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How to Setup a New Apple Watch

Tips the manual doesn’t mention

Anthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence
7 min readFeb 26, 2023

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An almost fully charged Apple Watch on its charger
An almost fully charged Apple Watch on its charger

When you first unpack a new Apple Watch, you will be pairing it to your phone, assigning a passcode and doing some minimal setup. These are easy tasks, and the iPhone Watch app will lead you through it all. There are some things the app and Apple’s help pages do not mention; I will cover those here.

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Anthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence

Retired Unix Consultant. I write tech and humor mostly but sometimes other things. See my Lists if your interests are specific.