the entire machine.
Open the Home app, just to ensure there are no settings. Quit Home.
Go into System Preferences again and turn on Home again.
Wait a minute or two and everything should be synced up again!

You're welcome!

Mac mini, macOS 10.12

Posted on Oct 26, 2021 5:53 AM

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FamiliaPavel

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Oct 28, 2021 3:27 PM in response to moodler

Hi,

I have the same issue.

I tried to go into the Library folder within my user folder (~/Library) to delete the entire "HomeKit" folder but I didn't find it.

Can you be more specific to tell me where can I find this folder in my library?

Thanks

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moodler Author

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Oct 30, 2021 6:46 AM in response to FamiliaPavel

Ah, mine was right there at the top level at ~/Library/HomeKit (and got re-created in the same place afterwards).

Perhaps it's in different locations in different versions of MacOS? (I was using Monterey)

If you can't find it, try searching for it.

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SpcFilho

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Dec 29, 2021 10:30 AM in response to moodler

Thank you very much! I was having some issues with the "Camera Preview" which freezed for 3 days and, since then, nothing I did seemed to fix it. But when I followed these steps, the camera preview "thawed" and went back to working as before.

Thank you again!

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Jan 6, 2022 5:45 AM in response to moodler

After adding a new iPhone to my network, I noticed that all of my HomeKit accessories became unresponsive. The solution was relatively simple. I reset the Wireless Access Point (router) that provided 2.4 GHz WiFi access to those devices. After that, the HomeKit accessories could once again be controlled.

- Pie Lover

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Grem1

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Nov 2, 2021 5:58 PM in response to moodler

Thank you !!!

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Nov 12, 2021 11:59 AM in response to moodler

Thanks for your help. I worked for me...

Leonardo

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jnim

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Dec 7, 2021 4:45 PM in response to moodler

Worked for me also, on Big Sur (after migrating from a different MBP). I had already tried deleting the ~/Library/HomeKit/ folder but hadn't restarted after, so that part is key. Thanks!

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