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October 27, 2022
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Apple Watch Unlock Option Disappearing / Not Functioning

  • October 27, 2022
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New thing that’s been happening since macOS 16.0:

The option to unlock 1P with my Apple Watch (series 7, fully updated) as a biometric works, but eventually it just stops functioning, and the option in the 1P Security preferences section completely disappears.

To remedy this, I can go to System Settings and toggle off and on again (in the Login Password section) the ability to unlock apps on this Mac with my Apple Watch—which will restore the option in Security in 1P. Turning it back on will allow it to work again for a time, but eventually the option again disappears (after locking 1P and stepping away for an hour last time), which starts the whole troubleshoot cycle over again.

Any ideas what to try to fix this? Really do love that feature in 1P, but it seems broken and I’m not sure if it’s the latest macOS (the unlocking feature otherwise works everywhere else, so I’m doubtful) or just a 1P bug.

Thanks!

1Password Version: 8.9.8
Extension Version: 2.3.8
OS Version: macOS 13.0
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    Ramst3r
    Ramst3r
    October 16, 2025

    I recently purchased an Apple Watch Series 11, one of the main reasons of which was to streamline 1Password authentication. Alas it has been anything but pleasant for I am experiencing exactly the same issues as above between my MacBook Studio M2 Max running macOS 15.6.2 and watchOS 26.0.2 on Watch Series 11, namely:
    1. 1Password unlock with Apple watch setting (under Security menu item on 1Password mac client) keeps getting removed, and:
    2. If another macOS user with Apple watch logs in to macOS before me then not only will my 1Password/Watch integration not work, but my whole macOS login session is hijacked by 1Password which keeps grabbing the window focus away from me. 

    Given that these issues have not be resolved after 3 years, it would not appear that Agilebits have given up trying to resolve this issue.

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