Is there anything I can do to speed up the sync with my brand new, shiny Apple Watch? So far, 3 of 121 songs have synced and it has been over 7 minutes. Feels like we're back in the 90s with dial up!
Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 4.2
I don't know if this will help with your issue or not, but it is trick which works with the "Watch Player" podcasts app, so might be worth a shot?
Before trying to transfer anything to the Apple Watch turn off the Bluetooth via the "settings" app on the iPhone, NOT the slide-up "Control Center" as that doesn't fully disable Bluetooth, which is a whole other issue! No need to change anything on the Apple Watch.
Make sure Wi-Fi connectivity is still enabled for both iPhone and Apple Watch, and that they are both on the same Wi-Fi network, then sync the content. This forces the watch to use the much quicker Wi-Fi connectivity rather than the slow as **** Bluetooth connection.
Once finished remember to turn your Bluetooth back on!
I have found that in the case of the Watch Player app, that hour long podcasts (around 75mb) transfer in a few seconds, rather than what seemed like hours using the normal method.
As I say it might not be the answer to syncing songs, but it could be worth a try. Hopefully Apple will stop neglecting such basic functionality with the watch and address this crazy situation with a software update.
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This appeared to have improved my transfer speed - good tip!
Move the watch about 2-3 meters away from the iPhone. This worked for me when syncing playlists to the watch.
It is my pleasure. I am glad I could help.
Jonboy64 thanks man ur the best it really works.
Thank you so much for this! Spent so much time looking around for the answer and this solved everything!
You’re the best!
Thank you pabloruan. My playlists downloaded at a rate of about 6 seconds per song after this fix. Previously, it was about 1 minute per song.
That worked perfectly! Great explanation and thank you so much!!!
Thank you SO MUCH!
This worked a treat!
This worked! Thank you!
Apple Watch Music Sync takes several minutes per song
