{"id":1257,"date":"2023-04-17T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T16:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/donewithwires.com\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2023-04-19T04:33:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T08:33:47","slug":"airplay-iphone-ipad-windowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donewithwires.com\/airplay-iphone-ipad-windowed\/","title":{"rendered":"Airplay iPhone\/iPad To Mac & Windows (Windowed\/Full Screen)"},"content":{"rendered":"
I ran into a problem recently when I wanted to airplay a video from my iPhone to my MacBook 16 inch<\/a>.<\/p>\n Related Product: Use a USB C to Lightning cable (click to view on Amazon)<\/a> or USB A to Lightning<\/a> for a smoother connection.<\/strong><\/p>\n The problem wasn’t that I couldn’t airplay, airplay worked flawlessly.<\/p>\n But the content from my iPhone filled up my whole display, and made my second display turn black.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, this is the way Apple has decided that you should use Airplay to Mac.<\/p>\n After researching, and finding other people with this problem, I found out about Reflector 4<\/a>. I am not affiliated with Airsquirrels and will not gain anything from linking to them.<\/p>\n Reflector 4 improves Airplay to Mac a lot, because it not only lets you airplay in full screen, but also windowed. You can move that window around, and put it on a second monitor if you would like.<\/p>\n When you’ve installed Reflector on Windows or Mac, you can use the native mirror feature in iOS\/iPad OS to mirror the screen to your computer.<\/p>\n From there, you can resize, move around, hide or always keep the window on top.<\/p>\n The downside is that the app costs $19.99 and that gives you only one license on either Mac or Windows. A universal license is $21.99, but you can only use it on one device.<\/p>\n Here is a 20% off coupon code for you though: STAY20<\/strong> (again, not affiliated with them, just sharing)<\/p>\n There is a 7 day trial so you can make sure it works the way you want it, and I recommend doing that before buying. I was instantly pleased with how well it worked, so it was an instant purchase for me.<\/p>\n You could even take it one step further if you have an iPad that supports sidecar, or use Duet Display<\/a>. If you mirror your iPhone to the Mac, while using sidecar as a second monitor, you can view your iPhone screen on the iPad.<\/p>\n