Apple’s macOS Sequoia comes with an iPhone Mirroring feature, and its new drag-and-drop ability has improved my workflow in ways I never thought I’d see.
Sometimes, people think it’s the big, headline features — like Apple Intelligence — that make an operating system great. But there’s one new feature in macOS Sequoia that shows the opposite is true — that a collection of less glamorous, yet meaningful changes can have a much bigger impact.
I’m talking about Apple’s new iPhone Mirroring feature. Or rather, one particular element of iPhone Mirroring: its new drag-and-drop ability. Even in the few short days it’s been available, it’s managed to improve my daily workflow and fix an issue that’s been bugging me for years.
Apple’s iPhone Mirroring was one of the best features announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) earlier this year. It lets you access a mock-up of your iPhone on your Mac’s desktop, and gives you the ability to open and interact with apps, type into your iPhone, and more.
But its most exciting element — drag-and-drop — has been absent from all macOS Sequoia and iOS 18 betas. Now, though, it’s available in the macOS 15.1 and iOS 18.1 developer beta 5, which means I’ve finally been able to try out something I’ve been looking forward to since June.The long-awaited solution
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