Does iPhone Mirroring allow calling from your Mac?

Lawrence Finch wrote:

It wasn’t all successes; he had flops also; the Lisa and the Newton (I still have one) are two examples. But overall he led the industry, making things for people that they didn’t know they needed until they had them.

He had flops but, did he ever acknowledge them?

I read a story once that Woz had to talk him into including a keyboard with the original Mac because he was so enamored of the mouse that he didn't think it would be necessary. He also refused to consider any kind of stylus for the iPad.

But the Newton is a bit more complicated. It wasn't his device. It was Sculley's baby. I'm still not clear if Jobs axed it because it wasn't his own idea or for some other reason. I also don't think it was necessarily a flop. I think it was released at an unfortunate time in Apple's history and it was never given the chance to become great. I still have two, as well.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

Speaking of things they didn’t know they needed until they had them, I would include a rice cooker in that list, however, it wasn’t a Steve Jobs idea😏

I always thought they were a silly idea until I tried on at the home of friends who'd brought one back from Japan. Also, an egg cooker for hard boiled eggs.

I love Apple, and the tools they provide. But this, that I can’t use my phone in mirror mode, is unacceptable. That’s the whole point. It’s what I thought iOS brought to the table. Lame, Apple. That along with you “Export to iOS” from GarageBand, that doesn’t work even though the GarageBand menu has it as a specific selection? I pay a premium for Apple, and am glad to, in order to avoid this kind of bs.

tallacikiva wrote:

I love Apple, and the tools they provide. But this, that I can’t use my phone in mirror mode, is unacceptable. That’s the whole point. It’s what I thought iOS brought to the table. Lame, Apple. That along with you “Export to iOS” from GarageBand, that doesn’t work even though the GarageBand menu has it as a specific selection? I pay a premium for Apple, and am glad to, in order to avoid this kind of bs.

I’m not sure what the problem is. I make and receive phone calls on my Mac all the time, without iPhone mirroring.

When my iPhone was mirrored, I could not answer it on my iPhone.

I used iPhone Mirroring to dial a number and get "Call failed"

I 100% agree with your thoughts on Apple making useless things.

My God, how we all miss Steve!!

It is that Steve who saved Apple from bankruptcy with the Macintosh and changed our lives with the iPhone. Just to name two...

Speaking of things they didn’t know they needed until they had them, I would include a rice cooker in that list, however, it wasn’t a Steve Jobs idea😏

Apple, can you fix these please? Do I have to use a FaceTime kludge to use my iPhone 16 Pro on my Apple Silicon MacBook Pro???

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