Setting up iPhone Mirroring with Replacement Phone

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Setting up iPhone Mirroring with Replacement Phone

Yesterday I upgraded from an iPhone 12 to 16. I had already setup the 12 for iPhone Mirroring on my Mac. I no longer have the old phone (12). My Mac is still trying to use it for Mirroring. How do I switch iPhone Mirroring to my new phone?

Most support article instruct you to:

Settings > Desktop & Dock > Widgets etc - and choose the phone I want to use. But that seems to only work if I had both phones.

Other articles say to use the iPhone Mirror add to 'Reset iPhone Access' but again seems to only work if I still had the old phone.

Posted on Oct 5, 2024 6:01 PM

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Answer 1

KJBlack

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Oct 8, 2024 10:01 AM in response to leiman

I have something similar, the only difference is that I still have my other phone. Both iPhones show up in the "Desktop & Doc" system settings. I choose the new iPhone (after changing the name as I transferred all the data from the old phone, and they were both named the same.) But I only get an error message when trying to click on the iPhone mirroring in the dock.

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OoEStHeR

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Oct 20, 2024 11:15 PM in response to leiman

Had the similar issue and struggled for a while.

Here is the solution I figured out: You get to choose which iPhone you want to use for iPhone Mirroring in Mac Settings.

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Answer 3

Oct 20, 2024 11:32 PM in response to leiman

I am having the same problem. My Macbook Air cannot detect my new iPhone 16 pro. The iPhone widgets also in my Mac are no longer appearing since upgrading to the iPhone 16 pro

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