Unlock with Apple Watch on iMac

[henry72]

Hey guys!

Does this feature work for you? I have a Series 4 and a 2019 iMac but it is extremely unstable and it fails to unlock like 90% of the time which is quite annoying. I have had the same issue when I had the iMac 2015 too but worked perfectly on my MacBook Pro.

It works for a while when I rebooted the iMac and then it fails again. iOS, watchOS and macOS are all up to date. I do have two accounts on the iMac as I share this with my partner but it shouldn't matter.

I am hoping the new macOS Catalina will resolve this issue...

 

[netdudeuk]

I've found this feature to be unreliable on my MBP. Good when it works though.

 

[throAU]

I've found this feature to be unreliable on my MBP. Good when it works though.

Never had an issue on my MBP (both S2 and S4 watches, 2015 MBP). You do need to make sure you leave wifi and bluetooth on though in my experience.

 

[henry72]

Never had an issue on my MBP (both S2 and S4 watches, 2015 MBP). You do need to make sure you leave wifi and bluetooth on though in my experience.

It works fine on my MBP too, very strange. Yes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are always on.

 

[JustMartin]

It works very well with my Series 2 watch and a 2019 iMac. Very occasionally it refuses to unlock, but I would say that it's fine 90% of the time. I'm running 10.14.6 beta right now, but it was good on production OS as well

 

[GumaRodak]

For me it is working, but for some reason the imac is therefore using wifi instead of ethernet even when i do set priority to ethernet...so i turned the unlocking off...