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I'm unable to Screen Mirror iPhone 12 Pro to my MacBook Pro

I start the process of setting up my iPhone 12 Pro to mirror on my MacBook Pro running Sequoia, and it won't get passed the screen below. iPhone is running iOS 18.0, both devices have Bluetooth and WiFi on, and both devices are signed in to the same iCloud (Apple) ID account. I have rebooted both devices. And yes, the iPhone is right next to the MacBook Pro and powered on. I've checked all possibly relevant settings I can think of (e.g., no VPN is running). I am in the U.S.

Any thoughts out there? Anyone else running into this?

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MacBook Pro 15″

Posted on Sep 18, 2024 12:28 PM

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kevhil

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8 points

Posted on Sep 23, 2024 4:12 PM

Apparently my "Use iPhone widgets" setting got toggled off, not sure how. This must be toggled on in order to use iPhone Mirroring (System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Widgets):

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Sep 19, 2024 8:33 AM in response to KGeez00

KGeez00 wrote:

Thanks for that. Oh dear, time to invest in a new Mac!

tagging on to an existing post leads to confusion.

What I can say is there are issues w/ this new feature even running the latest hardware.

If your iMac is running Sequoia it at the least has a T2 chip— that is not your issue:

Mac computers with the Apple T2 Security Chip - Apple Support

macOS Sequoia is compatible with these devices

macOS Sequoia - Apple

dyrector Author

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13 points

Sep 19, 2024 12:54 PM in response to dyrector

FWIW, I can now mirror my iPhone 12 on my MacBook Pro. I had tried again today, and got the same result. So, I started to file a bug report (Product Feedback - Apple) as suggested by leroydouglas. I wanted to try to copy-paste the error message wording, so I clicked the iPhone Mirroring icon again. And what d'ya know? It started the connection/setup process.

I guess it knew I was getting serious about getting this fixed. 😂

KGeez00

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Sep 19, 2024 5:49 AM in response to Owl-53

Thanks for that. Oh dear, time to invest in a new Mac!

RauniX

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8 points

Sep 23, 2024 10:22 PM in response to dyrector

In my case it is showing Time out - I am mirroring iPhone12 with MacBook Air M1 chip.

RauniX

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8 points

Sep 26, 2024 6:11 AM in response to carlmac

It worked for me ...

Sep 29, 2024 11:06 PM in response to KGeez00

me too. Please help.

rdgajjar

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20 points

Oct 14, 2024 4:15 AM in response to KGeez00

Have been going through the same issue and nont seeing ends meet. Would have bee really usefull by apple to provide insights on how to fix this.

cpoper

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12 points

Oct 18, 2024 5:59 AM in response to drjicook

Thank you! I was so frustrated that I couldn't get my iPhone 16 to mirror to my Mac. I did what you recommended and I'm all set.

Oct 26, 2024 5:22 AM in response to dyrector

I've looked through all the posts.

i have the latest Mac OS and iphone update.

same wifi, bluetooth on.

Only have one iphone

but cant get it to work

Gebsy

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46 points

Nov 7, 2024 12:07 PM in response to dyrector

It appears iOS 18 or higher is needed on the iPhone.

Nov 10, 2024 8:43 AM in response to s0ph13a

This was my problem. Thank you

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