It’s go time for iOS 18, macOS 15, and all their buddies! Your app updates that you simply slaved over all through the summer time are in all probability already pending launch and all of it kicks off on Monday!
I have been working the betas lately, and the iPhone Mirroring characteristic confuses me. It really works effectively when my telephone is shut by, however I by accident left it downstairs within the kitchen a couple 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 high. 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 fascinated about why this characteristic 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 had been slightly flaky at first, however they’re rock stable 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 gadgets. A characteristic that feels rather more part of the Continuity set of options. I ponder if that’s the true function of what Apple constructed, and all the opposite components of it are simply what it took to make that work? Actually if my telephone is sitting instantly subsequent to me, I’d moderately choose 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 instances I by accident go away my telephone downstairs. That mentioned, a couple of extra flights of stairs day-after-day will do me extra good than hurt!
Dave Verwer 
