The marquee characteristic of macOS Sequoia is iPhone Mirroring. As a part of Apple’s Continuity characteristic set, iPhone Mirroring permits a person to entry an iPhone by means of a Mac. Not solely that, however notifications that normally seem on the iPhone additionally seem on the Mac, and you may even drag and drop information between the 2 gadgets.
iPhone Mirroring creates a wi-fi connection between the Mac and iPhone, so Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are wanted. Additionally, the iPhone should run iOS 18 and the Mac wants macOS Sequoia. (We’ve all the small print about iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia in our superguides.) The Mac and iPhone should be signed into the identical Apple Account.
Right here’s a have a look at how one can use iPhone Mirroring. The information beneath makes use of an M3 MacBook Air and an iPhone 11 Professional Max.
Instruments required: iOS 18, macOS Sequoia Supplies required: iOS 18-compatible iPhone; M-series Mac or Intel Mac geared up with T2
iPhone Mirroring: First-time setup
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- In macOS Sequoia, go to the Dock and also you’ll discover a new icon for iPhone Mirroring. Click on it. (The Dock icon is an alias for an iPhone Mirroring app that’s within the Functions folder.)
- A window explaining the characteristic seems. Click on Proceed.
- You might be instructed to unlock your iPhone to proceed.
- After a little bit of setup (you might have to enter your PIN in your iPhone), an “iPhone Mirroring is Able to Use” window will seem. Click on Get Began.
- Your iPhone display screen seems, nevertheless it’s beneath an alert labeled, “Require Mac Login to Entry iPhone?”
- If you wish to use Contact ID or be requested for a password each time you employ iPhone Mirroring, click on Ask Each Time.
- If you happen to don’t need to authenticate each time, click on Authenticate Routinely.
- If you happen to change your thoughts about this setting, you’ll be able to modify it within the iPhone Mirroring settings.
Utilizing iPhone Mirroring after setup
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- Open the iPhone Mirroring app. (Click on on its Dock icon or launch it within the Functions folder.)
- An iPhone display screen will seem and present that “iPhone Mirroring is Locked.” Use Contact ID or sort in your person password to unlock it.
- A “Connecting to [your iPhone’s name]” display screen seems.
- As soon as the connection is established, you’ll see your iPhone’s display screen and you may entry it.
Suppose you determine to entry your iPhone immediately whereas iPhone Mirroring is lively. In that case, the session ends within the iPhone Mirroring app and an “iPhone in Use” display screen will seem, with a Attempt Once more button you’ll be able to click on after locking the iPhone. If the iPhone is getting used whereas the iPhone Mirroring app makes an attempt to attach, an “iPhone in Use” display screen seems and you have to give up the app, lock the iPhone, after which restart the iPhone Mirroring app.
iPhone Mirroring app: Settings
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The iPhone Mirroring app has just one setting for whether or not you need to authenticate each time you launch iPhone Mirroring. Choose Ask each time if you wish to authenticate on a regular basis, or Routinely authenticate if you don’t.
iPhone Mirroring requires Apple Account entry; this tells the app what iPhones are related to the person. When you have a couple of iPhone, you’ll be able to choose which iPhone to entry in System Settings > Desktop & Dock, and within the Widgets part, search for iPhone. (See screenshot above.) A pop-up menu shows the iPhones related along with your person account. Choose the one you need to entry.
What are you able to do with iPhone Mirroring?
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You might have full entry to your iPhone and might do absolutely anything you’d usually do with the iPhone in your arms. For instance, within the sequence above, I performed Pokémon Go on my iPhone by means of iPhone Mirroring.
If you happen to’re utilizing a trackpad on a Mac, use two fingers as an alternative of 1 when performing the same old swipes you do on the iPhone. For instance, to show pages from the Residence display screen, swipe to the left or proper with two fingers.
Notifications that normally seem in your iPhone will seem in your Mac. While you click on a notification, it triggers that motion within the iPhone and exhibits it in iPhone Mirroring.
iPhone Mirroring helps file switch from the Mac to the iPhone by way of drag and drop, however on the time of this writing, this was not enabled within the beta.
Resizing the iPhone window
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With the beta 4 of macOS Sequoia and iOS 18, Apple added the power to resize the iPhone window. Within the View menu, customers have three resize choices: Smaller, Precise Measurement, and Bigger. You may’t click on and drag an edge or nook of the window; you have to use one in all these three sizes. It’s unlikely that Apple will add the power to click on and drag since side ratios must be maintained for correct presentation.
The way to disable iPhone Mirroring
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If you wish to disable iPhone Mirroring, this isn’t completed on the Mac. It’s completed by means of the iPhone’s iOS 18 settings. Go to Settings > AirPlay & Continuity > iPhone Mirroring. Faucet the Mac that’s related to the iPhone, after which faucet Edit. Faucet the “—” icon and the Delete button that seems. While you do that, the iPhone Mirroring part disappears from the AirPlay & Continuity settings.
Nevertheless, on the time of this writing, the iPhone was nonetheless accessible in iPhone Mirroring even after iPhone Mirroring was deleted on the iPhone. This characteristic continues to be in beta, so Apple will repair this earlier than it earlier than official this fall.
