1 Now Lets You Unlock Your Mac With Apple Watch 594m2 Gets Other New Features

To have the Unlock with Apple Watch option enabled, s must be running macOS Catalina 10.15 or on a Mac with Secure Enclave. 3j6431

By Jasmin Jose | Updated: 18 November 2020 17:31 IST

1 Now Lets You Unlock Your Mac With Apple Watch, Gets Other New Features

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The new update offers superior integration with Safari web browser among other features

Highlights

1 7.7 was released on Monday for macOS s
The design is also refreshed to match some of the macOS Big Sur changes
1 can now check webpages in the background and suggest s

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1, the popular manager app by developer AgileBits, has been updated to version 7.7 for Mac. The update, which comes along with the release of the macOS Big Sur, drops in with a host of new and exciting features for Mac s including for Apple Watch Unlock, along with a greater integration with the Safari Web browser.

Launched in 2006, Apple Watch feature. The latest version has yet to be ed to the Mac App Store, but you can find it on the company site.

There were two ways in which you could unlock 1 depending on your Mac model – you could either enter the or use Touch ID on compatible Mac machines. Older MacBook models and even Mac desktops were required to enter their 1 code all the time. With the arrival of the Unlock with Apple Watch feature, this won't be a necessity anymore. Your Mac can now be unlocked just using your Apple Watch.

To have this option enabled, s must be running macOS Catalina 10.15 or on a Mac with Secure Enclave (models with T1, T2, or M1 chip). You will see an option in 1 preferences to turn on Unlock with Apple watch alongside the Touch ID option.

After you set up the Unlock with Apple Watch feature, you will get notified every time you open 1 in macOS. If you turn on both Apple Watch and Touch ID unlock, the Touch ID option will be used as the primary unlock method, although you will still get a prompt to unlock with you Apple Watch.

The new update also offers superior integration with macOS Big Sur changes, as well as improvements to secure data privacy. Check out the full changelog.

1 comes with a monthly subscription of $2.99 (roughly Rs. 200) among other plans.

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