You just got a shiny new iPhone 12 and of course you want your Apple Watch to play nicely with it. You could reset the Watch to start out fresh, but there’s an easier way switch your Apple Watc...
https://www.cultofmac.com/445966/switch-apple-watch-new-iphone/
Your Apple Watch loves getting wet (provided you own a Series 2 or 3). But when you start a swimming workout, the waterproof mode kicks in automatically, which means the Apple Watch touchscreen s...
You’ve got your Apple Watch, you lucky devil. Now it’s time to tweak it to make it as personal as possible with these Apple Watch setup tips. Although Apple walks you through many of the basi...
https://www.cultofmac.com/320485/sail-through-apple-watch-setup-with-these-handy-tips/
In watchOS 4, you can use an image from your Photos library on your iPhone as a custom Apple Watch face. It’s an easy way to add a touch of personalization to your wearable. Here’s how to do ...
https://www.cultofmac.com/485568/use-photo-apple-watch-face/
The new Theater Mode in watchOS 3.2 can do more than keep you from annoying others when you’re at the movies. If you track your sleep with your Apple Watch, Theater Mode can help you get some e...
https://www.cultofmac.com/473677/apple-watch-theater-mode-sleep/
Navigating and using features on the Apple Watch is getting a lot faster with watchOS 3, and one of the best additions is the new Control Center that puts a bunch of commands just a swipe away. H...
https://www.cultofmac.com/445358/access-new-control-center-watchos-3/
Responding to text messages on Apple Watch gets a lot easier with watchOS 3, thanks to a new feature that lets you scribble letters instead of just using canned replies. The new handwriting optio...
https://www.cultofmac.com/445292/how-to-scribble-text-replies-in-watchos-3/
The devices in Apple’s ecosystem always work really well together, and macOS Sierra doesn’t buck that trend. In fact, the upcoming desktop operating system lets Apple Watch owners automatical...
https://www.cultofmac.com/441405/how-to-use-apple-watch-to-unlock-your-mac-in-macos-sierra/
The Apple Watch doesn’t need to prove itself to you. And contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t need a “killer app” to make it indispensable. In fact, the Apple Watch is an awesome device...
There aren’t a lot of apps I use regularly on my Apple Watch. The ones that I do use regularly consist of utilities that make my life easier, or apps that help me track things, like water intak...
https://www.cultofmac.com/421561/how-to-unlock-your-mac-with-an-iphone-or-apple-watch/
The ability to send tiny finger drawings — or “Digital Touch sketches,” as Apple calls them — is probably the least-popular Apple Watch feature. Which is a shame, because once you get th...
https://www.cultofmac.com/418385/101-digital-touch-sketch-ideas-apple-watch/
When you start a workout, Apple Watch only gives you a three-second countdown. There’s no time for a warmup first. And when you’re done, the Workout app does not prompt you to cool down eithe...
https://www.cultofmac.com/417208/apple-watch-fitness-tip-warm-up-cool-down/
No one looks forward to grocery shopping — and while lists can make the task slightly less annoying, pulling an iPhone out every few seconds to check things off isn’t ideal either. Luckily, i...
https://www.cultofmac.com/415722/how-to-make-grocery-lists-with-fantastical-2-and-apple-watch/
While we already know you can check your Apple Watch’s battery life on your iPhone, what about the other way around? Can you check your iPhone’s battery life from your Apple Watch? As it turn...
https://www.cultofmac.com/415527/how-to-check-your-iphones-battery-life-from-your-apple-watch/
One of the cooler features of having a pocket computer like the iPhone is being able to send a friend your location via Messages. Just a couple of taps on the iPhone and you can let anyone know w...
https://www.cultofmac.com/401880/pro-tip-how-to-send-your-location-with-just-your-apple-watch/
Apple Watch is becoming second nature to me after several months of owning it. It’s gotten to the point where I feel like something’s missing when I don’t strap it to my wrist in the mornin...
https://www.cultofmac.com/400136/pro-tip-how-to-speed-up-your-apple-watch/
We love how easy it is to set up an alarm from the Apple Watch. All you have to do is say, “Hey Siri, wake me up at 7 a.m.,” and the digital assistant will put that order in for you. But this...
https://www.cultofmac.com/386772/how-to-purge-your-obsolete-apple-watch-alarms/
Most every app I’ve installed on my Apple Watch brings some sort of Glance along with it. While that’s a neato-keen thing to put in your App description to sell more apps, I’m not convinced...
