iPhone Mirroring in iOS 18 introduces a highly convenient feature that allows you to project your iPhone's screen onto a Mac. This enhancement is especially useful for collaborative work, presentations, or simply extending your mobile experience to a larger display.
With seamless Documents integration for iPhone Mirroring, you can efficiently use the app in this mode to transfer files from your Mac and even enhance them in the Tools tab.
How does Documents work in iPhone Mirroring?
This feature provides you with several capabilities:
- quick access to Documents contents from your Mac
- ability to transfer files between Documents and Mac using drag and drop
- ability to drag files from Mac and drop them into the Documents Tools for instant file actions.
It’s important to remember, however, that iPhone Mirroring is only available for iOS 18 or later and macOS Sequoia or later.
Once both your devices are updated to the latest software versions, the iPhone Mirroring app can be found on your Mac via Spotlight search or in Finder > Applications. You can read more about it here.
How to use Tools Tab in iPhone Mirroring
The crucial point of iPhone Mirroring in Documents is the ability to drag and drop files to the Tools tab - in this way, the action from the Tools Tab can immediately be applied to your files.
Once you open the Tools Tab, you can start dragging your files from your Mac. By doing so, you will trigger all available tools for this format, and Documents will offer the possible actions intuitively.
You can find the list of available actions for the Tools Tab here.
If you change your mind and decide to skip the action you’ve chosen, you can simply close this window and tap Done.
