Your Apple Watch does not respond? We teach you how to reset the clock to troubleshoot software. One of the most common solutions to any problems of our device software that will happen is reset. As simple as this can put an end to endless problems with the system as abnormal battery life, lack of fluency, unexpected shutdown, the most common of all, that our device has been locked and no action we can turn it off in the normal way.
Are you can restart the Apple Watch? Of course, and the way to do it is not too far from that we have on iPhone or iPad. It is important to differentiate between normal off, which is what we recommend if we want to just give a break to our device, and reset or hard reset, which is reserved for those situations where the clock does not respond. Here we show how to do either.
How do hard reset or restart the Apple Watch
- Hold the Digital Crown and the side button at the same time.
- Wait about 10 seconds to drop.
- With this simple procedure, which is not far at all from the steps we take to make our iPhone and iPad, Apple Watch will restart automatically, so will again see the apple of Apple in the clock display.
- Turning Off Apple Watch
- Hold the side button until the shutdown screen appears.
- Click the button to confirm the shutdown.
- As mentioned, this method is suggested when our system works perfectly and just want to give a respite after weeks without shutting down or functioning abnormally, still allows access to the screen off.
In what situations to use Apple Watch restart and in which the normal shutdown
Just keep in mind that, as usual, Apple Watch need not be turned off. However, those who took time with Apple devices know that from time to time should turn our device for a few minutes, because after months of continuous operation, the system collects processes and temporary files that are deleted just turning it off.
Thus, as we have seen in iMore, we must leave aside the reset Apple Watch those situations where the system is completely blocked and can not answer any of the buttons. Otherwise, it is always preferable to use the normal shutdown.