Apple Watch to unlock iMac OSx Sierra.....

[iGlide]

Anyone been successful with unlocking their Mac with Apple Watch? I still am unable to get this to work. Two factor is on, Watch os3, Sierra on all Mac's, Allow Apple Watch to unlock checked. Whats the trick? :crying:

 

[anon(39328)]

Try rebooting the watch. This is what finally made it work for me.

 

[Garz]

I had to reboot my Mac. Until then, it kept failing. But as above, rebooting Watch is a good idea as well.

 

[robertk328]

Which Mac do you have? It doesn't work with all models.

Also, try rebooting all devices, one at a time. Mac, phone, then watch. Here's some more info:

How to enable Auto Unlock on your Mac and Apple Watch | iMore

 

[iGlide]

MBP 2014 and iMac late 2015. I will give the reboots a try again in the order listed. Thanks for all the input

 

[iGlide]

Must be an iMac thing! I got it working for my MBP and I like it!!

 

[Rob Phillips]

Must be an iMac thing! I got it working for my MBP and I like it!!

It's a nice convenience not to have to type a password. It's been pretty consistent for me on my MBP.

 

[anon(153966)]

I just upgraded my iMac (2015), and all is working well with the unlocking using the Apple Watch. Just took a moment to setup the Two -Step Authentication...

MBP 2014 and iMac late 2015. I will give the reboots a try again in the order listed. Thanks for all the input

 

[robertk328]

Must be an iMac thing! I got it working for my MBP and I like it!!

Great!

 

[TripleOne]

Ahh!! It's not working for me as well. I guess I have to reboot my Mac.

 

[anon(153966)]

After restarting both devices, is it working correctly now?

Ahh!! It's not working for me as well. I guess I have to reboot my Mac.

 

[TripleOne]

After restarting both devices, is it working correctly now?

Yes it does!
But sometimes it doesn't hahahaha

 

[Mac Guy]

But sometimes it doesn't hahahaha

Doncha just HATE it when that happens! Are you at iO10.1 and watchOS 3.1?

 

[TripleOne]

Doncha just HATE it when that happens! Are you at iO10.1 and watchOS 3.1?

Yeap I'm on the latest update for all my iDevices.

I do hate it.. hahaha can't be bothered to use the feature at all now.

I rarely wear my Apple Watch anyways nowadays

 

[rbadehaan]

I had also a lot of problems with this. This is the trick: go to the bluetooth settings on your mac and delete all the previous connected devices. Now it works 100%

 

[angusmatheson]

Why don't you wear your Apple Watch?

 

[James Falconer]

I actually just activated this feature... if I run into any snags will be posting here!

 

[TripleOne]

Why don't you wear your Apple Watch?

can't be bothered

I prefer wearing normal watches.

 

[robertk328]

I actually just activated this feature... if I run into any snags will be posting here!

Works great -- I really like this feature!

 

[James Falconer]

Works fine for me too. If I had to be nit-picky, it does take a little time to unlock (at least on my MBP). I could have the thing unlocked faster if I type in my password.