A few hours ago, the Cupertino-based company launched the first public beta of both iOS 10 and macOS Sierra, the company's main operating systems. In the last keynote we could see how Apple added a very interesting function in macOS Sierra, although only limited to all Apple Watch users.
This new function allows us to unlock our Mac thanks to the Apple Watch. The operation is so simple, that once configured, we will not realize that it is really the Apple Watch that is doing all the work of unlocking our Mac, until we wear it on our wrist and the password of our Mac we have forgotten...
Apple never usually announces the requirements of the Mac to be able to make use of the new functions that it adds each year, at least in the presentation keynote. But over time everything is known and currently we already know the requirements of both our Mac and our Apple Watch if we really want to enjoy these functions. As is logical, with only one model on the market, we just need you to have the latest version of watchOS 3 installed, still in beta.
But we talk about the Mac, things are starting to get complicated. The renewal cycle of Macs is usually quite high, especially if some users adopt an SSD in our Mac that allows you, in addition to improving the speed of writing and reading, to give a new life to Mac. Auto Unlock is compatible with Macs manufactured in 2013 and later and of course they need to have macOS Sierra installed. The iPhone, an important part of this equation, must also be running iOS 10. All devices must be associated with the same iCloud account. Lastly, we must use Two Factor Authentication.
