How To Set the Preferred Device to Track Steps in the Health App Between Your Apple Watch or iPhone By Chris Hauk, Jan 6, 2019
If you're an iPhone and Apple Watch owner that uses the Health app to keep track of your step count, there may come a day you'll want to set a preference as to which device you want to register your steps. Sure, if you only have one of the devices with you, it'll track your steps just fine. But, what if you have both of them on your person? Which device should record your steps? How To Set the Preferred Device to Track Steps in the Health App Between Your Apple Watch or iPhone 1. Open the Health app on your iPhone. 2. Tap "Health Data," which you'll find in the tabs running along the bottom of the app's screen. 3. If you don't see "Steps" on the screen, tap the "Activity" button. 4. On the "Activity" screen, tap "Steps." 5. On the "Steps" screen, tap "Data Sources & Access." 6. On the "Data Sources" screen, you'll see a list of devices that can register your data in the Health app. The list's order is the priority of the which device records the steps activity. 7. Tap "Edit" on the top right of the screen. 8. Tap and drag the devices up or down in the list to prioritize the devices. 9. Tap "Done" when you finish re-ordering the devices. Now, when you talk your daily constitutional carrying your iPhone and wearing your Apple Watch, the device at the top of the list will faithfully register your steps in the Health app. For more tips and tricks on how to make better use of your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch, or Apple TV, be sure to visit the "How To" section of our website. Next Up, Pandora iOS App Update Brings Offline Playback Feature for Apple Watch Original Article at: https://www.mactrast.com/2019/01/how-to-set-the-preferred-device-to-track-st eps-in-the-health-app-between-your-apple-watch-or-iphone/ -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
