Can't update your Apple Watch to the watchOS 3 beta? Here's the fix!If your Apple Watch fails to update, a backup and restore should do the trick.
If you're rocking the iOS developer beta and an Apple Watch, you may have tried to update to the latest watchOS beta only to be met with a pesky "Apple Watch not Found" alert dialog.
While we're not sure exactly what's happening behind the scenes, it appears to be a miscommunication between the Apple Watch and the iPhone app; it's annoying, to be sure, but you can fix it with a few troubleshooting tricks.
Apple's 2016 software updates — iOS 10, watchOS 3, tvOS 10, and macOS Sierra — are currently available as closed developer previews and as public betas for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. While the betas contain new features, they also contain pre-release bugs that can prevent the normal use of your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, or Mac, and are not intended for everyday use on a primary device. That's why we strongly recommend staying away from the developer previews, and using the public betas w...
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Can't update your Apple Watch to the watchOS 3 beta? Here's the fix!
