How to Use iPhone Mirroring on MacOS Sequoia

The Power of MacOS Sequoia: iPhone Mirror

MacOS Sequoia introduces powerful iPhone mirroring, allowing you to control your iPhone using your Mac's cursor and keyboard to make the most of it even if the iPhone is not around you or in your pocket. You can quickly access iPhone apps and devices, interact with iPhone notifications from your Mac, and move and copy files, documents, and photos between iPhone and Mac.

This is one of the best features of MacOS Sequoia. If you haven't tried iPhone mirroring yet, now is the perfect time. We'll show you how to use iPhone mirroring on your Mac, it's very simple.

System requirements

Since iPhone mirroring is a feature of MacOS Sequoia, Macs need to run MacOS Sequoia 15 or later. In addition, iPhone mirroring requires iPhone to run iOS 18 or higher.

Make sure that the iPhone and Mac use the same Apple account/Apple ID.

For this feature to work properly, the iPhone also needs to be within a fairly close distance, closer than typical Bluetooth range. For best results, try keeping your iPhone and Mac within five feet or closer, as longer distances may not connect properly.

Finally, in order to access your iPhone using iPhone mirror on your Mac, your iPhone must be locked and not used.

How to use

Ready to try iPhone mirroring? You need to do the following:

1. Open the iPhone Mirror app on your Mac, which is located in the Dock by default, otherwise it will be in the /Applications folder.

2. Follow the on-screen instructions and enter your iPhone password if needed.

3. Next, enter your administrator password or use your Touch ID (if needed) and you will see a connection screen.

4. iPhone mirroring will wirelessly transmit iPhone screen to Mac and is now ready to use.

You can now see your iPhone in the app window on your Mac screen.

You can interact with it like you would with anything else.

Click the application icons to open them, click the text field to enter using the Mac keyboard, and more. This is a powerful feature and very easy to use.

Future versions of iPhone images will support drag and drop between iPhone and Mac and may add additional features, so you need to continue updating MacOS and iOS to ensure you get the feature.

Practical Tips

Here are some practical tips for iPhone mirroring:

• Hover your mouse near the top of the iPhone mirrored window to display the standard Mac window title bar button so you can move it and also display other iPhone mirrored buttons; the box will return to the home screen, and the overlayed box will open the App Switcher.
• Click the __ line at the bottom of the screen to return to the home screen.
• Swipe left or right on the Mac trackpad will perform the same swipe on the iPhone.
• Swipe up or down on the Mac trackpad will scroll up or down on the iPhone image.
• How to open Control Center on iPhone via iPhone mirror? A good question! This seems to be unfulfilled.
• Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly navigate.
• You can change the iPhone you are using by going to App Settings.
• You are currently unable to access the iPhone camera from your Mac via iPhone mirror (at least for now, maybe later versions will support it).

Keyboard shortcuts

Here are some practical keyboard shortcuts for using iPhone mirroring on your Mac:

• Go to the home screen – Command 1
• Go to Application Switcher – Command 2
• Go to Spotlight – Command 3
• Resize iPhone window to original size – Command 0
• Zoom in iPhone window – Command
• Reduce iPhone window – Command –

Troubleshooting

If your iPhone image doesn't work as expected, try the following:

• Put your iPhone very close to your Mac.
• If your iPhone connection continues to time out or disconnect, make sure that your iPhone is close to your Mac and is not obscured by anything.
• Do not use other Bluetooth intensive tasks or devices at the same time, the keyboard/mouse is OK, but streaming to Bluetooth speakers or other devices via AirPlay may prevent iPhone mirroring from working.
• Lock and unlock iPhone.
• Restart your iPhone and Mac and try again.
• Exit the iPhone Mirror app and restart it.
• Disable any VPN app, firewall app, or antivirus app on your Mac.
• Install any available iOS or MacOS updates.
• iPhone mirrors are currently subject to regional restrictions for some reason, so please note that this feature is not available yet in some countries and regions.

iPad compatibility

Currently, iPhone mirroring is limited to iPhone only. This means it doesn't work on iPads, nor does it have an equivalent iPad mirroring app.

However, this is obviously desirable and a low-cost result of a new feature, so this feature may appear in future MacOS and iPadOS.

What do you think of iPhone mirroring? Do you use this feature on your Mac? What is your favorite use case? What additional features do you want it to have and, if any, what features? Please tell us your thoughts and experiences in the comments.

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