iPhone Mirroring Is One of the Best Hidden Features in iOS 18 and MacOS Sequoia

Initially this feature is to control iphone From Mac left me scratching my head. After all, my phone is rarely out of reach. But this was not the point, and now I use iPhone Mirroring every day.

When my hand is already on the Mac and Mouse keyboard, it is often easier to connect to my iPhone and use it on my screen. The congressional copies also allow me to use applications such as Instagram, which works better on the phone more than a browser on my Mac. (I also details Eight other reasons you want to use the opposite of iPhone.)

See also: What about Control of another person’s phone remotely For family technical support? You can also do this, using FaceTime.

IPhone Mirroring only works when the iPhone is closed and not in use, no doubt for safety purposes, but also to prevent competing reactions from two people. If the phone is charged and in the horizontal direction, the standby mode is still active and you can switch between the display methods without disrupting the matching versions.

Here is how to make it work on your devices.

What devices support the opposite of iPhone?

You will need a Mac that can run MacOS Sequoia, which includes:

• Imac: 2019 and then
• MacBook Air: 2020 and then
• MacBook Pro: 2018 and then
• Mac Studio: 2022 and then
• Mac Mini: 2018 and then
• Mac Pro: 2019 and then
• Imac Pro: 2017 and then

And on iPhone, the following models will be running iOS 18:

• iPhone 11 and then
• iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max
• iPhone XR
• iPhone SE (second generation or later)

How to start the identical versions of iPhone on iOS 18 and MacOS Sequoia

Make sure to sign both devices on your Apple account (this is the new name for your Apple ID forward) in System settings> Apple account (your name) On your Mac and Settings> Apple account (your name) On iPhone. Also, close the phone if it is not already in its stillness – iPhone Mirroring only works when you do not use the phone.

Next, on the Mac MacOS Sequoia device, open the new identical iPhone app. You can search for it in Finder.

The application of the application leads to connection; Enter the Mac logo password or use the touch ID to start the congressional copies. The first time you call, you will need to enter your device’s traffic code and agree to connect to the iPhone.

If you are in a reliable environment, you can bypass the security instructor to go to iPhone Mirrorring> Settings And choose Authenticity automatically.

Now you can move from your iPhone remote

There is some irony in using the mouse index to control the iPhone that is moved by the famous touch, but otherwise, you still indicate and click (or eavesdrop, if you use a tracking plate) to control the interface.

The ability to introduce a text on the iPhone in this way is revelation if you write faster on a physical keyboard than your thumb. But there is more than that: iPhone Mirroring uses three keyboard shortcuts (or elements in the display menu) to move quickly:

• CMD-1: Home screen
• CMD-2: App Switcher (like beating to view modern applications)
• CMD-3: Research lights

You can hover the index over the iPhone window directly to detect a frame on the application that includes icons to activate the home screen and the application adapter. Or, when you are in an application, a quick way to return to the home screen is to click once on the black or white strip at the bottom of the iPhone window – the way you pass when the phone is in your hand.

For the largest part, you can do anything on your phone via iPhone Mirroring that you can do on hand, which includes running applications, checking operating devices, consulting notes or images that are not synchronized via iCloud. If you close or hide any applications, you will enter the MacOS password or use the Mac touch sensor for authentication instead of the face identifier or touch ID on the phone.

Some restrictions apply. Anything that uses the acceleration scale – follow the step, for example, or applications that you use as a control unit, such as racing games – will not work because it requires a physical movement of the phone. Also, the trend will be rotated if you play an application that should be in the horizontal design, but there is no control of the switch between the image and the landscapes as it is connected to the iPhone.

The camera is not activated, so you cannot use it as a safety fans to monitor your pets in the adjacent room or make VACETIME video calls. Vacetime voice calls can come as part of the Apple continuity frame, which passes from iPhone to Mac if you have He invites other devices Enabling Settings> Applications> Phone.

You can reinstalize and change the size of the iPhone window

Let’s move the window to another place on the screen, pull the top of the frame. Or, use Move options and change their size in the window menu to place it in sections such as the right edge or the upper left corner. To change the size of the iPhone window, go to view List and choose greater (CMD-+) or smaller (CMD-); Or choose Actual size (CMD-0) to return to the default.

Dealing with iphone signs

Many notifications are automatically transmitted to multiple devices thanks to the use of a joint Apple account. For example, the texts will appear in the messaging application on both iPhone and Mac unless you have created one of them to suppress the notifications. But what about the notifications for applications that only live on iPhone?

When the matching copies are activated, these alerts appear in the upper right corner of the Mac screen with the rest of the notifications. You will learn about the iPhone because it is wet iPhone. Since Mac knows where they came from, clicking an alert opens the iPhone -related application within the Minure iPhone app. (You will not be able to claim that you did not see a notification because your phone has been put away, sorry.)

Pulling and dropping files

This feature may be the most useful part of the unlike iPhone. You can copy files from iPhone to Mac or vice versa by pulling them from one window to another. No need to wait for images to sync images via iCloud or use a broker like Dropbox or iCloud Drive.

On iPhone, make sure there is an open goal that accepts the file you want to withdraw – the iPhone Mirroring is not completely treated as the iPhone as the external hard drive. For example, open the messages app and pull a picture to one of your conversations to add it as a text issued. Or open the files application and drag any type of document to a destination like the iCloud drive. Before release the file, you can move in the hierarchy of the files by stopping the folders and even stopping the back button to move to the previous folder. The file is copied only when released.

Choose which iPhone is reversed

When I received my new iPhone 16 Pro, I got a surprise: IPhone Mirroring continued to call my former IPhone. If you buy a new iPhone, or you may have multiple iPhone devices signed in the Apple itself, it is not clear how to choose the device that is reversed.

This is because the option is buried not in the iPhone mirroring app, but in the system settings. On Mac, go to System settings> desktop and disk And scroll down to Cardiac to divide. There is below iphone It is a popup menu that allows you to choose the device that must be used for congressional copies. (This option does not appear unless more than iPhone is signed in your account.)

Once you are finished, here is how to finish the identical copies

There is no OFF key in the Mirroring iPhone app to separate the phone, unlike quitting the application. If you want to boycott the connection, the best way is to cancel the iPhone lock (assuming that it is close where you can reach it physically).

The application indicates that iPhone is being used. Lock the phone and click the attempt button again to resume the identical versions.

Unlike iPhone is just one of the many new features in iOS 18. Be sure to review how to use New RCS and text formatting tools in messages And how Customize your main screen.