Watch has no "developer mode" in any menu for watch, can't install loop on watch.

[bungalee]

Apple Watch Series 7, running watchOS 10.4; iPhone 13 Pro Max running iOS 17.4.1; MBP 2021 M1 Pro running Sonoma 14.4.1

Not currently using the loop but scrips are processing and I am trying to have this whole show ready to roll when everything else is. Have been scouring Apple Developer help pages, youtube, etc for two days trying to get this to work. I've tried all the different iterations of "Unplug, unpair, un-toggle, restart, re-toggle, restart watch, repair to xcode". No matter what I've done, the toggle option for Developer mode will not appear on my watch under Privacy in the settings native to the watch. The paired watch (which has been repaired and restarted several times to try and trigger a connection), also doesn't appear in XCode anywhere as a companion to the connected iPhone.

I'm fairly new to this kind of indepth process and though I would consider myself the tech savviest person in my family/friend group....that's not saying much - however I feel like I have tried everything. Found here that watchOS 10.4 apparently had been giving others issues on developer...Could this possibly be a waiting game for an update that revises the issue?

[sascha-egerer]

I had a similar issue and it was due to a missing consent to new agreements of the developer program. Could you try to refresh your developer certificate in Xcode settings? Maybe log out your developer account in Xcode and login again. I’m my case I had then to accept new agreements and finally was able to enable the developer mode on the watch.

[bungalee]

I had a similar issue and it was due to a missing consent to new agreements of the developer program. Could you try to refresh your developer certificate in Xcode settings? Maybe log out your developer account in Xcode and login again. I’m my case I had then to accept new agreements and finally was able to enable the developer mode on the watch.

Will try that! I saw that as a solution and did accept a bunch of agreements - will try to figure out how to refresh developer certificate!

[A9qx]

All you need to do is have your Apple Watch unlocked, plug in your iPhone, then instead of clicking play on LoopWorkspace, you click play under "WatchApp". This should trigger various prompts on your watch including wireless connection and enabling developer mode as-well. Hope this helps!

[bungalee]

All you need to do is have your Apple Watch unlocked, plug in your iPhone, then instead of clicking play on LoopWorkspace, you click play under "WatchApp". This should trigger various prompts on your watch including wireless connection and enabling developer mode as-well. Hope this helps!

Thanks for this! Are you referring to the below? Mine only shows Pause and when I pause then play nothing happens on the watch. Am I looking in the right spot?

[bungalee]

Small update - tried to manually add the watch to my developer profile unfortunately since I can't get the watch to pull up on Xcode anyway, I can't get the UDID. I was able to get the extra app to appear on the watch, however I can't open it and get the below message when I click on it to open.

Trying the above suggestion didn't make any difference for me, I think the issue is access to developer mode/connectivity to xcode over the watch app not actually building but I'm not sure if that assumption is correct based on what the other user posted.

[MatkoGH]

There were some issues with watch connectivity throughout the past few weeks. However, upgrading to Xcode 15.4 RC, iOS 17.5 RC, and watchOS 10.5 RC so far have seemed to fix it for me.

[bungalee]

so I was due for upgrades on both fronts and set up a new watch as a "new watch" and I am having no issues - perhaps the old one was haunted beyond repair? Never tried to erase all content and settings but I did repair several times.

[pinrut]

My wife's new Apple watch 9 won't show the developer mode option either. Weirdly when connected to the computer it has a "developer" selection under "options" with the option to forget the trusted computers. When I click on it with the iPhone connected to the computer it will show up with the trust dialogue and I click OK and input the passcode. The watch refuses to show up under xcode devices, but I can see it in console and installing the watch os sysdiagnose profile I can get it to log to console.

Have tried resetting the watch, building entire new macos image, am running iOS 17.5, xcode 15.4, latest watch os updates... Anyone have any other suggestions?

[rolandet]

https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/718634

[cakesy]

I had a similar issue and it was due to a missing consent to new agreements of the developer program. Could you try to refresh your developer certificate in Xcode settings? Maybe log out your developer account in Xcode and login again. I’m my case I had then to accept new agreements and finally was able to enable the developer mode on the watch.

This is absolutely disgusting behaviour on Apple's behalf. how are you supposed to find this out?? INSANE.

[kkazle]

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[loudestnoise]

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