Audit iPhone Mirroring

LowLevel 2Manual reviewmacos

Description

iPhone Mirroring is a new feature offered in iOS 18 and macOS 15.0 Sequoia. It allows a macOS device to remotely access an iOS device connected to the same Apple Account. If a user has different Apple Accounts signed into iOS and macOS (ex. a managed Apple Account on macOS and a personal Apple Account on iOS), the feature is not available.

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

GUI: System Settings > General > Device Management > Verify that an installed profile has Allow iPhone Mirroring set to True or False based on your organization's requirements. Terminal: sudo /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript (JXA) reading NSUserDefaults suite com.apple. applicationaccess, key allowiPhoneMirroring The output will be either true, allow iPhone mirroring, or false, disable iPhone mirroring.

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Profile (preferred): com.apple.applicationaccess allowiPhoneMirroring = either <true/> or <false/> depending on your. GUI: System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Under the Widgets sub-header, verify iPhone is configured to your organization's requirements.

Properties

Operating systems: macos-15
Tags: macossystem-settings
Reference: CIS Apple macOS 15.0 Sequoia Benchmark v2.1.0 - 2.7.2 Audit iPhone Mirroring