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Apple Watch stopped working to unlock my iMac

The feature worked fine till recently. Now all I get in Preferences is "your watch must be logged into iCloud. See the Apple Watch app." I've checked everything Apple knowledge base mentions and the Preference Security setting still will not let me use my Apple Watch. to log on to my iMac.

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Posted on Dec 21, 2021 11:17 AM

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Posted on Dec 21, 2021 1:00 PM

First, boot to Safe Mode. That boot up takes minutes and clears caches and other things that may resolve your problem.

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

Second try a hard reset of the watch by depressing and holding the crown and button until the Apple logo appears.

Last would be to unpair and the resetup the watch.

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Dec 21, 2021 1:00 PM in response to Bill Riski

First, boot to Safe Mode. That boot up takes minutes and clears caches and other things that may resolve your problem.

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

Second try a hard reset of the watch by depressing and holding the crown and button until the Apple logo appears.

Last would be to unpair and the resetup the watch.

Apple Watch stopped working to unlock my iMac

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