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Yep, tried and didn’t work.
I also tried changing the country of my mac to US and the language to English/US but that doesn’t work either.
They must be using the country of your Apple account or something similar.
This is a stalker or controlling partner's wet dream. There should be some sort of notification that pops up to tell you it's being used or this will not end well.
The iPhone has to be locked to be mirrored. If I go to my iPhone and unlock it while it’s being mirrored, it will immediately end the mirroring session, and can’t be started again until the iPhone is locked.
You also have an alert on your lock screen that says "Iphone in use. This Iphone is being used from So and So's macbook"
I've been reading on MacRumors since like 2009 when I got my first and the first aluminium iMac. I'm so excited for Screen Mirroring I had to post about it with a screenshot of my desktop! And it literally *just* works! 
Can't wait to get the GA on my work MacBook. Multi-device, multi-tasking. Maybe I'll pitch that to Apple's Marketing team!
Can't wait to get the GA on my work MacBook. Multi-device, multi-tasking. Maybe I'll pitch that to Apple's Marketing team!
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I get the notification on my phone, but I have not tried the drag and drop files yet. That might be coming later like you said.
Best thing in the release notes for me is the fix for TimeMachine backups to encrypted networked drives.
Looking forward to being able to do a backup
Looking forward to being able to do a backup
… there is? It also stops broadcasting when iPhone is in use.
Is the iPhone mirroring working for 🇬🇧 UK folk?? We aren’t part of the EU. Just curious to see if it works for us?
iPhone Mirroring works in Switzerland (which is not in the EU).
Slightly off topic, but it's starting to tick me off how Apple doesn't let us use Health or Fitness features on Macs. I've got a ton of useful data from my Apple Watch, for example but I can only view and interact with it on a tiny ass phone screen. I guess when Macs were still Intel there was maybe some rationale, but at this point everything is running on Apple-built chips. What could the justification be? Do they think that because the Mac is an more open platform we don't deserve to see our own data there?
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The problem seems to be that Apple has had second thoughts about Catalyst. Catalyst not at WWDC 2024
They also seem to be having second thoughts about running iOS apps directly on the Mac. Almost every notable app developer opted out immediately, and Apple doesn't allow it for their own apps.
It seems for now their answer to both those things is iPhone mirroring.
It's amazing to me that they built in this sophisticated locating system and built it in to iOS in 16.2 or so, with the sole purpose of region-locking features, so that they can do the bare minimum legally required in each region.
Yes that's a cynical take. As with so many things Apple does, there is both a cynical take and a charitable take and both can be, and usually are, true. I suppose it could be used for other things besides region locking features.
I remember someone asked months ago whether this means everyone gets "bloat" that is required in other regions. The answer seems to be yes. They haven't forked iOS at all, they've just added a ton of region checks.
I do not think that will be as easy as it sounds. Most likely iPhone is using its device location or 4G/5G networks to know if it is within EU boundaries.
God forbid they should just build a proper Health app for the Mac. I know the Mac is a much smaller market than iOS, but it really stinks for the best desktop OS in the world to get sloppy seconds.
It doesn't look like it's an actual alert/notification that lights up your phone, makes a noise, and vibrates though. Looks like you'll only see the alert/message if you happen to wake up your phone and look at it.
Say someone's phone is in their pocket or laying next to them. Their abusive partner (who knows the code) hops onto the Mac and starts iPhone Mirroring to snoop through the phone. Will the other person know? Will it ding/vibrate/light up? Obviously someone else knowing your passcode can be a problem, but they could be thinking "My phone's safe, it's right here with me."
At least that's what I've gathered after watching this video. The phone did nothing whenever he started an iPhone Mirroring session. The alert/message only displayed when he woke up the phone.