

Search for “Auto Unlock” (with a space between the words) and delete all entries.Select the View -> Show Invisible Items menu item.Step 1: Keychain Accessįirstly open Keychain Access from the Utilities folder within the Applications folder: Follow these steps at your own risk, but they worked for me.

Scouring the Internet, I discovered what to do in order to reset auto-unlock with Apple Watch, so I’m documenting it here so that I can find it again. Or, of course, some other software gremlin! I’m not sure, but it’s possible that updating to WatchOS 7 caused it, though it might have been related to re-pairing to fix the battery life issues I was having. Recently, the ability for my Apple Watch to automatically unlock my Mac started failing on Big Sur betas and then on my main Catalina installation.
