- Are you wondering how to mirror your iPhone to your TV,
your pc or your Mac for live streaming,
for screen recording,
or just for viewing it on a bigger device?
We've got you covered with the best ways to do it
in this complete iPhone screen mirroring tutorial.
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So let's jump into it.
Now there's three primary use cases
for wanting to share your iPhone screen
and we're gonna show you how to do them all.
The first one could be you looking to share to your computer
for live streaming or recording walk throughs.
The second one could be that you're looking
to share your phone screen so that you can monitor
what's going on on your phone
for doing things like recording using the back
or the primary camera on your device.
And the third one could be that you're looking
to get your videos or your games from your tiny screen
over onto a big screen like a TV in your living room.
There's actually a few different ways to do each of them,
and each one has some advantages and disadvantages.
So I suggest sticking around to make sure
that you get the easiest one for you.
Alright, so let's get started.
Now this first one is from Mac only.
Now don't worry if you are on PC,
we will get to a Mac and PC alternative next,
and then we'll get to the big screen TV stuff after that.
So the first option, option number one
is using your lightning cable
and directly connecting your iPhone to your Mac,
opening up QuickTime
and then selecting File, New Movie Recording.
Then down the bottom next to the record button,
you've got a drop down arrow.
If you select on that,
then you should see your iPhone listed there.
Now if you don't see it,
you may need to look over on your phone
and either allow or trust the device.
And you also might need to make sure
your phone is unlocked at that time.
Once you've done that, you'll see that QuickTime
is then displaying your phone screen.
Now this will automatically switch between portrait
and landscape if you do rotate your phone
and this is going to be a great option for anyone looking
to get the best quality video recording
from their phone screen over onto the computer.
You can also use this method and using QuickTime
to record your phone screen
and save it as a file on your computer as well.
So if you're looking to record,
this could be a great option for you.
Even if you're looking to live stream,
once you've got your phone showing up in QuickTime,
depending on your live streaming software,
you should be able to screen share your computer screen
or screen share that QuickTime window
into your live streaming software
bringing it into your live stream.
So if you're looking to live stream,
this could be a great option for you as well.
Now there are a couple of downsides,
or at least a couple of things that you need to be aware of.
The first one obviously, is that you are
connecting your phone directly into your Mac.
So if you do need to move your phone away,
or you've only got a short cable
that could be limiting for you.
But also you need to be aware that
if you are recording your phone screen
and saving it as a movie file on your computer,
if you do rotate the phone between portrait and landscape,
or the other way around while you are recording,
it will stop the recording at that point.
So you will need to start another one.
Now this is just something to be aware of.
It's not a deal breaker.
But if you weren't aware of this,
and you just thought you were recording
throughout an entire video,
it would be a pain to realize afterwards that it stopped
at the time that you rotated your phone.
So just something to be aware of.
On the recording side of things,
you also don't have a lot of control
to be able to dial in any settings or recording settings.
So if you're looking for a heap of control over the bit rate
and quality of the recording,
you're not gonna get that with this method,
but also know that this is the highest quality recording
that you will get in mirroring your phone screen
into your computer.
So even though you don't have those advanced features,
you're gonna end up with the highest quality,
which you can always compress or drop down
using your video editing software at a later date.
And obviously the other downside to this
would be that you need to have a Mac.
If you don't have a Mac,
then this option is not gonna work for you.
But some of our next options are going
to solve a lot of these downsides from this method.
But to rounded out, this is a great option for someone
with a Mac that's happy to have their phone cabled in,
those looking for the best quality recording,
or looking to easily bring in their phone screen
for live streaming as well.
The second option I've got for you is for Mac or PC,
and it's using software called Reflector or AirServer.
Those are the two best options out there
for mirroring your phone screen over onto your computer,
and again, Mac or PC.
So what you do is you go and grab either Reflector
or AirServer and you install that on your computer.
You don't need to install it on your iPhone,
you just then need to make sure both your phone
and your computer are on the same wireless network.
You can then enable screen mirroring from your iPhone,
just by swiping up from the bottom,
selecting Screen Mirroring
and your Mac or PC will be shown there
as an option for you to mirror to.
Once you select that your phone screens going to appear
mirrored over on your computer.
Again, this is gonna work in either portrait or landscape.
