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Apple Watch: All the Little Things! [watchOS 4.3 beta]
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since no one replied to my question on another subforum, thought I'd post here my question..
I use my Mac (late 2013 Retina 13" MBP) at school, connected to school wifi, BT turned on as well
My Apple Watch is connected to my phone via BT, but my phone is not connected to WiFi or Cellular Data (to save battery life throughout the day).
Would Auto Unlock still work?
(not upgrading my mac/apple watch to the beta, just a question that popped into my head)
I use my Mac (late 2013 Retina 13" MBP) at school, connected to school wifi, BT turned on as well
My Apple Watch is connected to my phone via BT, but my phone is not connected to WiFi or Cellular Data (to save battery life throughout the day).
Would Auto Unlock still work?
(not upgrading my mac/apple watch to the beta, just a question that popped into my head)
Yep! Just tested this with Airplane mode turned on, wifi off, but bluetooth on, and it worked.
The auto unlock just needs Bluetooth LE, similar to how Handoff and Continuity work
It doesn't work for me even from a feet away. When I stand back a feet or two away, and then open up the lid, it initially tries to unlock, then goes back to the password screen for me.
After the above happens, it doesn't seem to unlock even if I bring my watch up close. If I then close the lid again, and then open it with my watch being up close, then it unlocks successfully.
Great thanks! Once these software updates are released to the public (not Public Beta, but actual Public) I'll be showing this off and act like the *cool* kid in my classes
the battery life for me is about the same as beta 1 it seems to be draining fast
On the first day it's terrible; 6 hours since unplugged and it has lost about 40%-50%.
Seems fine so far, haven't noticed a change so far. Both betas have been great for me.
Noticed that the Timer now displays the last set countdown on the complication, even when not active. ie 5:00 mins not 0:00.
Battery has been the same. Hard to gauge in less than 24 hours for direct comparison but it hasn't been worse. Doesn't seem better which was slight less than OS2. 10-20% less. Activity watch face is still slow to load on a wrist raise.
I received the same error but I closed the watch app on my phone then when I re-opened it, it showed I had an update. I clicked the update and it started the process to update. Only happened the 1 time and now it shows I am on beta 2.
I don't think this has been mentioned yet - the screen you slide over to during a workout now has a lock option, along with what seems like a water drop for the icon? Also the End is red and Pause is Yellow:
The water droplet for Lock could be to show you should use it when the watch might get wet, whether from sweat or the rain or whatever. Water can make the screen do wacky things, and if it makes the workout pause or end accidentally, it's a hassle.
It brings back the Lock option from watchOS 1 and 2.
It brings back the Lock option from watchOS 1 and 2.
The water droplet for Lock could be to show you should use it when the watch might get wet, whether from sweat or the rain or whatever. Water can make the screen do wacky things, and if it makes the workout pause or end accidentally, it's a hassle.
It brings back the Lock option from using Force Press in watchOS 1 and 2.
It brings back the Lock option from using Force Press in watchOS 1 and 2.
The water droplet for Lock could be to show you should use it when the watch might get wet, whether from sweat or the rain or whatever. Water can make the screen do wacky things, and if it makes the workout pause or end accidentally, it's a hassle.
It brings back the Lock option from using Force Press in watchOS 1 and 2.
It brings back the Lock option from using Force Press in watchOS 1 and 2.
Funny - I was wondering if it was related to that - as I use my watch for a lot of swimming workouts, and something wacky always seems to happen (workout paused, random app open, etc).
Doesn't matter if I am touching my iMac with the watch, it prompts for password. Got everything set up correctly but it just doesn't want to work for me even with the box checked. I am guess there is some bugs that still need to be worked out on Sierra and the watch. Beta 2 for my watch is acting weirdly anyway.
Same here for me, so you're not alone at least. I've got everything set up properly and when I click my trackpad to wake up the screen a little wheel spins for a second but then the password field shows. Sometimes the spinning wheel even just moves to below the password field and keeps spinning but I've let it sit for a while and it just doesn't seem to work yet. Probably just beta bugs. Really looking forward to this feature though now that I see how it should work. If anyone finds a fix please do post!
Yeah, this is just beta 2, so things will improve hopefully.
It's working fantastically for me though, I'm pretty happy about this. Takes about 2 seconds to unlock, so I'm happy with the speed as well.
Also note that it doesn't work when you just turn on your mac. It only works when waking up your mac after it sleeps (either on lid close or by apple menu -> sleep)
Have you enabled two factor authentication, which is different than two-step verification?
http://9to5mac.com/2016/07/05/hands-on-auto-unlock-macos-sierra-beta-2-watchos-3-video/
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Yup, the watch does not decrypt file vault if you have it enabled, so a password is always required at first startup.
Haven't seen this anywhere: I just restarted my watch and when it booted back up it had reset to the default list of watch faces. Had to manually delete them all and re-add the few I wanted. Not a huge deal for me but a bit annoying. Will report it. Anyone else experience this? It also happened to me when I updated to Beta 2 but I passed that off as an update bug.
Also, does the "My Faces" section in the Watch.app on the iPhone work for anyone else? It doesn't seem to stay in sync for me at all and making changes there doesn't do anything. Also, trying to edit a face in the app doesn't include third-party complications. Working on writing all of this up for bug reports but just wondering if anyone else has experienced the same or different.
Finally, I'm planning to submit it as a feature request but wouldn't it be nice if we could reorder watch faces on the watch like we can do with apps in the watchOS 3 Dock? (Hopefully I'm not just missing a way that this is possible.)
Also, does the "My Faces" section in the Watch.app on the iPhone work for anyone else? It doesn't seem to stay in sync for me at all and making changes there doesn't do anything. Also, trying to edit a face in the app doesn't include third-party complications. Working on writing all of this up for bug reports but just wondering if anyone else has experienced the same or different.
Finally, I'm planning to submit it as a feature request but wouldn't it be nice if we could reorder watch faces on the watch like we can do with apps in the watchOS 3 Dock? (Hopefully I'm not just missing a way that this is possible.)
That makes sense, didn't think about that, and I do have FileVault on. Does that mean the watch unlocks the mac on first startup if FileVault is disabled?
HOLY COW! I didn't know I could reorder items in the dock! Thanks for that!
Yes, I started out doing the verification and found out it was the wrong one so I disabled it and did the 2fa. Still no luck for me. I am sure it will work itself out either on its own (just start working out of no where) or the next beta will make it work as it is intended.
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Yes it happens to me every time I restart my watch as well as when I first installed the beta. Keeps going back to the new activity watch face which I don't have on my watch face line up. Beta 2 for the watch actually seems worse than beta 1 whereas the iPhone beta 2 seems much better than the previous.
You must enable iCloud keychain on both your Mac and your iPhone. Worked for me then.
Random note: After Apple Watch and Mac were paired and ready to talk to each other, I could disable iCloud keychain again... Still working.
Battery is killing me here. I've dropped 60% in 5 hours on a 42mm watch. My 38mm on WatchOS 2 is twice as good as that. Tried setting up as new and from a backup and both are the same so its probably an OS bug. Beta 2 has literally halved my battery life haha.