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Phone mirroring on the Mac might change how you use your phone

Use your phone without using your phone.

There is one important part of the setup process to mention, though: you decide early on whether you’ll need to enter a password every time you want to access your phone. I’ve also had trouble getting the Phone app to mirror properly, which is odd — sometimes it’ll work, but other times, it just opens a black screen. We’re still a few months away from macOS Sequoia and iOS 18 launching for real, so there’s time for Apple to add and improve some of the features in phone mirroring.

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