The Sources tab shows a list of all the third-party apps to which you have granted permission to access your Health data. Photo: Graham Bower/Cult of Mac Only with your permission: Managing third-party access Tap “Data Sources & Access,” then “Edit,” then drag the app you want to prioritize to the top of the list. However, where there are conflicts, only the source with greatest priority counts toward the totals and charts. Sources at the top of the list will always be used in preference to those lower down. Now you can reorder items in the Data Sources list by dragging them up and down using the “handles” (three gray bars) to the right.
Just find the data type you want to edit (like Workouts, for example). But you can change this prioritization if you want. By default, it always gives priority to data from Apple Watch. If they overlap, it will only take one reading and ignore the other. To solve this, Apple compares the date, time and duration when activities were logged. If the Health app just added all these calories together, it would give you an exaggerated total for the day. For example, if you log a workout on your iPhone while also wearing your Apple Watch, both devices might log your active calories for the same period of time. How to resolve conflicts: Prioritizing your data sourcesĪs you start using more apps to track your health and fitness, conflicts and duplicates can quickly emerge. They can also provide an estimate of body fat percentage, although this is not always very accurate. By automating the process, products like Nokia’s Body Composition Wi-Fi Scale enable the Health app to create charts of how your weight changes over time. You can manually enter your weight into the Health app, but it is a hassle to keep doing this regularly. Wi-Fi bathroom sales are also worth considering. These use electrodes, rather than optics, and are a lot more reliable as a result.
Serious athletes might want to invest in a Bluetooth heart rate chest strap like those from Polar. At $149, it’s not cheap, but it’s a lot more comfortable than wearing your watch all night.įor heart rate monitoring, the optical sensors on Apple Watch are not particular accurate. Apple recently acquired Beddit, a company that makes a sleep monitor that you put in your bed under the sheets.
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