Apple Watch won't unlock Mac - MacOS beta 13.4

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Created Apr ’23

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Watch is on 9.4 and Mac is 13.4 (22F5027f). This wasn't an issue until today, but restarting my Apple Watch or my MacBook Pro will not get the Apple Watch to unlock the Mac anymore.

When I open my Mac, the typical prompt that says unlocking with watch is missing, nothing there, and there is a long delay before TouchID/Password text prompt appears on screen. Turning off Unlock with Watch and turning it back on didn't fix it either. Mac updated to 13.4 towards the end of March when it became available and I know it was working while I was out of town this week. Got back yesterday and now it's been broken all day.

Anyone else have this issue? Any fix?

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GreybeardUK OP

Apr ’23

Yes same here

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commanderclif OP

Apr ’23

Glad I'm not the only one having the issue but some how I now have it fixed. I posted this Watch issue as well as Universal Clipboard not working https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/727894 and for some reason, after getting that clipboard issue resolved (via help on Reddit), I was able to get the Watch working again by turning the unlock with Watch off and back on again. Don't see that the two would be related so maybe just turning it off and back on again repeatedly got it to work properly again?

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