6 ways MacBook works with iPhone

With the following tips, you can get the most out of the Apple ecosystem with your MacBook and iPhone:

• Tip 1. Respond to messages
• Tip 2. Answer calls via your MacBook
• Tip 3. Share files quickly
• Tip 4. Copy on your iPhone and paste on your MacBook
• Tip 5. Use your iPhone as a webcam on your MacBook
• Tip 6. Control your iPhone from your MacBook

A message appears on your MacBook when you use an iPhone with the same Apple ID. That way, you can quickly reply to incoming messages while you work on a report or presentation. Everything will appear in the Messages app on your MacBook. To set it up, you have to follow these steps on your iPhone:

• Go to Settings;
• Tap Messages;
• Tap Text Message Forwarding;
• Select your MacBook.

In addition to receiving messages, you can also receive incoming calls. If you use the same Apple ID on both devices, you can easily answer a phone call on your MacBook. This work with regular phone calls, and also with FaceTime calls. To set this up, follow these steps on your iPhone:

• Go to Settings;
• Tap Phone;
• Tap Allow Calls on Other Devices;
• Choose your MacBook

On your MacBook, you can use all apps you'd like to use. For example, Microsoft 365. Some files, like reports and presentations, you quickly want to transfer from your iPhone to your MacBook. That's when AirDrop comes in. Open a document on your iPhone and swipe upwards from the bottom of the screen. Make sure AirDrop is turned on. Go back to the document you want to share and tap the Share icon at the bottom right. Your MacBook will appear in the AirDrop list, so you can quickly transfer the file.

Blogs, social media, and news articles are just a few examples of what you can read on your iPhone. At times, you may want to reread some information on a large screen later on. You can do this thanks to Apple's universal clipboard. Copy the link to an article or copy a paragraph on your iPhone and it will be added to the universal clipboard. When you now paste something on your MacBook, the text copied on your iPhone will appear on the screen.

Every MacBook has a webcam, but these aren't as powerful as the camera of your iPhone. With Continuity, you can easily use your iPhone as a webcam on your MacBook. Others can see you better, and you can use useful video effects. To set it up, go through these steps on your MacBook:

1. Make a wireless connection to your iPhone or connect a USB cable;
2. Open FaceTime;
3. Click Video on the menu bar;
4. Choose your iPhone as camera or microphone.

With Synchrone iPhone display, you can easily connect your iPhone to your MacBook. From your background to your apps and files: everything looks just like on your iPhone. This allows you to copy files faster, but it also gives you complete access to your iPhone. You don't even have to be near it, and it doesn't have to be unlocked. Are you in the bedroom and is your iPhone still upstairs, for example? Open your iPhone on your MacBook and do what you always do on your iPhone.