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iPhone Mirroring not working

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SkydiveGuy

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I updated my iPhone and MacBook Pro (M1) to the latest and greatest and cant get the new iPhone Screen Mirroring app to work... just flashes and goes back to "Continue".
Ive verified my accounts are the same on both devices, wifi and BT are on, not screen sharing or anything like that, tried with phone locked and unlocked.....
 
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I was having issues where it kept timing out. I restarted the iPhone and everything magically worked.

I also saw on Reddit that toggling Bluetooth off/on and both phone and Mac helped some people.
 
I woke up this AM and had some alerts that my FaceTime account was not authorized on my Mac and mirroring is now working. Weird.
 
Mine says the phone is use and will connect when not being used, but then, when its not, it times out before connecting. So the App clearly 'sees' the phone, but has issues.

Boring.
 
SkydiveGuy said:
I updated my iPhone and MacBook Pro (M1) to the latest and greatest and cant get the new iPhone Screen Mirroring app to work... just flashes and goes back to "Continue".
Ive verified my accounts are the same on both devices, wifi and BT are on, not screen sharing or anything like that, tried with phone locked and unlocked.....
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I did the same, (mbp 2019 16inch intel) when I click on the iPhone mirroring app on the MacBook pro, my phone asks me to input my passcode (so its definitely found my phone) and all that happens is my MacBook Pro says "unable to connect to iPhone" so I too would like to know if anyone knows how to connect? my phone is iPhone 12.
 
I've tried, unsuccessfully, to connect my iPhone 13 Pro Max (18.0) to my iMac 2019 (Sequoia 15.0) for iPhone Mirroring. Bluetooth and WiFi are enabled, but pairing to the iMac I get the Pairing Unsuccessful and iMac is not supported popup on my iPhone. Any advice on how to resolve? Thanks.
 
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M1 Mac Mini - same issue. I've rebooted both devices, tried disabling and re-enabling bluetooth, etc., but it just flickers after pressing "Continue" and never lets me go past that part.

Tried it on an M2 MacBook Air and it worked first time, no issues (although I wish the app supported gestures for returning to the home screen).
 
I had the same issue and think I found the solution: -
In order to first connect, the iPhone must be in discoverable Bluetooth mode. This can be accomplished by opening the Bluetooth settings screen on iPhone while attempting to connect for the first time. Once connected, lock the phone, and the mirroring will start.
 
morprof1 said:
I had the same issue and think I found the solution: -
In order to first connect, the iPhone must be in discoverable Bluetooth mode. This can be accomplished by opening the Bluetooth settings screen on iPhone while attempting to connect for the first time. Once connected, lock the phone, and the mirroring will start.
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Didn't work for me but thanks, usual apple bullsh*t.
 
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Although I can connect (had some issues at first and reset the connection which then worked again) with no problem, if an app is locked by FaceID on the iPhone, no matter how many times I input my Mac password and/or TouchID, the app never unlocks and it's therefore unusable. What strikes me as odd is MacOS Sequoia 15 and iOS 18.0 have gone through several beta testing stages - did this not happen to those who tested it?
 
morprof1 said:
I had the same issue and think I found the solution: -
In order to first connect, the iPhone must be in discoverable Bluetooth mode. This can be accomplished by opening the Bluetooth settings screen on iPhone while attempting to connect for the first time. Once connected, lock the phone, and the mirroring will start.
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This wasn’t something I had to do. Perhaps it’s a LAN thing... possibly some rules or settings preventing it?
 
Not the same issue, but mine worked well from Monday (release day) through Sunday.
Then the last two days it ask for the iPhone passcode to be entered (on the iPhone :mad:) or shows a timeout
error message or a connect message. A few times it works normally.

Nothing changed on my end, maybe is server-side related thing?
Basic troubleshooting didn't solved the problem.
 
I found the answer on Apple's support page here: iPhone Mirroring system requirements

TL;DR is that the feature requires an Apple Silicon computer, or one with a T2 chip.

The 2019 iMacs I have do not qualify. I suspect this explains it for a lot of you. Bummer that the software doesn't check for this hardware requirement and display a useful message to explain the failure.
 
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amethystjw said:
I found the answer on Apple's support page here: iPhone Mirroring system requirements

TL;DR is that the feature requires an Apple Silicon computer, or one with a T2 chip.

The 2019 iMacs I have do not qualify. I suspect this explains it for a lot of you. Bummer that the software doesn't check for this hardware requirement and display a useful message to explain the failure.
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exactly, same problem here, 2019 iMac without T2 doesn't work. I am surprised that the M1 MBP and MBA also don't work for some reason...

Iphone mirroring works on:
  • MacBook Pro introduced in 2018 through 2020, excluding MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)
  • MacBook Air introduced in 2018 through 2020, excluding MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
  • iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) and iMac Pro
  • Mac mini (2018)
  • Mac Pro introduced in 2019
 
morprof1 said:
I had the same issue and think I found the solution: -
In order to first connect, the iPhone must be in discoverable Bluetooth mode. This can be accomplished by opening the Bluetooth settings screen on iPhone while attempting to connect for the first time. Once connected, lock the phone, and the mirroring will start.
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Thanks - that worked for me.
 
Make sure you have WIFI/BT on, and let the two devices sync (per on-screen guidance).

After that, you have to have the iPhone screen locked to be able to mirror on the Desktop.

Phone functions (and possibly more (I have not fully-explored)) will not work.

Additionally--if you subsequently Unlock your Phone during the phone<->comp connection--iPM will turn-off.

Lock the Phone, and iPM will resume.
 
Hi,
If the issue is still not resolved, make sure that AirPlay or Sidecar is not active. If it is active, iPhone mirroring might not work.
 
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