Unlock with Apple Watch not working on MacBook Air or iMac after 7.4 update

[eoren1]

I updated my iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch this morning. Unlocking the iPhone with mask on automatically via Watch is great. BUT, neither the MacBook Air nor iMac are unlocked with the Watch now. I confirmed in Settings that Unlock with Apple Watch is still enabled.

This was working as recently as yesterday.

The iMac is on 11.1. The MacBook Air at work is one OS behind.

Anyone else noticing this?

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Many have said restarting their devices has solved the issues. Not sure if it will help in your case but it's worth a try

 

[eoren1]

Many have said restarting their devices has solved the issues. Not sure if it will help in your case but it's worth a try

No luck. Rebooted. Put iMac to sleep with hot corner. Woke - asked for password. Tried again. This time saw 'Unlocking with Apple Watch' but then got password prompt again.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

No luck. Rebooted. Put iMac to sleep with hot corner. Woke - asked for password. Tried again. This time saw 'Unlocking with Apple Watch' but then got password prompt again.

I have a feeling we'll be seeing a 7.4.1 update soon... Many are having issues with the unlock with watch feature on the iPhone...

 

[eoren1]

I'm a big fan of Apple (lots of products, stocks, etc) but this seems SO basic. How has it not been spotted yet? Apple Watch 4, iMac 5k, MacBook Air 2013. Someone must have tried this combo during the very long beta period...

 

[Apple_Robert]

I'm a big fan of Apple (lots of products, stocks, etc) but this seems SO basic. How has it not been spotted yet? Apple Watch 4, iMac 5k, MacBook Air 2013. Someone must have tried this combo during the very long beta period...

Try unticking the box in Mac preferences and try set up again.

 

[eoren1]

Try unticking the box in Mac preferences and try set up again.

That did it! Thanks Robert

 

[Apple_Robert]

That did it! Thanks Robert

I have found after updates, I usually have to do that to get it working again, even if the box still shows ticked. Gad it worked for you.

 

[GainfulShrimp]

Try unticking the box in Mac preferences and try set up again.

"Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

 

[NoBoMac]

Yeah, took me two attempts to re-activate, no reboots needed.

Nuclear option, for future reference, if all else fails.