And both Reflector and AirServer will let you do a recording
of this as well.
And one of the big advantages of this is
if you are rotating your device
and switching between portrait and landscape
while you're recording, neither one of those is going
to stop the recording at that point.
So it's already one step ahead
of the previous option with QuickTime.
Now with both of these apps Reflector and AirServer,
you do actually get to control what the recording format
and quality is actually like.
So you get to choose the resolution,
you get to choose the frame rate.
And there is a heap of other options in there,
in regards to that recording quality.
Now just the same as the QuickTime method option number one,
once your phone screen is mirrored to your computer,
you can also use that screen
to be brought into your live streams as well,
you can either select it as a source
or add it on a second screen or second monitor
and select that as the source
to bring into your live stream.
Again, depending
on what live streaming software you're using.
So one of the biggest advantages with this method is that
you're not needing to connect your phone
directly into your computer, is done over wireless,
so which means it gives you a greater range
of flexibility if you do need to pick up and move around
or walk around to get some distance from your computer.
But Reflector and AirServer will also let you transmit
multiple devices onto your computer this way as well.
So if you wanna connect more than one device at a time,
both of these have that functionality.
So this method of using Reflector or AirServer is great
for anyone with a Mac or PC,
someone looking to get their phone screen wirelessly
onto their computer for either just viewing
and monitoring what's on their phone screen.
So if you are going to be shooting videos using your iPhone,
and you're going to be using that primary camera,
this could be a great way to do that without the need
for any cables or wires or anything attached to your phone.
This is also great if you're looking
to record your phone screen directly into the computer.
Or if you're looking to live stream
or broadcast your phone screen
using your live streaming software.
Now some of the downsides with this method,
if you do have patchy Wi-Fi
or your Wi-Fi connection isn't the best,
you could have dropouts and issues with that.
It's also not the highest quality
because it is coming over Wi-Fi.
Now the quality is good, but it's not as good
as directly connecting your phone into your computer
and using option one, or even the next option
that we have for you.
There in regards to Reflector verse AirServer,
which one should you look at?
Both of them, as we said, will work Mac and PC,
both of them will let you do everything that we've covered
and mentioned here so far.
Reflector, you can pick out for $14.99,
whereas AirServer is $19.99 for a consumer license.
So there's not a lot of difference
between the two price wise.
But AirServer does have a lot more options, then Reflector.
Now personally for us, we use Reflector,
we've been using it for years, and we think it's amazing.
But if you ask someone
who's after the more advanced options,
then you could definitely check out AirServer.
So that leads us into option number three.
Now option number three is another Mac only solution.
But this time the software
that we're talking about is called Ecamm Live.
So this is going to be perfect for anyone
who wants to have the most amount of control and flexibility
for live streaming their phone screen through their Mac.
Now the way this works is very similar to option number one,
where you were directly connecting your phone
to your computer using the lightning cable
that came with it.
But instead of using QuickTime,
from there, we're now going to be using Ecamm Live.
So once you connect your phone through to Ecamm Live,
it'll actually show up
as a video source inside of Ecamm Live,
making it so easy to bring it into your live broadcasts
and even control a lot of the settings
and the way that it looks while you live.
This method will work in both portrait and landscape
and will let you change between the two
while you're live streaming as well.
Now while Ecamm Live is primarily designed
to be live streaming software,
you can also use it just
to save a local file of a recording.
So you can use it as just recording software,
if you'd like as well, with obviously a lot more control
and features than QuickTime.
So really, this method is the best way,
and the easiest way to bring your phone screen
into your computer for live streaming,
or for creating a local disk recording
or presentation as if it was live.
Now in regards to the downsides or the things
that you need to be aware of,
once again, the biggest probably limiting factor here is
that your phone is going to be cabled into your computer.
It means that the quality is going to be the best it can be
but also that you may be limited depending on your needs
and requirements
by having your phone directly connected to the computer.
Now in regards to pricing this two options that you've got.
They have a standard plan, which is $12 per month,
or they have a professional plan, which is $20 per month.
But really the standard plan will let you do everything
that we've mentioned in this video.
And that lead us into option number four,
which is once again a Mac only solution.
So sorry, PC people.
This is using software called ScreenFlow.
So this option is going to be great for anyone
who wants the most amount of control
to bring their phone screen into the computer
for recording video tutorials.
