Your Android phone,
on your Mac.
A small menu bar app. One click and your phone is in a window. Type on it, drag files across, and leave the phone in your pocket.
15 MB · macOS 14 or later · Apple Silicon
Hi, I'm Divas. I have a MacBook and an Android phone, and I wanted iPhone Mirroring for my phone. Apple wasn't going to build that, so I made Phone Mirror.
It is a friendly menu on top of scrcpy, the open-source tool that does the heavy lifting. There is no account, and it never goes online.
Divas
What it does
Short list. Everything here is in the app today.
Quick Share to your Mac New
On the phone, tap Share, then Quick Share, and pick your Mac. Click Accept and the file is in your Downloads folder.
No cable, no USB debugging, nothing to install on the phone. Both only have to be on the same Wi-Fi.
One click and you're in
It lives in the menu bar. Click Mirror Phone and the phone opens in a window. Works over a cable or Wi-Fi, and it remembers your phone next time.
Pocket mode
The phone's own screen goes dark and it stays awake. When you stop, it locks itself.
Files, both ways
Drag a file from Finder to send it to the phone. Drag one out to keep it on the Mac. Folders too.
Nothing is ever replaced or deleted. A taken name becomes “photo (2).jpg”.
Your keyboard works
Type on the phone with the Mac's keyboard. Copy on one, paste on the other.
No cable needed
Plug in once, then go wireless. Or join the phone's hotspot and skip the router.
It tells you why it lags
Live frame rate and connection quality, right in the menu.
Two minutes to set up
Nothing gets installed on the phone. The app walks you through it the first time.
Download the app
Drag Phone Mirror into Applications. Everything it needs is inside.
Allow USB debugging
One switch in the phone's settings. You turn it on once.
Click Mirror Phone
Plug in the cable, tap Allow on the phone, click. Go wireless after that.
It never goes online
Your screen travels from the phone to the Mac and nowhere else.
No account
No sign-up, no login, no email.
No cloud
Nothing is uploaded. The app makes no internet connections.
No tracking
No analytics in the app. This site only counts visits, anonymously.
Open engine
Mirroring is done by scrcpy, which anyone can read.
Get Phone Mirror
The first time you open it, macOS asks you to confirm. Here's how, in four steps.
Questions
What is Phone Mirror?
Phone Mirror is a Mac app for Android screen mirroring. It sits in the menu bar and shows your Android phone's screen in a window on your Mac, over a USB cable or Wi-Fi. You control the phone with the Mac's keyboard and pointer, drag files both ways, and receive files with Quick Share.
How do I mirror my Android phone's screen on my Mac?
Download Phone Mirror and drag it into Applications. On the phone, turn on USB debugging, once. Plug the phone into the Mac, tap Allow on the phone, and click Mirror Phone in the menu bar. After that first time you can go wireless. The setup guide has the steps for your phone's brand.
Do I have to install anything on my phone?
No. For mirroring you turn on one setting, USB debugging, and tap Allow the first time you plug the phone in. For sending files with Quick Share you change nothing on the phone at all. Nothing stays installed on it.
How does Quick Share to the Mac work?
Quick Share is the sharing that is already built into Android. Tick Receive with Quick Share in Phone Mirror's menu and your Mac shows up in the phone's Quick Share list while both are on the same Wi-Fi. Every share waits for you to click Accept on the Mac. It goes one way, from the phone to the Mac; to put files on the phone, use Phone Files. The setup guide has the steps.
Can I send files from Android to a Mac like AirDrop?
Yes. Phone Mirror doesn't use AirDrop, but it works like AirDrop: tick Receive with Quick Share and your Mac shows up in the phone's Quick Share list. There is no cable and nothing to install on the phone. Both have to be on the same Wi-Fi. Click Accept on the Mac and the file is in your Downloads folder.
Which phones work?
Android phones with Android 5 or newer; sound needs Android 11 or newer. I built and tested it with a POCO X4 Pro on Android 13. Xiaomi, POCO and Redmi phones need one extra switch, and the setup guide shows where it is.
Does it work without a cable?
Yes. Plug the cable in once, click Go Wireless, then unplug. Phone and Mac have to be on the same Wi-Fi, or the Mac can join the phone's hotspot. After the phone restarts you plug in once more.
Will there be lag?
With a cable it feels close to using the phone. Over Wi-Fi it depends on your network: a 5 GHz network or Hotspot Mode is smooth, a busy 2.4 GHz router can stutter. The menu shows you the frame rate and the connection quality.
Why does my Mac warn me when I open it?
Apple checks apps for developers who pay for its yearly programme, and I haven't. So macOS asks you to confirm before it runs. The download page shows the four steps, and the security page explains how to check the download yourself.
Is it safe to turn on USB debugging?
USB debugging lets a computer you have approved control the phone, which is how Phone Mirror works. Only tap Allow for your own Mac. The security page has the details and how to switch it off again.
Is there iPhone Mirroring for Android?
Apple's iPhone Mirroring only works with an iPhone. Phone Mirror is what I built to get the same idea with an Android phone: its screen in a window on the Mac, the Mac's keyboard and pointer to control it, and the phone left in your pocket.
iPhone, Intel Mac or Windows?
No. Phone Mirror is for Android phones and Macs with Apple Silicon. iPhones have Apple's own iPhone Mirroring.
Something isn't working. Who do I ask?
Write to contact@phonemirror.in. Say which phone you have and what the first line of the menu says. The quick fixes cover the usual problems.