
(Here’s more on how you can use the Action Button on the Apple Watch Ultra). The Action Button solves this problem - you can pause an activity by holding the Action Button and either the side button or the crown.

I found trying to swipe the touchscreen, or manually press the side button and digital crown at the same time impossible with sweaty fingers, or when wearing running gloves. One of the main reasons I never loved running with my Apple Watch 7 was the lack of physical buttons.

And I was surprised to find that I didn’t miss my Garmin all that much. I swapped my Garmin Fenix 7 out for the Ultra, wearing it for all my activities for the week. Once I’d convinced my control-freak mind that the two watches were giving me similar readings. You can see the data below.ĭespite all my running friends commenting on how big the Apple Watch Ultra was, I soon got used to the large screen and loved how bright and clear the screen was, even in direct sunlight. I even drilled down into the data after a 12 x 400m repeat session on the track to compare the splits between two watches.

Android File Transfer will let you look at the contents of the watch’s file system, so you can navigate to the GARMIN folder and then into the Activity folder.After doing a few test runs with the Apple Watch Ultra and my trusty Garmin Fenix 7 on my wrist, I soon realized that the GPS was pretty spot on - both gave me very similar results. Once you’ve installed that application, plug your Garmin into your Mac using the watch’s power cord. In that case, you need to download and install a small application called Android File Transfer.

If you run wearing an older Garmin that doesn’t support music playback, your steps to upload your run are as easy as for Windows users-your watch will mount as an external drive, and you can browse the files using Finder without any extra steps.īut, if you run with a newer watch that lets you stream music from services like Spotify, Amazon Music, and iHeartRadio, your watch is invisible to Finder. MAC COMPUTERSįor those of us using Apple computers, the process could be a little more involved. If you’re using other online training logs like MapMyRun, the process will be similar.