So ScreenFlow is amazing software for screen capturing,
screen recording, or even for video editing.
It's a full blown video editing suite as well.
And it does support screen recording your iPhone screen,
but also having it in sync with any webcams
or with your computer screen at the same time.
So if you're looking to record your phone screen,
again in either portrait or landscape,
and with the ability
to switch between the two while you're recording,
but also have that automatically synced up with your webcam
or your computer screen, then this is the best way to do it.
So it's amazing for creating tutorial content,
for creating courses, or anything
where you're showcasing even an app on your phone.
Now the way that this works is just the same
as the Ecamm solution and also QuickTime,
this will only work if you are directly
connecting your phone using the lightning cable
into your computer.
And once again, once it's all plugged in and connected,
inside of ScreenFlow, you'll have the option
to select your iPhone screen for recording.
Probably the most powerful thing
in doing your screen recordings this way in a ScreenFlow
is that not only are you able to record things
like your webcam and computer screen and everything else,
but it actually records them all to separate video layers.
Meaning that if you wanna
make your phone screen full screen,
or you wanna have a picture in picture
of you down the bottom corner while you're presenting
and while you're running through a tutorial,
all of this is recorded in full quality,
then you can mix and match and change the shapes and sizes
of all your different video layers
or video inputs afterwards in your video editing.
And again, that's where ScreenFlow
will also let you quickly edit all of this stuff down.
Now as for the downsides,
or the things that you need to be aware of for this method,
they're not deal breakers,
but you don't get a preview
of what it is that you're actually recording
of your phone screen you can't see on the recording window
in ScreenFlow that your phone screen is actually recording.
Now, only one or two times out
of all the times we have used this
have we actually had any issues.
So there's no peace of mind that you can check to see
that your phone screen is coming in correctly
until you press Stop Recording.
Now, most of the time, this works fine,
but it would be nice if you could preview
and make sure while you're recording
that everything is actually recording fine.
And the other potentially limiting factor
is that once again, your phone isn't connected wirelessly,
it will be cabled in.
But again, that may not be a deal breaker for you.
Now, as I mentioned, ScreenFlow is Mac only
and it does sell for $129.
But if you are looking for a screen recording software
with the ability to bring in your iPhone,
but also as an amazing editing tool as well,
then it is an absolute no brainer at that price point.
And that brings us to option number five, which is Apple TV.
Now Apple TV is a great way for you to mirror
and project your phone screen onto a much larger display,
like a TV in your living room,
or even a large computer monitor.
So Apple TV is a hardware box that you plug in through HDMI
to a computer monitor or a TV.
Now obviously Apple TV is so much more
than just screen mirroring.
But hey, it supports screen mirroring,
which makes it one of the easiest ways
to get your phone connected up to a big screen.
Once you've got your Apple TV connected to your TV
or to a monitor, all you need to do on your iPhone
is again swipe up from the bottom,
select Screen Mirroring, select your Apple TV
and your phone screen is going to be mirrored.
Now this is will work in either portrait or landscape.
So it's gonna be good for either playing games
on the bigger screen or even watching movies
and those sorts of things.
Now the connection between your iPhone
and the Apple TV is done over wireless.
So both your phone and the Apple TV will need
to be connected to the same Wi-Fi connection.
Now obviously if you do have patchy Wi-Fi
or bad Wi-Fi where you are,
then that could affect the performance or the quality
that you're able to see through and you might have dropouts
and those sorts of things.
But if your Wi-Fi is solid,
then this is going to be a great option.
Now this method is not
gonna let you record your phone screen,
this will only let you mirror
or reflect your phone screen on to a bigger device.
Now there's a couple of different models
of Apple TV starting at $149.
Was starting at around $179 if you're after the 4k version,
but when it comes to screen mirroring or screen sharing,
you're really not gonna notice much
of a difference between the two.
So those are your options mirroring your phone screen
to a TV, a PC or a Mac,
whether you're looking to live stream screen record
or just make your phone screen bigger,
put it on a bigger device.
Now there's two videos linked on screen,
the first one will show you
how to create the best quality videos
using your iPhone camera.
The other video is a YouTube recommendation.
I have no idea what it is, I hope it's good.
And I'll see you in the next video.