How To Mirror Iphone To Mac And Control It

How to Mirror Your iPhone Screen to Mac 2021

For the question about how to screen mirroring your iPhone to Mac, we're going to show you three best ways to learn and practice.

Screen Mirroring & AirPlay Tips

Have you ever thought to view your iPhone on a bigger screen like on your Mac? Generally, iOS users may want to mirror iPhone screen to Mac for various purposes: doing a business presentation on a bigger screen can make works much more efficient; playing games is more fun; sharing personal photos with friends and families and transferring videos from iPhone to Mac creates a warmer atmosphere, and watching movies on a larger screen must be a cool experience.

Here, we're going to show you the 4 best ways to connect your iPhone to Mac,mirroring what you need on Mac. They can make you easily enjoy a bigger iPhone screen.

Mirror Your iPhone Screen to Mac

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How to Mirror Your iPhone Screen to Mac with QuickTime

QuickTime Player is an extensible multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of capturing the screen of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. You can capture exactly what you're seeing on your iPhone. Or you can make a video recording of your Mac screen, for example, video of a working demo, game reviews, photos slide show, and so on.

This capability requires a USB cable. Mirroring Requirements for devices are:

The Mac: macOS X Yosemite or later
The iPhone: iOS 8 or later

Here are the STEPS:

Connect your iPhone to your Mac with a USB cable.
Open the QuickTime Player on your Mac.
Click "File", and choose "New Movie Recording".
Click the Options pop-up menu, then Choose Your Connected iPhone.

Choose "New Movie Recording" and "Your Connected iPhone"
The iPhone screen will now instantly display on the Mac.

Successfully Mirroring Your iPhone Screen to Mac with QuickTime Player

The default input device will be set to the built-in camera. To change it to your iPhone, click the Optionspop-up menu (down arrow next to the Record button). Then select your connected iPhone.
When connecting iPhone to Mac, the Photos and iTunes are automatically launched. You can close those apps and continue the process.

How to Screen Mirroring iPhone to MacBook with AnyMirror

How do I mirror my iPhone 13 on my Mac? If you are looking for a way to mirror your new iPhone 13 to your MacBook without any technology required, AnyMirror is absolutely a good choice for you. It allows you to mirroriPhone to Mac with synchronized audio in high quality in a few clicks. You can mirror your iPhone screen to Mac both via Wi-Fi flexibly or via USB cable stably as you like.

AnyMirror supports iPhone/iPad/iPod touch and works well on both Windows and Mac computers. It is compatible with the latest Mac/Windows systems, and also compatible with the latest Android, iOS, iPadOS.

What's more, AnyMirror is more than a mirror tool, it can satisfy almost all your needs about mirroring iPhone to your Mac. There are the main features of AnyMirror:

Multiple Mirror Sources – With AnyMirror, you can mirror multiple phones/ tablets with different screens, mics, audio, and cameras at the same time and you can freely arrange these mirrored screen sections as you like.
Auto Rotation and Zoom in – The mirrored screen on the computer will automatically rotate with the device screen between portrait and landscape. And you can freely magnify the screen or zoom out.
Record and Capture Screen – AnyMirror can make real-time recordings during mirroring or take screenshots.
Live Stream Screen & Audio – Live stream your screens, audio, cams, and mics straight to YouTube, or to conferencing software, like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, etc
Suitable for Multiple Scenarios – Meeting, Game Live Streaming, School Teaching or Work Result Demonstration, AnyMirror will meet all various screen-casting needs and without special equipment requirements.

Step 1. Free Download AnyMirror on your MacBook > Then search AnyMirror in App Store and tap GET to download it on your iPhone.

Select Function on AnyMirror

Step 2. Launch AnyMirror on the computer and connect your iPhone to Mac with a USB cable (You can also use Wi-Fi to mirror iPhone to Mac) > Choose Screen Mirroring on your computer and tap on OK.

Choose Screen Mirroring On Computer

Step 3. Select Screen Mirroring mode on your iPhone > Select USB > Click the Start button >Click Start Broadcast button.

