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Apple Watch is not unlocking my Mac after upgrading to Sonoma

Tried setting "unlock with Apple Watch" to off, restarting, then turning it back on again, but it didn't work. Any other ideas?

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Oct 15, 2023 4:19 PM

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Posted on Dec 20, 2023 4:38 AM

I had this problem with the latest Sonoma update 14.2.1

My solution was to go to the system settings/Lock screen, change the "require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off" setting to immediately. Then go to the "Log in Password" setting and toggle the apple watch setting.

Wait for the screen to time out (or change the screen saver setting to never and the Turn display off to 1 minute).

After that, the apple watch unlocked the lock screen.

I then went back and set the screen saver to never and display settings to 3 minutes (my defaults).


Now all good.


I hope that helps some people.

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Dec 20, 2023 4:38 AM in response to Geaton49

I had this problem with the latest Sonoma update 14.2.1

My solution was to go to the system settings/Lock screen, change the "require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off" setting to immediately. Then go to the "Log in Password" setting and toggle the apple watch setting.

Wait for the screen to time out (or change the screen saver setting to never and the Turn display off to 1 minute).

After that, the apple watch unlocked the lock screen.

I then went back and set the screen saver to never and display settings to 3 minutes (my defaults).


Now all good.


I hope that helps some people.

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Oct 16, 2023 8:13 AM in response to Randall_2023

Thanks Randall, I assumed the issue was related to my recent upgrade to Sonoma as it started occurring immediately after Sonoma was installed. However, restarting my watch (duh, don’t know why I didn’t think of that sooner!) seems to have resolved the problem.

 

-Gary 

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Jan 4, 2024 6:08 AM in response to Ruffmouse

I'm embarrassed to say that this was also the solution for me. I'm usually the first person to tell friends, spouse, and family members: "Try rebooting first to see if that solves your issue(s)..."


While I did reboot my Mac several times, it had not occurred to me to reboot the watch as well. <facepalm>


Thanks for the reminder. :D

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Apple Watch is not unlocking my Mac after upgrading to Sonoma

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