I'm running the Mac and IOS betas and things are going smoothly. I'd like to know the distinction between the Screen Mirroring applet in the control center and the iPhone mirroring app? I tried screen mirroring and could use it just fine. The iPhone mirroring app is not just fine. One thing it does is tell me that it can't be using the iPhone, and I need to lock it. Ok, so how am I going to mirror anything with it locked, unless that's a sort of inaccessible option to have it mirrored while it's locked? To me, that's the crucial difference, but if I need to mirror my screen and do it accessibly, I'm perfectly happy to unlock my phone. It's a bit perplexing. TiA ...
By Teresa, 1 July, 2024
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It appears to be…
It appears to be incompatible with voiceover. I get exactly the same behaviour.
Screen mirroring just projects the output from a device to another device and, aside from play/pause, back and forward, the device it is projected to can't control it. iPhone Mirroring is different in that the link is taken by the mac and allows for full control of the iPhone... In theory.
Thanks!
Oh, I appreciate the explanation.
you also receive audio and notification sounds
Hi there, I'm not sure if others have mentioned this, but you also receive audio and notification sounds. while we have other options such as airplay, the downside is when using airplay, no notification sounds goes through your mac. however, with iPhone mirroring, you do get both audio and notification sounds, all while you're iPhone remains locked, thus allowing you to interact using your mac. As others have said, the usability is not accessible with VoiceOver at the moment. Hoping that will change throughout the beta cycle leading up to the official launch. Good luck to those that are testing it.