PSA: I was finally able to mirror iOS on my PC (but I had to use USB)

[Andy Burnelli]

PSA: I was finally able to mirror iOS on my PC (but I had to use USB).

For those who have both Android & iOS, the Android cross-platform
functionality with Windows/macOS/Linux is more funcdtional, but the good
news is that you _can_ mirror your iOS device on any PC (over USB).
<https://i.postimg.cc/TYvqdxCT/vysor35.jpg> iOS & Android PC mirroring

The difference is that Android 12 and up does that mirroring completely
over Wi-Fi while iOS (and Android 11 and below) does it first using USB.
<https://i.postimg.cc/XY3qSqKC/vysor04.jpg> Vysor ADB USB setup switches

The advantage of Android is there's _more_ freeware out there that works
such as screen copy freeware (all mirror clipboard, mouse & keyboard).
<https://i.postimg.cc/xjz3V8Gs/vysor32.jpg> ScrCpy vs Vysor PC mirror

But, what matters most is that you too can freely mirror iOS on your PC.
<https://i.postimg.cc/k5gv0yw8/vysor34.jpg> Apple iOS & Android mirroring

All you have to do to mirror iOS on your Windows (or macOS or Linux) PC is
a. Install Vysor freeware on your computer (macOS, Linux, or Windows)
<https://www.vysor.io/download/>
b. Install Vysor freeware on your iOS device
<https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vysor/id1577813680>
c. Connect the two by USB & follow the prompts
<https://i.postimg.cc/V6X28fWJ/vysor18.jpg> Apple Mobile Device Support

Note: Android works more automatically than iOS in that you don't need to
install _anything_ on the mobile device as it's automatically installed.
<https://i.postimg.cc/Njg6Xx3V/vysor33.jpg> Preparing Vysor on device
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and to have others who know more than I do about it, improve it for all.

[Andy Burnelli]

nospam wrote:

> ios can mirror over wifi *or* usb, the choice is up to the user.

A good person who says that would also provide the link to the freeware
program that allows the iOS device to mirror on Windows, Linux, and macOS
over Wi-Fi (sans the initial need to set it up first using USB).

The fact is you always make everything up so you don't ever show a link.
But this thread isn't about you derailing it because you _hate_ that iOS is
always less functionality than Android in terms of cross platform actions.

The fact is that, with some effort, you _can_ mirror your iOS device onto
Windows without resorting to having to pay for software to do that job.

For those who want to be enlightened, here's a shot of mobile mirroring:
<https://www.vysor.io/vysor-desktop-site.jpg>

Meanwhile, the rest of the users on these three newsgroups (macOS, Windows,
and Linux) simply need to know that the _best_ free program to mirror
either iOS or Android onto the computer seems to be (based on my tests over
the past few months), Vysor. <https://i.postimg.cc/k5gv0yw8/vysor34.jpg>

To always be helpful in every post, here's the macOS/Linux/Windows Vysor
<https://www.vysor.io/download/>

For whatever reason, you do need to also download Vysor onto your iOS
device, as iOS doesn't seem to be able to install a temporary IPA instead.
<https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vysor/id1577813680>

It's super interesting that Vysor will install the APK (every time you
connect) onto Android (like a temporary virtual machine, sort of).
<https://i.postimg.cc/Njg6Xx3V/vysor33.jpg>

But if you don't want to wait each time the extra 30 seconds, you can
install the Android vysor APK onto your Android phone if you like; but bear
in mind Vysor installed that way has ads while the way I do it does not.
*Vysor - Android control on PC* by ClockworkMod
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.vysor>

For those of use who use the FOSS scrcpy freeware to mirror your Android
clipboard, screen, mouse and keyboard, it's the same thing as Vysor - but
it seems to be a tiny bit less reliable - but overall it's the same thing.
<https://i.postimg.cc/xjz3V8Gs/vysor32.jpg>

As for the Vysor payware, they have a chart of what's different on the main
web page but I found it to be wrong as I can do some of the stuff they say
the freeware can't do (e.g., go wireless, at least with Android it's easy).
<https://www.vysor.io>

The other thing to let people know is if you want to 'drag and drop' files
across from the computer to the phone, scrcpy does that (e.g., scrcpy will
_install_ any APK you just drag from your hard drive archives onto it), but
for Vysor to do that you have to pay for the Vysor Pro offering instead.
<https://i.postimg.cc/wvsbcNBz/scrcpy05.jpg>

Other than those things, they're pretty much equivalent in typical use.
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Posted because I'm a kind-hearted person who wishes to help others, and
because sometimes others know far more about these tools than I do.

[nospam]

In article <ta6rs3$1fhh$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, Andy Burnelli

<sp...@nospam.com> wrote:

>
> > ios can mirror over wifi *or* usb, the choice is up to the user.
>
> A good person who says that would also provide the link to the freeware
> program that allows the iOS device to mirror on Windows, Linux, and macOS
> over Wi-Fi (sans the initial need to set it up first using USB).

good people have provided the relevant links.

smart people can find the links with a simple search.

you deliberately ignore the former and are incapable of the latter,
only so you can pretend it can't be done and rant.