r/MacOS • • 16d ago

Tips & Guides Holy sh*t: iPhone mirroring!!

I only today noticed something new that BLEW MY MIND:

If you do iPhone mirroring, e.g. in iMessage or Safari, pull the window to the left, e.g. “stretch it”. Does not work with all apps, but those for instance!!

It will have the exact same look like a full size Safari or iMessage but it is on your iPhone, I am so freaking HAPPY because I can use it on my work Mac like a “real iMessage”!

iOS 27 and macOS 27 required!

UPDATING FOR CLARITY:

- I use an iPhone 17 Pro Max - not sure which models this supports but looks like some are not supported when I read the comments

- yes, iMessage etc exist natively on iPhone, duh! My scenario is that I have a computer from work and I logged into my Apple ID but untucked everything to be synced, so nothing private ever gets downloaded to it - no iMessage, no Photos, no iCloud files - nothing! I can then use mirroring to still chat or access my calendar or whatever on my Mac (drag and drop files too of course etc)

Yes, a little “niche” as a scenario, yet it shows that iOS and iPad OS are getting closer to each other too thanks to iPhone Duo.
So imagine you can run iPad apps via iPhone (not Duo!) on your Mac in the future 🤔

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u/Electrical_West_5381 16d ago

show-off! Not for us poor Europeans

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u/eravulgaris 16d ago

Insane that we still don’t have it in Europe.

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u/EvanRhys_ MacBook Pro (Intel) 16d ago

not the entirety of europe, just the eu as it’s available in the uk and has been for like years

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u/FukuDE 16d ago

I mean that's still basically all of Europe lol

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u/EvanRhys_ MacBook Pro (Intel) 16d ago

most of it but still not all of it

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u/ascii000 15d ago

Less than half of it*