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How to Check watchOS version on Apple Watch

Apr 20, 2021 - 3 Comments
How to Check watchOS version on Apple Watch

If you don’t regularly update your Apple Watch to the latest software version, and you previously turned off automatic Apple Watch updates, then chances are decent that you’re on a firmware that’s a few weeks or months old. In that case, you may be curious to know what watchOS version your Apple Watch is currently … Read More

How to Use Apple Watch to Track Sleep

Apr 14, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Use Apple Watch to Track Sleep

Did you know that your Apple Watch can now track your sleeping patterns? Although a lot of people don’t wear their smartwatches during their sleep, you may consider wearing your Apple Watch now that a whole new sleep tracking feature has been added.

How to Start a Timer On Your Apple Watch

Apr 8, 2021 - 2 Comments
Starting an Apple Watch timer

How’d you like to start a timer, right from Apple Watch? The Apple Watch might be the best thing to happen in personal fitness in a long time, but where the wearable really shines is in making it super easy to do things that we do multiple times a day, week, or month. Checking the … Read More

How to Have Your Apple Watch Speak The Time For You

Apr 6, 2021 - 6 Comments
Enable speak time

How’d you like your Apple Watch to speak the time to you? Sounds convenient, high-tech, and useful, right?

How to Challenge a Friend to an Apple Watch Activity Competition

Mar 31, 2021 - 1 Comment
Apple Watch competition

Want to get competitive with your Apple Watch? You can challenge a friend, family member, coworker, or anyone else with an Apple Watch to an activity competition! Competition is always a good way to spur people on to achieve a goal, and that’s most definitely the case in terms of exercise. Sure, you can compete … Read More

Apple Watch Not Pairing with iPhone? How to Fix & Troubleshoot

Mar 28, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Troubleshoot Apple Watch Not Pairing with iPhone

Is your Apple Watch not pairing with your iPhone? Or did it get disconnected after successfully setting it up using your iPhone? This issue isn’t exactly uncommon, but in most cases, you can resolve it within a matter of minutes.

How to Change Apple Watch Passcode

Mar 16, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Change Apple Watch Passcode

Having a hard time remembering or using the passcode on Apple Watch? Do you think someone figured out the passcode you use to unlock your Apple Watch? Or perhaps, you’re one of those privacy buffs who prefer to keep updating their passcode on a regular basis? Regardless, it’s pretty simple to change the passcode on … Read More

How to Set Up Cardio Fitness Levels on iPhone & Apple Watch

Mar 5, 2021 - 3 Comments
How to Set Up Cardio Fitness Levels on iPhone & Apple Watch

Have you ever wanted to measure your cardio fitness and determine your endurance during workouts and jogs? In that case, you’re in for a treat since Apple now allows users to easily check their cardio fitness levels directly on their iPhones, provided they use an Apple Watch as well.

How to Control Which Apps Provide Data to Siri Apple Watch Face

Feb 20, 2021 - Leave a Comment
Access Siri on iPhone X

Apple Watch wearers have no shortage of options in terms of selecting their favorite watch face. There are tons to choose from with Apple adding new ones with each major watchOS revision. But there’s one that is perhaps the smartest watch face available and if you’re going to use a smartwatch, why not go all-in? … Read More

How to Enable and Use the Handwashing Timer on Apple Watch

Feb 19, 2021 - Leave a Comment
Apple Watch handwashing

Keeping your hands clean is always an important thing to consider and while it might seem like one of the easiest things to do, it turns out that some people aren’t washing their hands for as long as they should. Apple wants to help out and it’s introduced a new Handwashing timer to do just … Read More

How to Set a Vibrating Silent Tap Alarm on Your Apple Watch

Jan 31, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to set an alarm on Apple Watch

Want to set up a silent alarm clock on your Apple Watch? How’d you like to be tapped on your wrist to wake up? The Apple Watch can go beyond the iPhone silent vibration alarm feature and actually tap you on the wrist as a wake-up instead, and it’s a pretty neat feature for obvious … Read More

How to Restore Apple Watch from Backup

Jan 19, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Restore Apple Watch from Backup

Need to restore your Apple Watch? Did you upgrade the Apple Watch you have to a newer model? Perhaps, you accidentally set it up as a new device and you want all the data you had on your old Apple Watch? If so, you may be interested in learning how you can restore your Apple … Read More

How to Backup Your Apple Watch

Jan 16, 2021 - Leave a Comment
WatchOS 6

Your Apple Watches contain all kinds of information that you probably don’t want to lose, so backing it up is important. Your contacts, health data, and more are all stored on your Apple Watch and the health data, in particular, is all absolutely something you can’t replace should it go missing. That’s why backing everything … Read More

Can’t Access the 3-Month Fitness+ Trial? Here’s How to Fix

Dec 28, 2020 - 2 Comments
Can't Access the 3-Month Fitness+ Trial? Here's How to Fix

Apple recently rolled out the Fitness+ subscription service in select countries and it’s currently offering either a one-month or a three-month trial depending on when the user purchased their Apple Watch. If you recently purchased an Apple Watch, you may be entitled to a three-month trial period.

How to Use the Dock on Apple Watch

Dec 25, 2020 - 1 Comment
How to use the Dock

Whether you’re a heavy Apple Watch user or just someone who dips in and out of a few apps here and there, the Dock can be a real timesaver. It works similarly to the Dock on a Mac, iPad, and iPhone, giving users a place to put their favorite and most frequently used apps. That … Read More

How to Disable Automatic Updates for Apple Watch

Dec 2, 2020 - 1 Comment
How to Disable Automatic Updates for Apple Watch

Do you want to stop your Apple Watch from automatically installing watchOS updates? Perhaps you don’t want to update to the latest version right away, or you just want to save your valuable internet data, or install the latest watchOS updates at your own pace? Regardless, it’s easy to disable automatic updates for your Apple … Read More

How to Use 6-Digit Passcode on Apple Watch

Dec 1, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Use 6-Digit Passcode on Apple Watch

Do you want to use a complex passcode for unlocking your Apple Watch? Fortunately, this is pretty easy to do and can further enhance the security of your smart wearable.

How to Send & Read Messages on Apple Watch

Nov 29, 2020 - 1 Comment
Apple Watches with Messages icons

The Apple Watch is so much more than something strapped to your wrist that can also tell the time. It’s a miniature computer and that fact is driven home further with every new hardware and software revision. But one feature that has been there since day one is the ability to send and receive iMessages … Read More

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