{"id":43674,"date":"2024-06-13T14:49:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T18:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=43674"},"modified":"2025-01-02T11:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:36:24","slug":"iphone-mirroring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/13\/iphone-mirroring\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Mirroring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filipe Espósito<\/a> (Reddit<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Both macOS 15 and iOS 18 introduce iPhone Mirroring, which is a new way of interacting with your iPhone from your Mac. The feature lets you see and control your iPhone screen from your computer without having to touch your phone. You can also drag and drop files between macOS and the mirrored iPhone.<\/p>

At least in beta 1, this feature is not available.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Wayne G<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iPhone Mirroring steps things up considerably, allowing you to use your phone, see notifications, and use your apps—all from your Mac desktop. Because this is a Continuity feature, it does require that your iPhone be on the same WiFi network as your Mac and have Bluetooth enabled.<\/p>\n

When you launch iPhone mirroring, your iPhone’s Home Screen appears in a window on the Mac desktop. From there you can use your keyboard and mouse\/trackpad to navigate the phone, swiping between Home Screen pages, and launching and browsing apps.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

I’m really looking forward to this, both so that I can access my phone when it’s locked and so that I can fly through tasks with the keyboard and mouse that would be awkward on the touch screen. Universal Clipboard helps but doesn’t go far enough.<\/p>\n\n

Matthias Gansrigler<\/a>:<\/p>\n

iPhone Mirroring. Aka “I can finally post to Instagram from my Mac”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Matt Birchler<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Bezel has done something like this before, but Apple uses their elevated position as the platform owner to take this to the next level.<\/p>\n

This looks sick and is really cleverly done. The thing that gets me most excited is the ability to have notifications appear on my Mac and not just on my iPhone. The fact that clicking on that notification opens that on my iPhone on my Mac’s display is just awesome. And again, since Apple has elevated powers here, the fact that your phone screen remains off while all this is happening is just a cherry on top.<\/p>\n

I can’t help but snark that Apple lets you use your iPhone with a mouse and everyone thinks it’s awesome, but touching a Mac remains beyond the pale and something only a fool would suggest 😉<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Christina Warren<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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So if I can control my phone from my Mac with a touchpad — wouldn’t it be cool if I could I dunno, control those apps on my Mac with a touch screen? What if I just got a touch screen on my Mac!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n