How To Connect Your IPhone Mobile To Your Mac

Using Apple devices makes you feel more comfortable and it gets easier for you to connect your devices in between and share your data from one device to the other in a secure way. And this security makes iOS technology extinguish from others.

In this article, we are going to discuss about how to connect your iPhone to your Mac by following the simple and easy methods, to sync your data, media and other files.

How to Connect your iPhone mobile to your Mac

This guide is to connect iPhones running iOS 11 and above, to the Macs running macOS 10.13 and above, using iCloud and Continuity.

Use iCloud to Connect iPhone to Mac

To sync both of your devices (iPhone and Mac) with iCloud, you need to have the same account on both of the devices. Follow the given steps to connect your iPhone to Mac using iCloud:

On your iPhone go to Settings.
Tap on your Name at the top of the screen.
Now, tap on iCloud.
Now, sign in using your Apple ID username and password.
Now, head to your Mac, click on the Apple menu from the top left corner.
Click on System Preferences.
Now, click on iCloud.
Then, sign in with your Apple ID username and password.
And follow the pop ups coming on the screen to set up iCloud.

And that’s it, your data will be synced on your devices now.

Use Continuity to Connect iPhone to Mac

You can also use Continuity feature to connect your iPhone to your Mac and use both of the devices at the same time. Here is how to do:

Sign in to the same iCloud account on both of your devices.
Connect the devices to the same WiFi connection.
Now, turn the Bluetooth On, on both of your devices.
Then, turn On the Handoff on both of your devices.
On your Mac, go to the System Preferences > General, and then check Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices.
And on iPhone, go to the Settings > General > Handoff and turn the slider on (green) for Handoff.

And that’s it.

FAQs:

Q: Can iPhone and Mac be connected?

Ans: Yes, you can connect your Apple devices and use the features of the both on one, all you need to have is to connect your devices with the same account.