Chapter 6. Troubleshooting

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Apple Watch is a version 1.0 product—Apple’s first try at this. Given how new the device is, and how much functionality it offers, you can expect to run into some issues now and again. This chapter will show you have to force-quit an app, reboot your Apple Watch (even when it doesn’t want to), unpair your watch from your iPhone, and restore your watch from a backup.

Force-Quit an App

If an app becomes unresponsive and tapping doesn’t do anything, you can force it to quit. Force-quitting ends any processes that the app is running on the watch, including the one that has it hung up.

To force-quit an app:

1. With the ...

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