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Two iWatch for one iPhone?
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Definitely gonna keep my old watch then. Always feels like a chore to change bands just for a workout, so i often end up using the workout band at all times.. 😅
Guess i'm just gonna use the old watch for workouts now and maybe for sleep tracking while the other one charges.
Guess i'm just gonna use the old watch for workouts now and maybe for sleep tracking while the other one charges.
If both watches have cellular, does the cellular SIM autoswitches too? seems unlikely as it is carrier dependent though when getting a new watch it transfers. I suppose I could get a cell plan for the 2nd watch. I have a series 5 I plan to keep and a new 7 coming. I do want the cell option on the watch I am wearing at anyone time.
I kinda like your approach...finger crossed my old (not that old) watch's battery won't die quickly...
And every time before hanging out, it would be fun to look thru the row of watches (inikei, istainless, rolexx, tag, paneraii) and pick the one best fit the mood/outfit/activity...
Cost for changing battery on your Apple Watch isn't prohibitively expensive consider you'll change it once and be good to go for a couple of years at least.
Your settings, your watch faces etc. so you won't have to do it all over again.
This is my question also:-
I have a series 4 which has all apps, data, watch faces etc. and I want to add a new series 7.
Question being; If I select to add a new watch will the new watch be identical to the older watch?
I guess the whole process in having multiple watches synced is confusing me and clearly it shouldn’t.
If you opt to restore from old watch backup then I guess it will be identical but I never do that so my 2 watches just don't look the same. The one I use for sleep tracking just have a few apps concerning sleep installed but the new one have all my apps.
This is part of my question.. Is the only way to select a backup is to first unpair the older watch? If so that then stops the older watch being used with the new watch.
All I want to know is what if the procedure so I can have both watches identical, meaning whichever watch I pick up can carry on from the other watch, Apps and all.
When I first paired my 7 - it asked if I wanted to use a back up and I did - so far there is no problem with it or the apple watch 4 that provided the back up info. The bigger issue I have read about is that sometimes using a back up creates some issue where the battery draining is worse and people have to reset and do a manual re-adding of the apps they want.
Interesting thanks…..
So all I need to do is select to add a second watch and it will give me the option of using a previous backup that contains all the Apps and data from the series 4.
Question though… If it is using an older backup, at what point does the new watch get updated with the current health data?
The health data is all in iCloud so it won't matter what backup you use.
Ahh… yes. Whatever health data is on one watch is automatically sent to iCloud. As such as soon as you put on the other watch the health data is pulled to the watch you are wearing…. Is that correc?
Yep. Mine yesterday seemed to be an hour down, but soon caught up
iCan't believe this hadn't already been mentioned in the iDebate...
Are they called iMacBook Air, iMacBook Pro...? The last 'i' laptop was iBook, which was discontinued in 2006. And 'i' appears just twice in Mac mini (of course, Apple's spell check will correct any attempt to capitalize the m in mini).
And while there has been an iMac Pro, iMagine the uproar among Mac Pro users if their beloved towers were i-appended. The 'nays' would have it.
About the only time i use 'i' and 'Watch' in the same sentence is, "I watch TV" (and even "I watch Apple TV+"), but I really don't care what someone calls their personal stuff as long as other people understand them. I bet even iAppleCare would provide support (I don't think it voids the warranty). A Rose Gold Apple Watch by any other name is still best-identified by its serial number.
As a sometimes-editor I certainly would correct "iWatch" in a piece destined for publication. Unless, of course, it was part of a statement enclosed in quotation marks. In the case of such a quotation I'd be duty-bound to include "(sic)" immediately afterwards.
Lighten up, people. I don't know how many times I've used "Watch" (sans "Apple") in MR discussions about Apple Watch, yet nobody has complained. The basic expectation when people use pronouns, nicknames, etc. is that there be adequate context. Around here we know "Steve" means Steve Jobs, and "Woz" means Steve Wozniak.
I'm going to invoke the "Miracle on 34th Street Defense" (https://www.moviequotes.com/quote/fred-gailey-your-honor-every-one-of-these-lett/). If you Google "iWatch," you'll get lots and lots of links about Apple Watch. If an authority as august as Google recognizes iWatch as an Apple product... I rest my case!
Are they called iMacBook Air, iMacBook Pro...? The last 'i' laptop was iBook, which was discontinued in 2006. And 'i' appears just twice in Mac mini (of course, Apple's spell check will correct any attempt to capitalize the m in mini).
And while there has been an iMac Pro, iMagine the uproar among Mac Pro users if their beloved towers were i-appended. The 'nays' would have it.
About the only time i use 'i' and 'Watch' in the same sentence is, "I watch TV" (and even "I watch Apple TV+"), but I really don't care what someone calls their personal stuff as long as other people understand them. I bet even iAppleCare would provide support (I don't think it voids the warranty). A Rose Gold Apple Watch by any other name is still best-identified by its serial number.
As a sometimes-editor I certainly would correct "iWatch" in a piece destined for publication. Unless, of course, it was part of a statement enclosed in quotation marks. In the case of such a quotation I'd be duty-bound to include "(sic)" immediately afterwards.
Lighten up, people. I don't know how many times I've used "Watch" (sans "Apple") in MR discussions about Apple Watch, yet nobody has complained. The basic expectation when people use pronouns, nicknames, etc. is that there be adequate context. Around here we know "Steve" means Steve Jobs, and "Woz" means Steve Wozniak.
I'm going to invoke the "Miracle on 34th Street Defense" (https://www.moviequotes.com/quote/fred-gailey-your-honor-every-one-of-these-lett/). If you Google "iWatch," you'll get lots and lots of links about Apple Watch. If an authority as august as Google recognizes iWatch as an Apple product... I rest my case!
Apple Watch will get back up to iPhone periodically, automatically. So at worst you will get a somewhat recent backup. If you then fine tune your new watch to be identical to your old watch then it will be identical from then on.
You don't have to worry about Health data. That's all on iPhone, not watch. That's why Health data can be synced to more than one watch.