I have all the settings on iPhone 16 pro max on for allow calls from nearby devices, I have the iPhone connected to Mac m5 , however when I try to call my dad from Macbook it says calls are not allowed while using iPhone mirroring ? isn't this one of the advertised features? what am I missing?
tia
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 26.3
I just tested things with my Mac (running Sequoia 15.7.4) and iPhone (running iOS 18.7.2).
This was with the "iPhone Cellular Calls" feature set up.
Continuity features and requirements for Apple devices – Apple Support
When I enabled iPhone Mirroring, and attempted to place a call from the Phone app in the iPhone Mirroring window, I got the very specific error message "Calls are not available using iPhone Mirroring." When I tried to place the call using the Mac's FaceTime app (the normal way to use the "iPhone Cellular Calls" feature), the call silently failed.
When I called the iPhone, the iPhone rang. Answering on the iPhone ended the iPhone Mirroring session. When I repeated this experiment, I noticed that the Mac also displayed a notification about the incoming call – and let me take it. (Given how specific the "Calls are not available using iPhone Mirroring" message was, the ability to accept calls on the Mac without losing the iPhone Mirroring session may have been an unsupported feature.)
I have not tried turning off "iPhone Cellular Calls" to see if this would allow placing and receiving phone calls using the Phone app in the iPhone Mirroring window.
[EDIT: Just tried that now. Turning off "Allow Calls on Other Devices" didn't allow placing calls from the iPhone app in the iPhone Mirroring window.]
I just tested things with my Mac (running Sequoia 15.7.4) and iPhone (running iOS 18.7.2).
This was with the "iPhone Cellular Calls" feature set up.
Continuity features and requirements for Apple devices – Apple Support
When I enabled iPhone Mirroring, and attempted to place a call from the Phone app in the iPhone Mirroring window, I got the very specific error message "Calls are not available using iPhone Mirroring." When I tried to place the call using the Mac's FaceTime app (the normal way to use the "iPhone Cellular Calls" feature), the call silently failed.
When I called the iPhone, the iPhone rang. Answering on the iPhone ended the iPhone Mirroring session. When I repeated this experiment, I noticed that the Mac also displayed a notification about the incoming call – and let me take it. (Given how specific the "Calls are not available using iPhone Mirroring" message was, the ability to accept calls on the Mac without losing the iPhone Mirroring session may have been an unsupported feature.)
I have not tried turning off "iPhone Cellular Calls" to see if this would allow placing and receiving phone calls using the Phone app in the iPhone Mirroring window.
[EDIT: Just tried that now. Turning off "Allow Calls on Other Devices" didn't allow placing calls from the iPhone app in the iPhone Mirroring window.]
There is a Continuity feature to let you take and place calls on a Mac with the help of an iPhone. That is a different feature from iPhone Mirroring. It’s also been around longer - I used it with an old iMac running High Sierra (although it was not as reliable under High Sierra as I might have liked).
If the error message is as specific as you say, that suggests that the purpose of iPhone Mirroring is not to let you place calls in the way that you are trying to place them. It’s probably more about providing access to other iPhone apps.
Calls not allowed on MacBook during iPhone mirroring
