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Unlocking Mac with Apple Watch

I’ve followed directions as indicated on how to use my watch to unlock my Mac and it’s not working. My Mac also supports unlocking. I bought a new phone and had to repair my watch and now it won’t unlock my Mac after doing so.

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Posted on Oct 30, 2020 6:46 AM

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Posted on Oct 30, 2020 7:02 PM

Check out this thread on fixing Apple Watch unlocking Mac

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251803595?answerId=253458029022#253458029022


Then follow with this thread

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251826134?answerId=253504359022#253504359022


I also found that it took awhile for the iCloud Keychain records to propagate and merge on all the systems. More so when you have multiple devices sharing the keychain (I have 4 Macs, the iPhone, and the Apple Watch). I followed both of the above threads, but it was not reliably working until the next day, when I tried again. And I did have to click the enable check box twice the next day, but then it stuck.

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Oct 30, 2020 7:02 PM in response to Rachrogers

Check out this thread on fixing Apple Watch unlocking Mac

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251803595?answerId=253458029022#253458029022


Then follow with this thread

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251826134?answerId=253504359022#253504359022


I also found that it took awhile for the iCloud Keychain records to propagate and merge on all the systems. More so when you have multiple devices sharing the keychain (I have 4 Macs, the iPhone, and the Apple Watch). I followed both of the above threads, but it was not reliably working until the next day, when I tried again. And I did have to click the enable check box twice the next day, but then it stuck.

Unlocking Mac with Apple Watch

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