Taimur Asad on September 17, 2024, 12:01 am

macOS Sequoia iPhone Mirroring Timed Out Error On iOS 18, Here’s How To Fix It

Here’s how to fix macOS Sequoia iPhone Mirroring Connect Timed Out error on iPhone running iOS 18.

As you may already know by now, Apple has released final version of macOS Sequoia and iOS 18 to public. One big new feature that comes part of macOS Sequoia is iPhone Mirroring which basically lets you fully control your iPhone remotely from Mac even when it’s away from you.

Apple describes iPhone Mirroing as “view and control your iPhone, without having to reach for it. To get started, sign in to your Apple Account on both devices and open iPhone Mirroring on your Mac. When you get a notification on iPhone, click it on your Mac to open iPhone Mirroring and go straight to the app that sent the notification.”

Now if you updated your iPhone to iOS 18 and your Mac to macOS Sequoia but unfortunately got “connect timed out” error when trying to use new iPhone Mirroring feature from Mac to iPhone, you need to try the following suggestions to help fix the problem.

Same iCloud ID

Make sure both your Mac and iPhone are signed into same Apple ID in iCloud section.

Turn On WiFi And Bluetooth

Make sure that WiFi and Bluetooth on both, the Mac being used and iPhone being mirrored, are turned on in order for iPhone Mirroring feature to work properly. Also make sure that iPhone is locked and not being used for this to work.

Restart Mac

If the above two doesn’t help resolve problem, restart your Mac and try to connect again.

Restart iPhone

If restarting Mac doesn’t help either, try restarting iPhone to see if that does the trick.

Personally for me, it was restarting of Mac that ended up solving this problem. One of these suggestions should hopefully help fix the timed out issue with iPhone Mirroing in case you encounter it when using this new feature.

Let us know what worked for you in comments below.