I'm considering getting a leather loop band for my Apple Watch. As I understand, these are held in place with magnets. Is there any concern with the magnets in the watch band causing problems with using my MacBook Pro? Thank you for your time.
Apple Watch, watchOS 2.1
no
I have had no problems with my MBA and my leather band - don't worry about it
LN
not the only thing magnetism can effect would be if a very strong electromagnet was close by it could corrupt the data on the harddisk if it was not a ssd disk
and we're talking a very very powerful industrial electromagnet here
Great! Thank you for sharing your experience, @LarryHN.
Thank you for your reply, @Rudegar. I didn't think it would be an issue, but I appreciate your insight. I figured when Apple designed the watch and bands, they would take computers into consideration.
Hi
As reported by RobReich, depending on your wrist placement, it is possible that the magnet in your watch band may occasionally cause the computer to believe that the screen has been closed. If this happens, moving your band away again should immediately reverse the effect.
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Wow, thanks for the update, Jonathan_UK! That's useful information.
You're most welcome! 🙂
Leather Loop, Magnetism, and my MacBook Pro
