Another important novelty that we find in the new macOS Catalina just released is that of approve app installs with Apple Watch. It can be said that it is something similar to the option that we have available in macOS Mojave and that it helps us to unlock the equipment.
In this sense, the interaction with the Apple Watch can be done in two ways: we can see the passwords of a website or we can directly approve the installation of apps on our Mac. This is done easily and quickly in the new macOS Catalina.
Obviously we have to update the Mac and our Apple Watch to the latest version available, this is a requirement that must be met yes or yes. Once we have this in order we can now enjoy this new function that the new version of macOS offers us.
When we have to type the password of the Mac to see the passwords we have stored in Safari preferencesNow we can press the side button on the Apple Watch twice to authenticate on the Mac and that's it. The other option is to use the Apps smart watch to unlock notes that we have encrypted with a password, unlock settings in System Preferences, approve application installations directly without setting the password or modify root system files.
In this way everything becomes a little simpler and offers a productivity bonus when carrying out tasks with applications or tools that require a password on our Mac. the first time we use this function we have to enter the password from the Mac, with the keyboard, then from that moment on we can use the Apple Watch to unlock it by pressing twice without having to type the password. Logically when restarting or turning off the equipment the function is eliminated and we have to type the password again. As some say, another function that will keep making us forget our passwords.