Unlock Macbook Using Iphone
Jenine Killebrew
After the update from Monterey to Ventura, my MacBook keeps connecting to my iPhone at random times automatically using my mic while I'm in the middle of working in Figma or simply watching YouTube videos.
Very frustrating because I'll be listening to music or podcasts on my iPhone then my Macbook will connect to it randomly then it instantly disconnects from it then cuts off my podcast or music then I have to manually play it after it happens.
Thank you so much. THIS IS MY FIRST COMMENT EVER. I've had an iPhone since 2008, this is easily the MOST FRUSTRATING FEATURE I've ever used, this is my first post in 15 years, I intentionally logged on to give this feedback. Please stop auto-enrolling us in bad features we must dig for and turn off.
Apple, if you are reading this, please make features like this opt-in. I missed an important call on my Jabber client because they couldn't hear me because my phone was in my pocket and had switched the mic.
Excellent. Thanks so much Sva3478! This fix did it! The continuity camera (and microphone) kept making my Finale software crash. It was horrible. And hitting the "Disconnect" button on the iPhone was useless.
Disconnecting your iPhone from your Mac depends on the features you're using to connect them. If you're referring to features such as calls or messages going to your Mac you can disable them using these steps:
Other features that can be linked are mentioned in the following resource and would need to be disabled if you're using them: Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch
Lastly, there are some features that connect your iPhone and Mac via iCloud such as, Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, iCloud Drive, Photos and others; you can disable these features in System Preferences > iCloud, or System Preferences > Apple ID, depending on your macOS version. If you'd like to stop using the iCloud account you use on your iPhone with your Mac, you'll need to sign out through System Preferences.
It is an issue that is associated with the new camera continuity feature on Ventura. You can now set your iPhone to be used as a microphone for your Mac. I was dealing with this as well and ran into the same issue you were having 1-2x an hour. This article explains how you can disconnect your iPhone from this feature. -to/use-iphone-as-mac-mic-input/
This is really annoying! But useful in a way... I just took delivery of a Mac mini, but there's no screens coming at the moment, so I've no camera or microphone on my new desktop yet - I have a second "dumb" screen that was delivered.
Anyway, I find it surprising that the controls for this feature are only single ended. There's no way to tell the MacOS device not to use a particular device as continuity camera / microphone. I had been using the camera as a higher resolution camera for my laptop, and I wanted that to continue.
It's hard to imagine the use case for a "feature" that cuts off voice sound in the middle of a video conference call. Apparently this "feature" is created for people who have Mac Minis or are influencers or others who need the extra resolution of the iphone camera and don't want to manually move to it. If you would like to let Apple know how frustrating this behavior is for the rest of us, here is the link to give feedback to Apple: Product Feedback - Apple
Thank you Sva3478. This started after recent phone update. That setting should absolutely be defaulted to OFF!!! It was so hard to figure out what was going on, and happened several times when my teleworking wife was on meetings. Suddenly the person with whom she was working is getting a little tour around our home. Good grief.
Stop using your iPhone as a webcam or microphone: On your Mac, quit the app. Remove your iPhone as an option: On your iPhone, tap Disconnect. Your iPhone is removed from the camera and microphone lists in apps, and also from the list of sound input devices in Sound settings.
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