Upgrade Your Apple Watch the Right Way to Avoid These Common Mistakes

It’s out with the old and in with your shiny new Apple Watch. One of the biggest perks of staying within the Apple ecosystem is how seamless switching between devices is. While pairing a new Apple Watch is truly simple, unpairing your old watch can trip people up. Skip a step, and you might not fully release the old one, potentially locking out the next owner. Learn from my mistakes on this one and review your options before you begin. Before you get started on your new Apple Watch, there are a few things we need to take care of on your old watch.

Unintended bonus: if you’ve been having connectivity issues, going through these steps might fix those, too.

First: Back up your data

Your Apple Watch backs up automatically to your iPhone whenever both devices are on, paired and in range. It also backs up automatically if you use Method 1

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