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iPhone Mirroring in macOS Sequoia and iOS 18: Everything You Need to Know
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I doubt this will change until EU recognizes that technology companies cannot supply all forms of unique propriety technology with competitors. Propriety communications between products is an example. Not talking about common communications protocols for various established products that consumers utilize.
Apple may delay AI features in the EU because of its big tech law
EU iPhones might be on hold for new updates.
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Or until Apple decides to stop cosplaying as 1990s Microsoft and adopts established standards for intercommunication instead of continually locking their customers into their own propriety ones.
Well people choose Apple for one reason. Because it just works and its secure. No need to open up anything. If you dont like simply dont use an apple device. Just because of the european rules we cant use feautures. They try everything to hit apple, becaue apple sets privacy on top of everything. What a shame.
What sort of real world uses are there for this. I have it, but I am not sure of a reason to use it. What are people using this feature for ?
I still don’t really see a use case in this. Everything that was shown here could be done through the Home app. I view my eufy cameras through HomeKit and I also change my ecobee thermostat through It. Is this locked to one Apple ID? I could see myself using this at work on a different Apple ID but at home It seems pointless.
iPhone mirroring is not intercommunication, its emulating their secure iPhone environment on a Mac desktop with identical encryption scheme.
Agree, this seems like the most limiting uh.. limitation listed.
Hopefully they can work around it sometime in the future, would be a great solution for people using their iPhones as their webcam.
Not sure, but you could just Shift + Cmd + 4 and select the area of the iPhone mirroring window.
Now imagine this could still be used if you forget your phone at home, or if your phone gets stolen and you can interfere with whatever the thief is trying to do
I'm not sure what I'd get out of this. Drag and drop is nice, but there's already AirDrop. The rest of it just seems like a gimmick...
Ive never seen so many people complain about a feature they say they dont care about! if you cant think of why you use it, dont!
Agreed. They also ignore or don't believe the positive use cases stated by others.
I am not ignoring, I am asking what the use cases are. I am assuming there has to be a reason. I do not think it will work to use your phone if you left it at home. Mine doesn't seem to work unless the phone is right beside the Mac
Read all the comments in the thread and you will see several use cases. I posted one myself. Please explain why you think what I stated is not a valid use case.
On the Talk Show, Craig Federighi specifically mentioned how he likes to use it when his phone is above his monitor working as a Continuity Camera. So, if this limitation is there in the final release, there must be a technical reason for it (probably bandwidth).
@jclo my initial idea was to connect my iPhone to my sound system through short usb-c cable, so I can stream hi-res lossless music files from Apple Music. In this case I could control my iPhone from sofa, which is 5 meters away, with my MacBook and change music files and etc.
Currently I need long 5 m USB-C cable to connect my iPhone (or MacBook) from my sofa to my audio system so I can get hi-res audio to my sound system from Apple Music. And this is really not comfortable using a looong cable..
I do not use AirPlay, because it streams low quality lossy audio.
I was very excited about iPhone Mirroring, which would solve mine (and many audiophiles) problem. We could finally use Apple Music hi res audio without long cables. Just connect iPhone to your sound system with usb-c. Go to your sofa. Play file from Mac to iPhone to get hi-res audio. Problem solved. No cables.
But now I read, that if you play music on Mirrored iPhone the sound will go out through your Mac 🤦♂️ Is it possible to change that, so audio output goes from iPhone? Or maybe if iPhone is connected through usb-c to audio system, maybe there will be option to make output through iPhone (and not Mac)?
Would really appreciate your comment 🙏🙏🙏
Currently I need long 5 m USB-C cable to connect my iPhone (or MacBook) from my sofa to my audio system so I can get hi-res audio to my sound system from Apple Music. And this is really not comfortable using a looong cable..
I do not use AirPlay, because it streams low quality lossy audio.
I was very excited about iPhone Mirroring, which would solve mine (and many audiophiles) problem. We could finally use Apple Music hi res audio without long cables. Just connect iPhone to your sound system with usb-c. Go to your sofa. Play file from Mac to iPhone to get hi-res audio. Problem solved. No cables.
But now I read, that if you play music on Mirrored iPhone the sound will go out through your Mac 🤦♂️ Is it possible to change that, so audio output goes from iPhone? Or maybe if iPhone is connected through usb-c to audio system, maybe there will be option to make output through iPhone (and not Mac)?
Would really appreciate your comment 🙏🙏🙏
that's because they're afraid the EU would sue as Apple would have a monopoly on iPhone Mirroring applications 😂
It's just a convenience feature. It's more about productivity than anything else. If I'm using my Mac, it just much more convenient to have a window of my iPhone open, so I can work it directly from my Mac, rather than digging it out of my bag or going in to another room to grab it.
Personally I'll probably use it once in a while as I don't really use my phone much, so it stays plugged in next to the back door.
I don’t know you, so impossible to be sure what you’d need this for. But I have a couple of really handy use cases in my personal use.
It doesn't work in Europe. I understand the European Commission is investigating in this case.
Only a few things work across Europe, by the way - Tap to Pay, Apple Card, Apple Cash, satellite emergency calling, fully functional Apple Maps, locally speaking Siri, Fitness+...
Outside the US (except for countries such as the UK, China or Germany), the iPhone is becoming a second-tier phone.
Only a few things work across Europe, by the way - Tap to Pay, Apple Card, Apple Cash, satellite emergency calling, fully functional Apple Maps, locally speaking Siri, Fitness+...
Outside the US (except for countries such as the UK, China or Germany), the iPhone is becoming a second-tier phone.
I thought this is what this was and am a little disappointed that it isn't. Thought I get that sending whatever encryption handshakes need to be done over the internet could be a bad idea.
But still, I have an extra iPhone 12 that I carry for work because I finally got sick of Google Voice and lack of iMessage on that number and ported it to a cheap MVNO, but (short story) Carrier Locking in the US is overreaching and I can't install that eSIM on my locked iPhone 14 Pro, even though the carrier eSIM remains active and the primary line. So that phone forwards calls to my 14 Pro, and iMessage forwards any regular SMS messages that come in. I only have to carry the 12 for the 2-3 phone calls I end up needing to make from it during the week. It would be nice if it could just sit on my desk at home plugged in and I could just run those outbound calls through my Mac remotely...
Well then EU is blocking innovation, if I have to support everything and everyone from the beginning. Maybe they should start to go against their car manufacturers and their OS.