Shortcuts not showing up on Apple Watch 7

For others who may encounter this issue, I created shortcuts on my iPhone 13 that were not showing up on Apple Watch 7/WatchOS 8 even though "Show on Apple Watch" was checked for each one.

Posted on Jul 1, 2022 10:44 AM

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Bob Landolfi Author

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Jul 1, 2022 10:46 AM in response to Bob Landolfi

This occurred because Shortcuts weren't being backed up to iCloud. To fix:

Settings/tap your iCloud Account picture at top/iCloud/Shortcuts

then click the Shortcuts radio button to on.

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