https://www.cultofmac.com/329341/disable-apple-watch-glances-for-more-clarity-on-your-wrist/
If your Apple Watch stops responding to your iPhone, you can reboot it or you can turn the Bluetooth connection off and on. If that doesn’t work to reconnect your Watch, you might need to reset...
https://www.cultofmac.com/327657/how-to-reset-and-re-pair-your-apple-watch/
Apple Watch owners have to rely on Siri more than iPhone users do, what with the lack of the keyboard and such. However, Siri’s got some funny easter eggs built right in, and it’s fun to try ...
https://www.cultofmac.com/325953/siris-dance-jokes-are-only-one-step-up-from-dad-puns/
If you’re an early adopter of Apple Watch as well as a registered Apple developer, you can get the new watchOS 2 on your wrist right now. It takes a bit of effort, including getting into your c...
https://www.cultofmac.com/325638/how-to-install-apple-watch-beta-asap/
My Apple Watch is getting a little crufty. I wear it every day, including when I sweat a lot — like during a run, for example. Recently, the Digital Crown started to get a little tough to turn....
As I get older, I find myself having to get a little closer to my iPhone and Apple Watch to see what it says. It’s a trade-off for still being alive at my advanced age. If you’re having a har...
https://www.cultofmac.com/324696/size-matters-how-to-increase-text-size-on-apple-watch/
Apple Watch can track your workouts, from cycling to rowing to the elliptical at your local gym. This is a battery-intensive feature, though, what with all the heartbeat monitoring, GPS connectio...
https://www.cultofmac.com/324539/exercise-without-your-apple-watch-feeling-the-burn/
If a retailer asks for the last four digits of your credit card, but you’ve used Apple Pay, you might be out of luck if you use the actual digits off your plastic rectangle. Every time you give...
https://www.cultofmac.com/324191/find-your-device-account-number-for-apple-pay/
If you have more than one credit card, chances are you’ll want to put them all into Apple Pay so you can use any of them when the mood strikes, or your card balance dictates. If you’ve got an...
So, you’ve got your Apple Watch and you want to show off that cool new watch face customization, or the screen of one of the games you’re playing. Sure, you could take a picture of your Apple...
https://www.cultofmac.com/323560/how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-your-apple-watch/
If you’re trying to update your Apple Watch software to the latest version, you might get stuck. Some users are reporting that the update starts and then just seems to hang there, like a diver ...
https://www.cultofmac.com/323367/apple-watch-stuck-on-update-heres-how-to-fix-it/
The Apple Watch on your wrist is a miniature computer. As such, it might get wonky from time to time. It might freeze, apps might not load all the way or it might just get slow — especially if ...
https://www.cultofmac.com/323253/how-to-restart-apple-watch-when-things-go-wrong/
The Apple Watch has a bunch of faces to show you the current time, but here’s a simple tip if you want to combine the classic look of an analog face with the speed-to-read convenience of digita...
https://www.cultofmac.com/323133/how-to-double-up-your-apple-watchs-time-telling-game/
If you’ve spent any time with an Apple Watch, you might have noticed that it notifies you quite a bit. There’s the ubiquitous Stand Up commands, notifications from Messages, Calendar and the ...
https://www.cultofmac.com/323100/how-to-get-your-apple-watch-to-leave-you-alone/
Apple’s hot new wrist gadget is pretty fantastic and shiny, but when you trash it, how can you get it fixed? We’ve got the skinny on how to do just that, based on our own run-in with a shatte...
https://www.cultofmac.com/322881/icymi-apple-watch-nightmares/
When you hit your Apple Watch’s side button, just under the Digital Crown, you get a list of the contacts you‘ve marked as Favorites in order to send your heartbeat or taps to them via Digita...
https://www.cultofmac.com/322404/apple-watchs-digital-touch-has-more-colors-than-you-know/
When you make your Apple Watch wake up, either by raising your wrist or tapping the watch face itself, it will show you the watch face you’ve chosen. That’s what a watch does, right? However,...
https://www.cultofmac.com/322362/how-to-make-your-apple-watch-wake-up-where-you-left-off/
The Apple Watch’s tiny screen has already proven to be a boundless landscape for creatively organizing app icons, but one obsessive reddit user has created the most scientifically convenient ap...
https://www.cultofmac.com/322262/scientific-apple-watch-app-layout/
There are some things your Apple Watch just cannot (or should not) do, like sending emails or searching the web. You can still ask Siri to do these things, but she’ll ask you to take your reque...
