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iPhone Mirroring in macOS Sequoia and iOS 18: Everything You Need to Know
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Not privacy concerns. Apple are being cautious about EU DMA regulations.
As a european myself, most of the time it’s better here imo. But some of EU regulations are horrible against the tech industry.
darn, that could have opened up some crazy possibilities!
I wonder if it relies on BT, and if not, could the traffic be tunneled?
No only portrait orientation. Also fixed positions on the desktop. Also requires WiFi to be active before connecting.
Sorry, I thought the up front part was enough explanation. It basically just lets you control your iPhone with your Mac. I added more info to the first paragraph, let me know if that's clearer.
iPadOS wouldn't work because of the current forced positioning of graphical resolution representation of the iPhone mirroring on MacOS. iPadOS doesn't use positioning app windows by default. Stage Manager on IpadOS isn't ideal for this as you know.
You need to have both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on, so there definitely seems to be Bluetooth involvement. It works fine if my iPhone is in the same room, but if I go a couple rooms away, I get some serious lag. Bluetooth is likely the limiting factor there.
I don't plan on ever owning a smartphone of any kind.
Leaving the house is my only disconnect from technology.
That said, using my iPad on Apple TV makes more sense.
(I do want to see the rest of your tabby Juli.)
Gents, get your minds out of the gutter.
Leaving the house is my only disconnect from technology.
That said, using my iPad on Apple TV makes more sense.
(I do want to see the rest of your tabby Juli.)
Gents, get your minds out of the gutter.
Misleading graphic
You can't have a iPhone in use on both at the same time. You have to lock the iPhone and then use iPhone mirroring to see the iPhone desktop. If the iPhone is showing its desktop then iPhone Mirroring will say it is in use and you can't mirror the iPhone.
You can't have a iPhone in use on both at the same time. You have to lock the iPhone and then use iPhone mirroring to see the iPhone desktop. If the iPhone is showing its desktop then iPhone Mirroring will say it is in use and you can't mirror the iPhone.
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I get how this could be interesting for developers (I think).
But for the average user, what function does this serve? It's a genuine question, I'm not tryin to attack anyone who finds it useful.
I just can't think of a use case - primarily because my phone is never particularly far away and I'd find it easier to just use it directly.
But for the average user, what function does this serve? It's a genuine question, I'm not tryin to attack anyone who finds it useful.
I just can't think of a use case - primarily because my phone is never particularly far away and I'd find it easier to just use it directly.
It allows you without having to worry about the screen locking to always see your iPhone desktop for many common usages. Such as a Messages showing FOB pin to log into a secure site. You could hear all your voice mail on the Mac without picking up the iPhone. Seeing your email on the iPhone desktop and not have the much larger MacOS mail app for specific text content. It's like a super widget in some ways. Play Music on iPhone which plays on Mac for sound output.
I would use it if the screen was broken and would need to recover something.
Thanks, you two
That makes sense and I'm glad I asked. They may not be use cases for me, but now I can see how it would be useful for others.
