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I don't find "Add Data" to allow me to add a workout manually after the fact. I have an Apple Watch Series 9 on watchOS 10. Any suggestions? Thank you.
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Apple Watch Series 9, watchOS 10
Edited to add: I discovered the problem. Workouts, and therefore "Add Data", were not showing up in the Health app. I discovered by trial and error that I needed to add Workouts to my Health app favorites. Once I did that, Workouts now show up and I'm able to Add Data. Thank you to those who responded to help!
Edited to add: I discovered the problem. Workouts, and therefore "Add Data", were not showing up in the Health app. I discovered by trial and error that I needed to add Workouts to my Health app favorites. Once I did that, Workouts now show up and I'm able to Add Data. Thank you to those who responded to help!
If you managed to forget to start a workout with your Apple Watch, you can manually add your workout details in the Health app afterwards to earn Activity credit.
For more information: How to manually add a workout in the Health app - Apple Support
Note that while you can manually add a workout to the Health app on your phone, you can't add it to your Watch. Anything you add manually on Health will not be reflected in your rings.
I used the method described in the article that was cited by Zachyy. Per the article, "Your Activity rings update to reflect the workout added. To check your progress, open the Activity app on your Apple Watch or the Fitness app on your iPhone."
Activity rings do not update.
Did you read above where it stated: “To earn Move credit, enter the total calories burned. To earn Exercise credit, enter the start and end time for your workout.” So you will have to manually input your activity information after your workout, then it will update your activity rings.
IdrisSeabright - that is what I am noticing and experiencing as well. However, an "official" Apple article indicates that it does update the rings and gives you credit for the workout. Maybe a bug has crept into their apps?
True, or they didn’t explain well enough, at the bottom of the article you can select Yes or No if it was Helpful. Select no and type your experience and feedback, Apple will take a careful consideration and read your response.
No worries, we are always here to help in the forum, have a great day!
This does not work for me. I already had "Workouts" as a favorite, and when I manually Add Data, it does not update my rings or goals.
Zachyy - Yes. And I entered it later the same day (June 10) that I performed the workout. WatchOS and iOS are kept up-to-date.
And are you sure it didn’t update the rings?
Zachyy - yes.
I think I figured it out, read in small print below move calories, it says “TOTAL 555 CAL, I think they add your manual workouts to the main move number, but not the ring? Also your workout was from 6-7ish right, look at the activity graph, there was lots of activity at that time.
Zachyy - true. But that is contrary to the Apple article. So, I'm thinking there is either a step that is missing in the article's instructions, or they came to an incorrect conclusion as to what manually inputting a workout actual updates.
How can I add a workout manually on my Apple Watch?