https://www.cultofmac.com/322242/how-to-use-apple-watch-handoff/
This week, we focus on four non-obvious yet essential tips and tricks for using that fancy new Apple Watch on your wrist. Rob plays a new Apple Watch game, calling Lifeline the best game he’s p...
https://www.cultofmac.com/322098/icymi-essential-apple-watch-tips/
Notifications are the mainstay of Apple Watch (or any smartwatch, for that matter). Chances are you’ll get a ton of them, as most of the iPhone notifications will transfer over to your Apple Wa...
https://www.cultofmac.com/321853/dismiss-all-your-apple-watch-notifications-at-once/
Playing music on the Apple Watch is a lovely thing. You can control your iPhone’s Music app using the Apple Watch Music app, choosing playlists and adjusting volume on the fly. You can even sta...
https://www.cultofmac.com/321648/how-to-use-airplay-on-your-apple-watch/
If you forget your passcode on Apple Watch, or you’ve entered an incorrect one too many times, you can use the Apple Watch app on the iPhone to enter the passcode one more time. If you still ca...
https://www.cultofmac.com/321548/how-to-restore-an-erased-apple-watch-from-backup/
You’re bound to love the Apple Watch as much as we do, and we’ve got a fantastic issue of Cult of Mac Magazine to prove it. Buster and Rob team up to review the fan-flipping-tastic Apple wris...
https://www.cultofmac.com/321420/icymi-why-we-love-the-apple-watch-and-you-will-too/
So, you just got your shiny new Apple Watch and you’ve doubled down on learning how to use its all-new interface. That should keep you busy for a while. There are still a few things that you mi...
https://www.cultofmac.com/321375/7-stealthy-tips-and-tricks-for-apple-watch/
When I found out I’d be able to change out the band on my Apple Watch Sport, I was ecstatic. While I really don’t mind the green fluoroelastomer band, I’m looking forward to swapping it out...
https://www.cultofmac.com/320226/how-to-change-out-your-apple-watch-band/
So, you just got that shiny new Apple Watch. It’s amazing, right? So amazing that someone may try to steal it from you. Sure, that sucks, but it could happen. Here’s how to clear the credit c...
https://www.cultofmac.com/320224/how-to-clear-credit-card-info-from-a-stolen-apple-watch/
As a sufferer from dysmappia (not a real word), I still get lost in a town I’ve lived in for 15 years. The iPhone and GPS accessibility has allowed me to find my way around pretty much any urba...
https://www.cultofmac.com/320234/how-to-navigate-using-only-your-apple-watch/
Apps on the Apple Watch appear as a honeycomb on the Home Screen. It’s fun and easy to use, but it quickly fills up with a dizzying array of icons. Here’s how to tame it. The Home Screen is a...
https://www.cultofmac.com/320530/personalize-your-apple-watch-home-screen/
Getting your Apple Watch set up is fairly basic, but to truly make this your own personal device, you’ll need to dig into the Apple Watch settings. You can do all of these things on the Apple W...
https://www.cultofmac.com/320483/dive-deeper-into-apple-watch-settings/
After linking your new Apple Watch to your iPhone, your favorite contacts are automatically synced over. But to get the most from the device, you’ll want to make a couple of tweaks to the Apple...
https://www.cultofmac.com/320476/how-to-set-up-your-apple-watch-friends-screen/
Apple’s smartwatch doesn’t come with much onboard storage, but that doesn’t mean you’re screwed when it comes to Apple Watch music. You can add your own playlists and listen to your favor...
https://www.cultofmac.com/320477/how-to-sync-and-play-apple-watch-music/
There are 10 Apple Watch faces to choose from, and each one comes with a crazy amount of options. The moon phases widget is pretty neat, but do I really want to clutter up my watch’s minimalist...
https://www.cultofmac.com/320437/set-up-apple-watch-faces-the-right-way/
Using Apple Pay on Apple Watch is ridiculously easy. Once you get everything set up, all you have to do is double-click the side button and then hold the Watch face up to a terminal. Apple’s al...
https://www.cultofmac.com/320454/how-to-set-up-apple-pay-on-apple-watch/
Let’s face it: A time will come when your Apple Watch crashes or freezes. It’s gonna become unresponsive, but you’ll be ready thanks to this handy Apple Watch restart tip. When your Apple W...