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iPhone mirroring on the Mac lets you
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control your phone using your computer a
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major convenience when your phone is in
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your pocket your purse or your backpack
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all your notifications can be mirrored
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onto your Mac as well letting you triage
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them and take care of business without
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even touching your phone or interrupting
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your workflow here's how it
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works introduced in iOS 18 and Mac OS
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Sequoya iPhone mirroring is the latest
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in a line of features called continuity
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features that let your iPhone Mac and
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other Apple devices work together
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seamlessly and totally wirelessly other
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continuity features include Universal
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clipboard which lets you copy and paste
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things from one device onto another the
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ability to unlock a Mac with an Apple
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Watch and continuity camera which lets
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you use an iPhone as a highdef webcam
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for your Mac iOS 18 is available right
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now and runs on all of these iPhones as
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is Mac OS tooa which runs on all Apple
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silicon Macs and the last few Intel
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models for this feature to work both
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devices need to be signed into the same
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Apple account which means you probably
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can't use this feature with your
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personal iPhone and a work issued Mac
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both devices also need to have Wi-Fi and
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Bluetooth enabled and you can't use this
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feature simultaneously with AirPlay iPad
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sidecar or Mac internet sharing after
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you update both devices you'll see an
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iPhone mirroring icon on your Dock and
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you can click to launch the setup
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process process you'll see a little
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splash screen explaining how it works
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and then you can click continue then
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you'll be prompted to type in the
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passcode on your iPhone and then you can
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choose whether or not you want
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notifications from your iPhone to be
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mirrored onto your Mac you can click
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either allow or don't allow personally I
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allowed it but only because I diligently
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mute notifications on my iPhone to begin
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with a feature you may want to be aware
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of is that you can go up to iPhone
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mirroring settings and enable
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automatically authenticate that way you
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don't have to type in your Mac password
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every time you launch iPhone mirroring
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which can get kind of tiring personally
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I have that enabled but only because I
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never tell anybody my Mac password and I
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diligently lock it every time I'm away
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from my Mac if that isn't your situation
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then I would keep it set to ask every
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time also if you like you can remove the
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iPhone mirroring icon from your dock you
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can launch it at any time in the future
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with Spotlight by hitting command space
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typing in iPhone mirroring usually it
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autocompletes after just the first three
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letters and hitting return controlling
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your iPhone from your Mac is generally
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pretty intuitive a click of the mouse
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simulates a tap on the screen if you're
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using a Mac with a trackpad or Magic
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Mouse you can swipe across the surface
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to freely scroll in any direction if you
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have a traditional Mouse you can use the
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scroll wheel to go up or down
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or click and drag the mouse button to
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scroll left and right when you're using
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iPhone mirroring the Mac window controls
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are hidden but if you Mouse around the
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top of the screen they'll appear the
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buttons on the right will go to the home
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screen or bring up the app switcher you
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can also use keyboard shortcuts command
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one will go to the home screen command
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two lets you scroll through open apps
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and command three brings up Spotlight
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search you can also use keyboard
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shortcuts to adjust the size of the
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screen on your Mac command Comm minus
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makes it smaller command plus makes it
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bigger and command zero resets it to
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actual size also in a future update to
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iPhone mirroring you'll be able to use
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drag and drop to move files from your
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Mac onto your iPhone drag a file from
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the finder an image or video from photos
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or other items onto the mirrored iPhone
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screen and you can drop the attachment
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into the app you're using if you enable
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notifications banners from your iPhone
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will show up on your Mac just click on
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one of them and it'll launch iPhone
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mirroring into that particular app it's
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very smart however there are a few
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exceptions on the Mac I use Discord
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using a custom Safari web app which
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means I don't need Discord notifications
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to come through luckily you can go to
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system settings notifications and click
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allow notifications from iPhone to
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customize it uncheck any of the apps you
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don't want to see on your Mac apps that
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are already disabled on your iPhone are
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grayed out and can't be enabled but of
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course you can customize this open your
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phone you can even use iPhone mirroring
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for it and go to settings notifications
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to reenable an app that you previously
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silenced iPhone mirroring only works
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while your iPhone is locked if mirroring
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is active and your phone is unlocked
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mirroring immediately stops this is to
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prevent someone from nabbing your
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MacBook to see what you're doing on your
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phone while your iPhone is be being
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mirrored you'll see a permanent
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notification on your lock screen that
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says iPhone in use and the next time you
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use your iPhone you'll see a small
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Banner at the top of the screen that
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tells you mirroring was recently active
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these both make it abundantly clear
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what's happening without getting in your
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way for security reasons your iPhone's
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camera and microphone are both disabled
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during mirroring so you can't leave your
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phone in an inconspicuous spot and use
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mirroring from your Mac to spy on people
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now unfortunately that does mean that
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apps like Snapchat B camo or Final Cut
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camera don't work and iPhone mirroring
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furthermore if you use Snapchat it'll
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alert the other person that you're
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screen recording their snaps and
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conversations so maybe just use the web
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app on your Mac instead also in iPhone
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mirroring you can't change face ID and
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passcode settings the option simply
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doesn't exist in the settings app when
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you open it this prevents someone from
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using iPhone mirroring to change your
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passcode without your knowledge if you
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upgrade or replace your iPhone you can
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easily change iPhone mirroring to use
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the new one from the iPhone mirroring
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app on your Mac go to the menu bar and
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click iPhone mirroring settings then
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click change iPhone this will
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automatically open system settings to
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the desktop and Doc panel under the
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widgets section set the drop- down box
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next to iPhone to the device you want to
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use then go back to iPhone mirroring and
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you'll see a screen that says iPhone
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changed click connect if for whatever
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reason you want to remove iPhone
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mirroring entirely from your Mac you can
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easily do so just click revoke access
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you'll be asked again to make sure and
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click revoke and that is how to use
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iPhone mirror ring be sure to check out
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my other video on more awesome
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continuity features I'm driffin Jones