![]() Sometimes people report that even if you've turned on two factor authentication recently you need to restart your Mac before you'll see this and even after restarting it might take a few minutes for it to show up as certain checks are done before it actually shows you this in System Preferences.īut when this does happen there's really no other setting for it. So you have to have two factor authentication turned on and that should appear. Under General you've got Allow Your Apple Watch to Unlock your Mac. It's actually only in one spot in System Preferences under Security and Privacy. But two factor authentication and you've set everything up correctly then it can work. ![]() ![]() NOT two step authentication which is the older version that Apple had and still has both. For instance, you have to be using two factor authentication with your Apple ID. You can unlock your Mac instead of entering your password you're watch does it automatically. Video Transcript: So there is a handy new feature for users that have a Mac running Sierra and you've got an Apple watch that's running OS 3, the latest version that just came out. Check out Unlock Your Mac With Your Apple Watch at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.
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