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Apple Watch update

I got a notification that my watch needs to update, so I clicked download update. A few minutes later a message popped on my screen saying unable to download update must reset. I don’t want to lose all my data by unpairing my watch… why will the update not download? Or how can I not lose all my data?

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Posted on Jun 8, 2021 9:55 AM

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Posted on Jun 8, 2021 10:33 AM

When you unpair your watch, it creates a backup on your iPhone that you can then restore from after (or during) the updated process.

Is it a series 3 watch? FWIW, a lot of people are having problems updating a series 3 due to lack of sufficient memory. For possible solutions, see the reply to:

Problem updating Apple Watch Series 3 to … - Apple Community

WatchOS 7.4 can't be updated on Watch Ser… - Apple Community

Series 3 watch only has 4.8 of memory - Apple Community


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Jun 8, 2021 10:33 AM in response to GraceTennis

When you unpair your watch, it creates a backup on your iPhone that you can then restore from after (or during) the updated process.

Is it a series 3 watch? FWIW, a lot of people are having problems updating a series 3 due to lack of sufficient memory. For possible solutions, see the reply to:

Problem updating Apple Watch Series 3 to … - Apple Community

WatchOS 7.4 can't be updated on Watch Ser… - Apple Community

Series 3 watch only has 4.8 of memory - Apple Community


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