Unable to unlock MacBook Pro with Apple watch

Same here. Sierra, iOS 10, Watch Os3, two factor authentication and bluetooth on, signed in and out of iCloud, rebooted everything twice, and it still won't work. MacBook Air 2015, btw.

thanx a lot. able to unlock with apple watch now.

Update: it now works sometimes rather than never.

And what are you did?

My mac might be older than '13 but bluetooth is v 5... I am not able to pair the apple watch with my mac. I dont see it in system preferences. I am also not asked for my icloud password when I reboot my watch. Any help?

LindegaardDK wrote:

My mac might be older than '13 but bluetooth is v 5... I am not able to pair the apple watch with my mac. I dont see it in system preferences. I am also not asked for my icloud password when I reboot my watch. Any help?

I think what you are looking at is the version of the "Apple Bluetooth Software". You want to look at the version of the Bluetooth hardware (the chip itself, which might be manufactured by Broadcom/Cypress, Intel, Qualcomm, etc). If you're looking in the "System Information", you should see "Bluetooth Low Energy Supported" and "Handoff Supported" (both saying "yes") - that's what you need to use this.

Dear Joseph,

I followed all the steps you suggested. Furthermore before to do so, I logged out from and re-logged in to iCloud on all my Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Watch and both my macbook pro).

However it still doesn't work for me. When I wake up the mac, I notice that just before to ask me for the password, it doesn't show the password box (for half a secondo or maybe a second).

I am getting crazy (I am trying everything since 3 days). Do you have any other hint?

Thank you in advance

Note: I am using a macbook pro (2015) with Sierra, an iPhone 6 with iOS 10 and a watch (first edition) with watch OS 3.0.

I meet all the criteria, and followed this process and it still can't find my watch. I'll wait for an update I guess. Thanks for the tip that helped some.

I have a 13" 2016 MBP with Touch Bar connected to an Anker ethernet dongle. When the MBP is NOT connected to the dongle, unlocking the MBP with an Apple Watch works as advertised (providing all the setup tasks have been completed properly).

However, when the MBP is connected to the ethernet dongle (via USB-C), unlocking fails. The display says "Unlocking with Apple Watch..." and then prompts for the password. Feels like a bug somewhere...

For those struggling with Apple Watch unlocking their MBP, suggest you disconnect everything from the computer in the process of troubleshooting. Hope this helps.