iPhone mirroring stopped working with new iPhone

When I first launched iPhone Mirroring, it showed my old phone. So I went to Settings and chose my new phone from the drop-down. Next when I tried to use iPhone mirroring, it started to connect and then said "Timed out starting iPhone Mirroring." So I restarted both devices and now it just says "Unable to Connect to iPhone." The strangest thing is the iPhone Mirroring settings are missing from both devices, so I don't know what my next steps are.


I'm on the same Wifi network, Bluetooth is on, both are signed into the same iCloud account. I have tried restarting twice. Switching airplane mode on and off. Turning off focus modes. Resetting the iPhone Mirroring app in Settings → Reset iPhone Access. I searched everywhere for an answer but no one seems to have this exact problem.


Thanks in advance!






iPhone 16 iOS 18 & Mac Mini M2 MacOS 15

iPhone 16 Plus

Posted on Sep 22, 2024 03:46 PM

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Posted on Sep 29, 2024 10:32 AM

Found a great fix in another thread:


How to Fix iPhone 13 Pro Mirroring Issues… - Apple Community


The answer is - credit to user "HopefullyHelpful01":


(1) Running following command on terminal



defaults delete com.apple.ScreenContinuity


(2) Deleting file



~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenContinuity.plist

(i.e. you can run "rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenContinuity.plist" while you're in the terminal)


This worked for me when manually removing all the plist files had not. I think the magic "defaults" argument is key.


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Sep 29, 2024 10:32 AM in response to Paul Emerson

Found a great fix in another thread:


How to Fix iPhone 13 Pro Mirroring Issues… - Apple Community


The answer is - credit to user "HopefullyHelpful01":


(1) Running following command on terminal



defaults delete com.apple.ScreenContinuity


(2) Deleting file



~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenContinuity.plist

(i.e. you can run "rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenContinuity.plist" while you're in the terminal)


This worked for me when manually removing all the plist files had not. I think the magic "defaults" argument is key.


Sep 27, 2024 02:40 AM in response to Paul Emerson

Change iPhone Mirroring settings

From the menu bar in the iPhone Mirroring app on your Mac, choose iPhone Mirroring > Settings, then choose from these settings:

  • Ask Every Time: iPhone Mirroring always asks you to authenticate before mirroring. Authenticate using your Mac login password, using Touch ID on your Mac, or using your Apple Watch
  • Authenticate Automatically: After entering your Mac login password to select this setting, you are no longer asked to authenticate before mirroring. While this setting is selected, the “Require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off” setting in Lock Screen settings remains set to Immediately.
  • Reset iPhone Access: Reset the iPhone Mirroring setup for this iPhone, including to remove “Allow notifications from iPhone” from Notifications settings on your Mac. To use iPhone Mirroring and receive iPhone notifications again, set up iPhone mirroring from the beginning. 


Nov 20, 2024 06:45 AM in response to Paul Emerson

This was the only solution that worked for me. In fact, had to sign out of all devices pretty much simultaneously. All devices are up to date. Initially signed out of iPhone 15 pro only which then mirrored correctly on my Air but not on my MacBook Pro 14″ so had to sign out of that too along with signing out and back in again on iPhone. At that point, did simultaneously sign out, restart, sign in on all devices including Watch.


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