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Hourly chime doesn’t work.

I’ve just purchased my first Apple Watch (series 5) and I’ve set the watch to an hourly chime by following all the instructions, but it seems temperamental. One day it will work and another day it won’t.

Any advice?

Apple Watch Series 5, watchOS 6

Posted on Aug 20, 2020 12:18 PM

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Posted on Aug 20, 2020 1:42 PM

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup. This deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


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Aug 20, 2020 1:42 PM in response to meghill72

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup. This deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Hourly chime doesn’t work.

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