# Apple watch heart monitor: Is it possible to download the data for use in a spreadsheet or similar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 7, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watch-heart-monitor-is-it-possible-to-download-the-data-for-use-in-a-spreadsheet-or-similar/971145 "2022-09-07T16:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watch-heart-monitor-is-it-possible-to-download-the-data-for-use-in-a-spreadsheet-or-similar/971145/1 "2022-09-07T16:02:03Z")
Apple watch SE, if that makes any difference. ---
**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watch-heart-monitor-is-it-possible-to-download-the-data-for-use-in-a-spreadsheet-or-similar/971145/2 "2022-09-07T16:12:06Z")
From information [here](https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253784566), you can download the data to a zip file. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watch-heart-monitor-is-it-possible-to-download-the-data-for-use-in-a-spreadsheet-or-similar/971145/3 "2022-09-08T19:17:22Z")
So apparently it is possible. Now if only I could figure out how. ---
**Author:** ![Snipe70e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Snipe70e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snipe70e)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watch-heart-monitor-is-it-possible-to-download-the-data-for-use-in-a-spreadsheet-or-similar/971145/4 "2022-09-16T04:47:01Z")
.I sent a reading to my son because I had question. I was having a lot PVCs and the watch said my heart rate for the last 10 minutes was below 40. I was not sure I should have taken the thing seriously. His advice go to the ER now! I do not remember how but it was passible to send the readings by text or an email. Long story over about 5 months, but I owe my life to my apple watch. Without the watch my heart rate could have stopped before I realized something was wrong. And we live in the country. Before medical attention would have been able to get to me I would have begun to get cold. The last step in my story was being in an emergency room again and the 1st thing they did was to put a pad on my chest and one on my back. The explanation was those pads were for when my heart stopped they could restart the heart faster using the pads. A real wake up moment. I got the 1st operating room and doctor that became avaible for a pace maker. I THINK SENIOR CITIZENS SHOULD WEAR AN APPLE WACH. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watch-heart-monitor-is-it-possible-to-download-the-data-for-use-in-a-spreadsheet-or-similar/971145/5 "2022-09-16T05:28:13Z")
> [@Snipe70e](#): > > I THINK SENIOR CITIZENS SHOULD WEAR AN APPLE WACH. It goes well with the onion on the belt. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watch-heart-monitor-is-it-possible-to-download-the-data-for-use-in-a-spreadsheet-or-similar/971145/6 "2022-09-16T05:35:38Z")
Snipe, could you ask your son how the data got from you to him? Thanks!