How to mirror iPhone screen on Mac

From time to time, you may find yourself in a situation where you need to mirror your iPhone screen on a Mac. It can be useful during a presentation or when viewing photos on a larger screen. In the past, you could use mirroring to record your screen, but nowadays you can find a function within iOS that allows you to easily record your screen and then work with the recording immediately. In this article, we will take a look at a free and easy method to mirror iPhone to Mac screen together. Let's get straight to the point.

How to mirror iPhone screen on Mac

There are countless different ways to share your screen from iPhone to Mac. For example, you can use various applications that take care of wireless image transmission - but in these cases you need a stable Internet connection. An unstable connection can cause jams and other problems. We'll show you how to cast your screen with a cable and native QuickTime. Proceed as follows:

• First, it is necessary that you use A Lightning cable connects your iPhone to a Mac or MacBook.
• After the connection is made, launch the app on your Mac called QuickTimePlayer.
  • You can find this application in applications, or you can start it using Spotlight.
• Once you have done so, click on the tab with the name in the top bar File.
• A drop-down menu will open, in which you just need to click on the first option New film footage.
• A new window will now open, in which the recording from the Mac's FaceTime HD camera will most likely appear.
• Hover over the new window, then tap at the bottom of the screen next to the trigger button small arrow.
• A small menu will open in which you just need to select a section Camera your iPhone.

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In the above way, you can easily, quickly and reliably mirror the screen of your iPhone (or iPad, of course) on a Mac. Among other things, you can also have sound played, or press the shutter button to start recording the screen. This way, you can screen mirror from iPhones running iOS 8 and later to Macs and MacBooks running macOS Yosemite and later. The great news is that there isn't any huge response when mirroring over a cable.

Discussion of the article

[Petr Adamek]

QuickTime Player stopped showing my iPhone in the camera section. Why and what about it?