# Apple Watch unlock

**URL:** <https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/apple-watch-unlock/4314>\
**Category:** Codebook\
**Created:** [March 31, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/apple-watch-unlock/4314 "2020-03-31T20:00:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Hughes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.zetetic.net/michael_hughes/32/1280_2.png) [@Michael\_Hughes](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/Michael_Hughes)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/apple-watch-unlock/4314/1 "2020-03-31T20:00:02Z")

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Hi

I’m wondering if there are plans to add Apple Watch unlock to Codebook on OS X, or if that’s already a feature I haven’t discovered how to use?

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**Author:** ![mmoore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.zetetic.net/mmoore/32/858_2.png) [@mmoore](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/mmoore)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/apple-watch-unlock/4314/2 "2020-04-06T17:21:31Z")

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Hey @Michael_Hughes

Thank you for using Codebook and posting to the discussion forum with this requeset. We have had a few requests in the past for using an Apple Watch as a second factor for unlocking Codebook for macOS, which is definitely something that we’re interested in pursuing in the future. One prerequisite for this was Codebook 4 introducing the [Sync Key](https://www.zetetic.net/codebook/documentation/sync-key/).

Are you referring to “Approve with Apple Watch” which was introduced in macOS Catalina: [https://support.apple.com/guide/imac/unlock-and-approve-with-apple-watch-apda4d638ecf/mac](https://support.apple.com/guide/imac/unlock-and-approve-with-apple-watch-apda4d638ecf/mac)

From our understanding, unfortunately that feature doesn’t seem to be available for 3rd party apps at this time – although we’re hopeful that it may be introduced in the future.