Apple Watch not showing in XCode

Developer Tools & Services Xcode Xcode watchOS Apple Watch

Urkman OP

Created Mar ’24

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I got a new MacBook and set it up as a new one, not transferring any data from the old one.

But now the Apple Watch (Series 6) paired with my iPhone (14 Pro Max) ist not shown in Xcode.

iPhone and Watch are using the latest RC and also Xcode is the latest RC. But in Xcode I ca only see my iPhone, not the paired Watch.

See Screenshots. The first shows the new MacBook and the second the old one.

I already tried a lot, but nothing helps:

Unpair Watch from Phone and then pair it again
Plug the iPhone to different USB ports
Restart Watch, iPhone and Mac
Delete the iPhone from Xcode
Enable and disable Developer Mode on iPhone and Watch

What else can I try to get the Watch back?

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jakir.me OP

Jun ’24

Clear Trusted Computers from the iPhone Settings > Developer and reconnecting the iPhone again solved my problem.

Sona0406 OP

Jun ’24

You might’ve already tried this but check if the bluetooth of your laptop is turned on. If this doesn’t work then the last option is to erase the content and settings of apple watch.

chr0m1ng OP

Jul ’24

go to the Finder, choose your iPhone in the sidebar and do the same thing: choose "Trust" to establish a connection
start Xcode and open the "Devices and Simulator" window, where you will see your iPhone and its paired Apple Watch.

That's exactly what solved for me. After doing many other things that took me the whole night like reseting the watch and other stuff. After many attempts I just did that and then the watch appeared in XCode devices and the "developer mode" option appeared in my watch settings -> privacy

MCbizzle OP

Jul ’24

Things that worked for me:

Dev mode was turned on and iP restarted
What herbertv mentioned about resetting Privacy Settings (#786373022)
Re-opening Xcode AFTER this was done (I forgot to close it before doing the above and it didn't work, then closed it, re-opened it and it showed up)
AND: ensuring the iP, watch and mac were all on the same network. In my case, on the watch only my 2.4Gh Wifi showed up, switching to that network on my iP and mac did the trick.

RyanK21 OP

Dec ’24

I have been having this same issue. I tried everything in the threads that I could see and the thing that eventually worked for me was removing the old WatchOS simulators and only having the most recent simulator for the WatchOS on my MacBook. Not sure if it will work for anyone else, but figured I would post just incase it might help someone.