It’s go time for iOS 18, macOS 15, and all their pals! Your app updates that you simply slaved over all through the summer season are most likely already pending launch and all of it kicks off on Monday!
I have been operating the betas not too long ago, and the iPhone Mirroring function confuses me. It really works nicely when my telephone is shut by, however I by chance left it downstairs within the kitchen a number of days in the past and tried to make use of mirroring for an actual process for the primary time. Sadly, it failed to attach as a result of my telephone was too far-off. 🫤
Now, earlier than you begin considering I stay in a mansion and I used to be attempting to attach between my workplace the east wing to my kitchen within the west wing, I want I did! my kitchen is on the backside of the steps and my workplace is on the prime. Perhaps 6 metres away. I’ve not discovered anybody else complaining about vary, however each demo I’ve seen, even Apple’s has the telephone sitting proper subsequent to the Mac.
So, I’ve been serious about why this function exists.
It’s a part of the Continuity set of options, which have (not less than for me) been an amazing success. It’s potential a few of them have been just a little flaky at first, however they’re rock strong now and I couldn’t stay with out seamless copy and paste between my telephone and my Mac. ❤️
The second half of the iPhone Mirroring demo was all about utilizing it for drag and drop between units. A function that feels way more part of the Continuity set of options. I’m wondering if that’s the true goal of what Apple constructed, and all the opposite elements of it are simply what it took to make that work? Definitely if my telephone is sitting instantly subsequent to me, I’d fairly decide it up than use it with my mouse in a window on my Mac.
I do want it could work from my kitchen for these occasional occasions I by chance go away my telephone downstairs. That mentioned, a number of extra flights of stairs daily will do me extra good than hurt!
Dave Verwer 