iPhone Mirroring/Q/How can I change apps while using iPhone Mirroring on Mac?
How can I change apps while using iPhone Mirroring on Mac?
- The stupid Apple UX principle applies - if you can't do it, it's likely hidden by a secret trick. If you put your mouse right on the bezzle of the iphone on the screen in the upper right hand corner, some icons will appear, and if you press one of them (I think it's a 9-square grid icon) you can see switch between them.
- Answer/Official from Use iPhone Mirroring on your Mac – Apple Support
- Short answer: switch apps the same way you would on the Mac itself — the iPhone Mirroring window behaves like a regular app window, not a fixed single-app view.
- From within the mirrored window:
- Swipe up from the bottom of the mirrored window (like the iPhone Home gesture) to return to the iPhone Home Screen, then tap a different app's icon.
- Swipe left/right along the bottom edge of the mirrored window to switch between recently used apps (mirrors the iPhone's app-switcher swipe gesture).
- From macOS, outside the mirrored window itself:
- Recently used iPhone apps also appear as separate icons in the Mac Dock while mirroring is active — click one directly to bring that app to the front in the mirrored window.
Cmd+Tab on the Mac switches between Mac apps as usual, including the iPhone Mirroring window as one entry; it does not switch between iPhone apps inside the mirrored session.
- Note: iPhone Mirroring requires the iPhone to stay locked with a passcode/Face ID/Touch ID and on the same Wi-Fi network (or paired via Bluetooth) as the Mac; it is unavailable while the iPhone is actively being used or unlocked nearby.