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macOS 27 Lets You Resize iPhone Mirroring in New Aspect Ratios

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macOS 27 Golden Gate brings a major improvement to iPhone Mirroring, allowing users to resize the window beyond the iPhone's fixed aspect ratio for the first time.

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Until now, iPhone Mirroring has been limited to the iPhone's native aspect ratio in a small window. Users could adjust the window's overall size somewhat, but its proportions remained locked. With macOS 27, users can now change the aspect ratio of the iPhone Mirroring window itself, offering dramatically more flexibility for workflows that rely on the feature.

The update was revealed in Apple's Platforms State of the Union address. Several fixed aspect ratios appear to be available rather than free-form resizing, meaning the system snaps to the nearest supported shape. Depending on the chosen aspect ratio, iPhone Mirroring renders either an adjusted version of the app's iPhone layout or its iPad layout, when one is available. Aspect ratio adjustments are currently limited to iOS 27-compatible apps, which at present means only native iOS apps.



macOS 27 also adds Control Center to iPhone Mirroring, joining the Home Screen, App Switcher, and Spotlight as iPhone areas accessible directly from the Mac.

The improvements arrive alongside a broader push Apple made at this year's Platforms State of the Union, where developers were encouraged to move away from designing apps for fixed orientations and specific devices, and instead target what Apple described as "a dynamic range of sizes and aspect ratios." Apple introduced resizable iOS apps in iPhone Mirroring and on iPad, with developers who rebuild against the latest SDK automatically opted in. A new resizable iOS simulator in Xcode lets developers test layouts across a wide range of screen sizes and aspect ratios.

That guidance appears to have ramifications well beyond iPhone Mirroring, with wide speculation that the feature is essentially a veiled preparation for the upcoming foldable iPhone. Moreover, iOS 27 contains frameworks that point more explicitly toward foldable hardware: "foldState" and "angleDegrees." A third find, a new key that returns the total count of built-in displays on a device, suggests Apple is also preparing the software stack for a device with more than one integrated screen. Taken together, the strings and the resizability push appear to be laying the groundwork for the foldable iPhone, widely expected to be called the "iPhone Ultra" and anticipated to launch alongside the iPhone 18 Pro in September 2026.

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Doesn’t work in Europe.
Siri AI not in Europe.
And lots of other things.

Don’t believe their argument “it’s bc of the DMA act.
The EU forced Apple to start using usb-c. Apple was furious.
Now the EU forces them to make devices with easier replacement of batteries.
That’s the reason. They’ve become a petulant company sucking up to Trump.
 
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McTool said:
Doesn’t work in Europe.
Siri AI not in Europe.
And lots of other things.

Don’t believe their argument “it’s bc of the DMA act.
The EU forced Apple to start using usb-c. Apple was furious.
Now the EU forces them to make devices with easier replacement of batteries.
That’s the reason. They’ve become a petulant company sucking up to Trump.
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Apple was already going to USB-C, long before the EU made it a law. Back then the EU was trying to get everyone to use Micro-B.

Apple already has devices with replacable batteries. The EU is forcing them to have SMALLER batteries that can be replaced with a simple screwdriver. (smaller batteries = more e-waste)

Als the DMA is basically illegal protectionism of the EU. Not ONE single EU company is designated as a "Gatekeeper", but some actually would fit the legislation. (ASML and Spotify come to mind)

And no, Trump has nothing to do with it. This is all EU bureacracy at work. And yes, I live in the EU.
 
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Couldn’t care less in the EU. The DMA is not the issue here - Apple is.
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If that is the case, give me one reason why Apple should do it?
The DMA demands that the interfaces required for SIRI AI are open to ever other AI as well. In the best case it’s a lot of coding work, but more likely it opens doors to all kinds of security leaks… we‘re talking about all kinds of personal info here. Would you like a company like META have access to you cslendar, your adress book, your Health data, maps etc. just by tapping into those interfaces?
That closed Garden approach is the Most sensible approach… the data stays on your phone and is processed on your phone.
 
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McTool said:
Doesn’t work in Europe.
Siri AI not in Europe.
And lots of other things.

Don’t believe their argument “it’s bc of the DMA act.
The EU forced Apple to start using usb-c. Apple was furious.
Now the EU forces them to make devices with easier replacement of batteries.
That’s the reason. They’ve become a petulant company sucking up to Trump.
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Yeah well stop apple forcing to do things, it started with USB-C then the iPhone 12 was radioactive then DMA… I totally agree with Apple, this is a small punishment and then EU better be calm or they will spot selling iPhones in there…

Nobody likes somebody who always complain and tells you what to do !
 
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This sounds like a very nifty feature but I don't know why nobody is talking about it.... wouldn't this essentially allow users to run iOS on Mac?
 
developers were encouraged to move away from designing apps for fixed orientations and specific devices, and instead target what Apple described as "a dynamic range of sizes and aspect ratios.”
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Oh we are SO getting a foldable iPhone in the next year.
 
I wonder if it will be possible to mirror your iPhone via an Apple TV and have it full screen?
....and then get a keyboard and mouse!
 
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Apple was already going to USB-C, long before the EU made it a law. Back then the EU was trying to get everyone to use Micro-B.

Apple already has devices with replacable batteries. The EU is forcing them to have SMALLER batteries that can be replaced with a simple screwdriver. (smaller batteries = more e-waste)

Als the DMA is basically illegal protectionism of the EU. Not ONE single EU company is designated as a "Gatekeeper", but some actually would fit the legislation. (ASML and Spotify come to mind)

And no, Trump has nothing to do with it. This is all EU bureacracy at work. And yes, I live in the EU.
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Tell us more please. You definitely sharing insider info.
 
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Tell us more please. You definitely sharing insider info.
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While this is indeed not sure, the fact that Apple included USB-C in iPads before some competitors stopped using USB-Micro is a pretty sure thing. As for iPhones: If you have already a finished design, you not going to change everything just because EU… maybe without preasure they would have Switch another generation later. But selling this a a big win for EU? Imagine how many flights, hotel bills and endless sessions where necessary to create that great victory over a… cable?
The EU should stick to stuff that really makes a difference… like immigration law for all EU countries, removing that silly Voting Concept where one country can block any decision and stop inviting Putin friendy third world countries before the biggestest problems are fixed. While I would never consider having the US administration for EU… I don‘t want to betätet like a Child when it Codes to what I can and cannot use.
 
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If that is the case, give me one reason why Apple should do it?
The DMA demands that the interfaces required for SIRI AI are open to ever other AI as well. In the best case it’s a lot of coding work, but more likely it opens doors to all kinds of security leaks… we‘re talking about all kinds of personal info here. Would you like a company like META have access to you cslendar, your adress book, your Health data, maps etc. just by tapping into those interfaces?
That closed Garden approach is the Most sensible approach… the data stays on your phone and is processed on your phone.
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Not only privacy, but iPhone just does not have enough RAM to keep two LLM loaded at once. Thus having some other local model there would require one loading and unloading models constantly. Loading a model takes seconds, so it would ruin UX across the whole system.

"Hey Siri!".. <loading for 7 seconds> "Ahah, what can I do for you?"
 
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