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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 IDMake sure both your Mac and iPhone are signed into same Apple ID in iCloud section.
Turn On WiFi And BluetoothMake 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 MacIf the above two doesn't help resolve problem, restart your Mac and try to connect again.
Restart iPhoneIf 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.
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Apple Broke A Key Spotify Connect Feature
Apple is up to its usual shenanigans, artificially hobbling competitors while it pretends to conform to its legal obligations under the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA). In this case, the consumer electronics giant quietly "discontinued the technology" Spotify uses to let its users control the playback volume for speakers and other devices they connect to from their iPhones and iPads. This materially impacts the user experience, forcing those users–all of which are shared customers–to use less elegant and easily accessed on-screen controls instead.
Spotify has been in a long-running legal feud with Apple, and its complaints triggered an EU antitrust investigation and, more ominously for Apple, the moves that led to the DMA itself. Since being found a gatekeeper, Apple has resisted the DMA's legal requirements at every turn, pretending to comply through a series of malicious compliance acts that don't meet the spirit or letter of the law.
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As bad, Apple continues to lash out at those companies, like Spotify and Epic Games, that have the temerity to stand up to its abusive business practices. This year, for example, Apple violated the DMA by rejecting Spotify app updates that provided pricing information to its customers, forcing the smaller company to complain to EU regulators. The European Commission found that Apple was indeed violating the law and fined the company €1.8 billion. And then Apple finally relented by allowing Spotify to update its app. But only in the EU, of course. That's part of its malicious compliance strategy too.
This latest move is nothing less than passive-aggressive retribution against Spotify, which offers a technology called Spotify Connect that allows users to connect with and manage Bluetooth and smart speakers and other devices outside of Apple's similar AirPlay technology. Using this feature, Spotify customers enjoy the content they're controlling on their phone or tablet on other devices, remotely controlling playback, volume, and other common media player functions.
But not anymore. As Spotify notes, "Apple has discontinued the technology that enables Spotify to control volume for connected devices using the volume buttons on the device." And while those using Apple Music and AirPlay can still control volume that way, Spotify users no longer can. They have to access the app's on-screen controls instead, controls that are less precise, harder to find, and less convenient to use.
This is a violation of the DMA, Spotify points out.
"The gatekeeper [Apple] shall allow providers of services [Spotify] and providers of hardware, free of charge, effective interoperability with, and access for the purposes of interoperability to, the same hardware and software features accessed or controlled via the operating system … as are available to services or hardware provided by the gatekeeper," the DMA notes. "The gatekeeper shall allow business users and alternative providers of services provided together with, or in support of, core platform services, free of charge, effective interoperability with, and access for the purposes of interoperability to, the same operating system, hardware or software features, regardless of whether those features are part of the operating system, as are available to, or used by, that gatekeeper when providing such services."
According to Spotify, Apple had previously "degraded" this functionality by making volume control via the hardware buttons "unstable." But now it doesn't work at all. Google, meanwhile, doesn't prevent partners like Spotify from using similar functionality via Google Cast and Android. Only Apple is behaving in this fashion with regard to media playback.
Hypocrite Apple Broke Spotify Connect Volume Control, So Here's A Wonky Workaround
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TL;DR
Back in May, we reported that a recent iOS update broke physical volume button controls when casting media to third-party devices. So, those using Spotify, YouTube, Sonos, and similar services are required to launch the respective apps and use the digital volume slider when casting. This makes an action as simple as lowering the volume much more time-consuming and unintuitive due to Apple's whims. To make controlling the volume when using Spotify Connect a tad easier, the music streaming giant has rolled out an update to its iOS app.
Apple's hypocrisy explainedWhile Apple banned third-party apps from using the iPhone's physical volume buttons to control connected devices, first-party apps have retained the privilege. So, for example, users can rely on Apple's Remote app to control an Apple TV using the iPhone's physical volume buttons. Similarly, the Apple Music app supports physical volume button controls when casting.
However, those using Spotify Connect have to launch the Spotify app, go to the Now Playing screen, and then use the digital volume slider to control the connected device. This makes a simple action unnecessarily complex compared to just using the physical buttons without even unlocking the iPhone or interacting with its interface.
According to The Verge, Apple has instructed Spotify to offer native HomePod integration so users can control the volume using their iPhone's physical buttons. However, even if the Swedish company does, Spotify Connect on iOS would continue to be broken for anyone not casting to a HomePod. Given that most Spotify Connect users probably rely on other speaker brands, they're doomed to launch the app every time they want to tweak the volume level.
How to make Spotify Connect slightly less broken
As highlighted on this updated Spotify support page, clicking the physical volume buttons while Spotify Connect is in use should now send a push notification. Tapping it will launch the Spotify app and direct you to the digital slider you'll need to control the volume. While this doesn't exactly solve the problem, it makes locating the relevant option a bit faster. If you don't see it on your end yet, ensure you're running the latest version on Apple's App Store.
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