iPhone Mirroring worked, then stopped working

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iPhone Mirroring worked, then stopped working

I started using iPhone Mirroring as soon as it came out, and it was working great. Very useful!

Then it stopped working. I don't know of anything I changed at the point when it stopped. Now I start up the OSX app and it says "Unlock iPhone" very briefly (but correctly referring to my phone by name) and then switches to "Unable to Connect to iPhone". I have tried resetting both the phone (15 Pro) and the Mac (M3 MacBook Pro). Both are up-to-date as of yesterday. Both have WiFi and Bluetooth on, and they are both on the same WiFi network and logged into the same Apple ID. The phone appears correctly in the device list on my Apple account, and it is the only phone on that list. I can copy and paste between the two devices, AirDrop works in both directions, iMessage sharing works, phone calls from the computer via the phone work.

iPhone Mirroring does not.

What should I try, or how can I debug this further?

iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Nov 21, 2024 4:32 PM

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Kilomathon_man

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Feb 15, 2025 2:34 AM in response to glenn mcdonald

I have found a solution that hopefully will work for others. To date I have tried the other suggestions of logging out of iCloud and turning things on off etc etc, in fact even reinstalled Sequoia to see if it was corrupted somehow but kept getting into a loop of being unable to connect until I unlocked the iPhone, which then gave an error saying phone in use and please lock it. Nothing has worked so far until...

Quit iPhone Mirroring. Locate the following area in Finder:

Macintosh HD / Users / {name} / Library / Containers /

and delete the folder

iPhone Mirroring

Launch iPhone Mirroring and hopefully you will see a Welcome Screen about getting started with iPhone Mirroring. Follow the prompts to allow access and a few clicks later you should be up and running.

I hope it works for you too.

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Feb 15, 2025 2:00 PM in response to glenn mcdonald

Update!: After updating my phone to 18.3.1, and no other steps or changes, iPhone Mirroring is now working again. I will report back if it stops working again.

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Feb 18, 2025 9:46 AM in response to glenn mcdonald

After updating the Mac to 15.3.1, Mirroring promptly began timing out again. But after quitting and restarting Mirroring, it acted like I was connecting the phone for the first time again, and is working. For now.

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Feb 7, 2025 7:27 AM in response to glenn mcdonald

Update: with iOS 18.3 on the phone and Sequoia 15.3 on the Macbook...no change. iPhone Mirroring still doesn't connect. Every other mac/phone interaction continues to work fine, including using the phone passkey to login to post this on the mac.

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Dec 17, 2024 6:52 PM in response to glenn mcdonald

As of 18.1.1 I now get past the "Unable to Connect" stage, but only as far as "Connecting to [my phone name]", where it sits for a minute or two and eventually times out.

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Dec 29, 2024 8:15 AM in response to glenn mcdonald

As of Sequoia 15.2 on the Mac and iOS 18.2 on the phone, I get the "Unable to connect" message more quickly, but no less consistently.

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iPhone Mirroring worked, then stopped working

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