iCreate - UK (2019-08)

1

Find the offender

On your Mac, go to System

Preferences and then click on

the ‘Bluetooth’ pane to see

every previously connected

device listed.

2

Click on the ‘x’

Ensure that Bluetooth is

turned on and then find the

device that is failing to connect.

Highlight the device in the list

and click on the ‘x’ icon.

3

Forget device

Click ‘Remove’ and it

will be removed from the list,

which should resolve whatever

issue was causing the failed

connections in the past.

4

Pair again

Now ensure the device is

pairable and then scroll to the

bottom of the list to locate it

and then click on the ‘Connect’

button to connect it again.

Bluetooth can be fickle technology and from time to

time you may experience connection problems. With so

many wireless technologies floating around near your

Mac it is understandable that problems may occur, but

there is a relatively easy fix that should cure almost all

connectivity problems and it only takes a few seconds

of your time to complete. We’ll guide you through this

simple process here...

ThisfeaturewasintroducedwithwatchOS5,somake

sureyouhaveupdatedyourAppleWatchtothelatest

versionandtheRaiseToSpeakfeatureshouldbegood

togo.Nowyouwon’thavetotouchyourwatchand

say“HeySiri”tostartissuingcommands;justraise your

Watchtoyourmouth,speakclearlyandyou’llbe able

tocommandSiriinstantly.It takesa littlegetting used to

butis a goodtime-saverin thelongrun.

I am having trouble connecting my Mac to a Bluetooth speaker. The connection

keeps dropping, which is annoying when listening to music – why? Chris Decker

Speakclearly

Keepyourvoiceat an

audiblevolumeotherwise

Siriwon’tpickyouupvia

RaiseToSpeak.If your

environmentis quitenoisy

thenmovetheWatch

closerto yourmouth.

Tu r n it on

On your Watch, go to

Settings>General>Siri and

then you will see the ‘Raise

To Speak’ option, make

sure that this is turned on

by moving the switch to the

green (on) position.

The old way

The traditional way of

activating Siri on your

Watch is to press the

Digital Crown or say, “Hey

Siri”. It is still worth keeping

the “Hey Siri” option on.

Lift your wrist

The gesture for Raise To

Speak is more deliberate

than the one you use to

see the time. Experiment

with the best position for

raising and speaking.

I have heard there is an option to issue Siri commands just by

raising my Apple Watch. How is this done? Stuart Granger