Topic

watchOS developer mode setup

5 mentions in 1 episode

The convoluted and undocumented process for enabling developer mode on Apple Watch Series 12 for Xcode development and testing.

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710: That New Mouse Pad Feeling

  • 58:22

    Trying to pair this watch for developer mode. This has changed. Now, I don't know if this is a Series 12 thing.

  • 58:44

    The way developer mode works in Apple devices in the modern way is there's a secret setting called developer mode that you have to enable.

  • 1:00:12

    In the new Xcode device hub, there's a, like in the device list where normally it would show the devices that were waiting for pairing.

  • 1:01:44

    You plug in the phone and you're waiting for that tap, tap, trust this computer. And it just doesn't happen.

  • 1:02:18

    You just have to know to go back to the security screen, to go to the developer mode screen, to scroll to the bottom of the developer mode screen.