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Accessories
When every Hue light shows No Response but the Hue app works perfectly, one accessory has failed, not thirty. Here is which one, and why factory-resetting the Bridge is the wrong move.
8 min read
Accessories
HomeKit carries two separate battery signals and neither is a measurement. That is why a sensor at 60% stops working, and why the warning often arrives after the failure.
8 min read
Automations
A sensor automation has two halves that break independently, and the Home app can only test one of them. Here is how to tell a trigger that never fired from actions that never ran.
9 min read
Troubleshooting
Resetting an accessory is the advice everyone gives and nobody prices. It silently strips the accessory from every scene and automation. Here is what to record first.
8 min read
Network
Most HomeKit accessories only speak 2.4 GHz, yet splitting your network is usually the wrong fix. Here is what needs which band, and what to change instead.
9 min read
Troubleshooting
An accessory that responds in the manufacturer app but not in Apple Home is not broken. The two apps reach it by different routes, and only one of them is local.
9 min read
Troubleshooting
An accessory that drops out and comes back cannot be diagnosed by testing, because testing is exactly when it works. Here is how to read the pattern instead.
9 min read
Troubleshooting
A new router does not break your accessories — it removes the network they were paired to. Here is which settings break HomeKit, and the order to bring everything back.
10 min read
Automations
The Home app reports a scene as "Failed" without naming the action that broke. Here is how to find it in minutes, and why a slow accessory is not a broken one.
9 min read
Troubleshooting
"No Response" in the Home app almost never means the accessory is broken. Here is how to tell a dead bulb from a dead network, and fix the right thing first.
10 min read