Choose Start Broadcast on iPhone

Step 4. Now you can see your iPhone screen is on your Mac and you can go to any screen that you want to mirror to the computer. You can also record and capture the mirrored screen by using the tools at the top-right corner.

Mirror iPhone Screen to Computer Successfully

AirPlay from iPhone to Mac with Reflector

AirPlay Mirroring sends exactly what is on the iPhone screen wirelessly. While Apple does support screen mirroring between iPhone and Apple TV, it doesn't provide a built-in solution to directly display your iPhone screen on Mac. But luckily, an AirPlay Receiver-Reflector can enable AirPlay for iPhone.

This capability requires a Wi-Fi network. Mirroring Requirements for Devices are:

An AirPlay receiver: Reflector
The iPhone: iOS 7 or later

Here are the STEPS how to airplay from iPhone to Mac:

Step 1. Make sure your iPhone and Mac are on the same wireless network.

Step 2. Download and launch Reflector on your Mac.

Step 3. Open up Control Center on your iPhone:

On iPhone X or later or iPad with iOS 12 or later: Swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen.
On iPhone 8 or earlier or iOS 11 or earlier: Swipe up from the bottom edge of any screen.

Step 4. Tap the "AirPlay/Screen Mirroring".

Step 5. Select your Mac from the list.

S tep 6.If a code appears on your Mac, enter the onscreen code on your iPhone.

S tep 7.The iPhone screen will now instantly appear on the Mac.

Mirroring Your iPhone Screen to Mac with Airplay

If you can't enable AirPlay for iPhone, please:

Make sure that your Mac is near the iPhone, try moving closer to it, and try again.
Make sure that your Mac and iPhone are updated to the latest software version.

How to Mirror Your iPhone Screen to Mac with AnyTrans

AnyTrans is a comprehensive iPhone data management software, it provides you a Free Screen Mirror tool for iPhone screen mirroring. Here are some of its main features:

It allows you to mirror the iPhone screen to Mac (or PC) in a click.
During the screen mirroring, you can also record or capture the screen.
In addition, it can help transfer all your iPhone data to another iPhone/iPad, or Mac/PC computer, and vice versa.
Also, it helps you backup your iPhone completely to protect you from unexpected data loss. And then you can restore them whenever required.

Mirroring your iPhone to Mac with AnyTrans requires a WiFi network. Requirements for Devices are:

The Mac: macOS Catalina beta, macOS Mojave, macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, OS X 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8
The iPhone: iOS 5 or later

Here are the STEPS:

Step 1. Make sure your iPhone and Mac on the same wireless network.

Step 2. Download AnyTrans and launch it on your Mac.

S tep 3.Click the Screen Mirroring option on the left navigation of the interface.

Screen Mirroring with AnyTrans

S tep 4.Open up Control Center on your iPhone:

On iPhone X or later or iPad with iOS 12 or later: Swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen.
On iPhone 8 or earlier or iOS 11 or earlier: Swipe up from the bottom edge of any screen.

S tep 5.Tap the AirPlay/Screen Mirroring button, and Choose the Name AnyTrans_XXX (your computer name).

Tap the "AirPlay/Screen Mirroring" Button and Choose the Name AnyTrans_XXX

S tep 6.The iPhone screen will now instantly display on the Mac.

Successfully Mirroring Your iPhone Screen to Mac with AnyTrans

Brief Comparison among QuickTime, AnyMirror, AirPlay, and AnyTrans

	QuickTime	AnyMirror	AirPlay	AnyTrans
WiFi	Not supported	Supported	Supported	Supported
Condition	One-click	Supported	Reflector needed	Supported
Mirror Record Capture	√	√	√	√
Price	Free	Free Trial for screen mirroring	Free Trial for Reflector	Free Trial for screen mirroring

The Bottom Line

Today, most people own more than one electronic product to entertain life. Screen mirroring iPhone to a bigger screen is one of the digital entertainment lifestyles. Once you're screening your iPhone to Mac, you can fast control your media on your iPhone. Remote handling the functions and enjoying the bigger screen must be a unique experience provided by screen mirroring. Without further ado, just get the latest version of AnyMirror and have a try!

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