Iphone mirroring on Macbook unable to connect to iphone

I have just updated my iPhone 13 Pro to iOS 18.0.1 my MacBook m3 is on sequoia and it has started to work. It would not see the iPhone until it was updated so maybe it was addressed in the patch?

I have this problem also - but I think I know why. Despite Apple saying that this only requires Sequoia and IOS 18, they don't mention that your Mac has to have the M1 or greater chip, not the Intel chip that many people still have. Obviously, Apple is in it to sell hardware, so you won't be able to do iPhone mirroring without going to a newer Mac.

You can check your system...go to the Apple Icon at the upper left, choose "About This Mac". On that subsequent screen, if it shows your CPU/Processor is an Intel, you are out of luck when it comes to mirroring. I refuse to upgrade right now because mine isn't that old, it performs well and it's a 27" screen. Apple doesn't make anything near that anymore (only 24") nor can you get a very extensive configuration like you could in the past.

Anyway, that MAY be the reason you can't do the mirroring.

The official documentation states that "computer is a Mac with Apple silicon or Mac with the Apple T2 Security Chip". Intel based Macs should support mirroring if they are new enough. Yet many are facing the same issue.

Im having the same issue plus a new 'feature'. Hand off no longer works between my mac book pro (M1 Max Sequoia 15.0.1) and iphone 16 pro (18.0.1).

I had the iphone 13 pro a few days ago and updated all my software between mac and iphone. hand off worked fine before then. After update, i set up iphone mirroring and that worked however hand off between Mac and iPhone stopped. I also have an iPad that handoff still works on just fine.

I received my new iphone 16 pro a few days ago and set it up. Completed full xfer between phones. Now iPhone mirroring doesn't work at all. I've rebooted both iphone 16 pro and mac book pro several times. ensured the iphone 13 no longer has access even to wifi & blue tooth.

I've logged out of icloud, rebooted, logged back in. I'm super frustrated :(

I have an M1 Macbook Air and an iPhone 13 mini.

"Unlock iPhone"

enter correct iPhone password

"Unable to connect to iPhone"

Every single time.

I've tried every troubleshooting procedure I can find and this is always the result.

I'm having the same problem. I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max with iOS 18 and an M2 MacBook Air running sequoia. Very frustrating.

I have had this same issue, my MacBook air m2 2022 and iPhone 15 meet the requirements with the latest os and ios, and it still says unable to connect.

I just installed the latest update as of 10/04 and still have the same problem.

IOS 18.0.1

Mac OS 15.0.1 (24A348)