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How to Screen Mirror Your iPhone to Mac in Under 5 Minutes (Setup Guide for iOS 18)

Mirroring your iPhone screen to your Mac is one of the best new features in macOS Sequoia and iOS 18. In this video, Dillon Payne shows you exactly how to set it up and the powerful ways you can use it, from drag-and-drop file transfer (goodbye, AirDrop!) to running your favorite mobile-only apps right on…

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November 1, 2025

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0:30 Step-by-Step: How to Set Up iPhone Mirroring
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1:55 Use Case 2: Using iPhone Apps on Your Mac
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10 Comments

@Mmuzamil77

November 1, 2025 at 8:22 am

First comment 🎉

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@sambitsen8292

November 1, 2025 at 8:26 am

I have two iphones…..how do i choose which iphone to mirror?….it always opens the older one

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- @tomkimes
  
  November 1, 2025 at 8:38 am
  
  On your Mac, start iPhone mirroring, go to iPhone mirroring (menu) -> Settings -> Change iPhone … or open Settings -> Desktop and Dock -> scroll down to widgets and find the iPhone selection. The iPhone mirroring app will prompt to connect to the other phone.
  
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- @sambitsen8292
  
  November 1, 2025 at 8:41 am
  
  @tomkimesooh okay…thanks man
  
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- @meowbauk
  
  November 1, 2025 at 4:35 pm
  
  Or just use quick time <3
  
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@JenniferNg0529

November 1, 2025 at 9:05 am

Isn’t this video outdated? Apple already released MacOS Tahoe and iOS 26.

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@billoemail3198

November 1, 2025 at 10:38 am

It doesn’t work in Europe

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@jotamarsmusic

November 1, 2025 at 11:44 am

1 year later and this is still not available in a lot of countries…

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@dcassus

November 1, 2025 at 12:53 pm

You forgot to mention it’s not available in the EU. And they geofence it. Not even using a VPN will make it work. Then when I’m travelling where this function is not forbidden, the iPhone Mirror app suddenly appear on the Mac and it works like it’s supposed to.

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@joecomputers2740

November 2, 2025 at 5:40 am

xiaomi can mirror on macos

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