Apple’s iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia bring the brand-new iPhone Mirroring feature that lets you connect your iPhone to your Mac wirelessly. With this feature, you can use your iPhone from the Mac’s display and get all your iOS app alerts on the Mac’s desktop. However, those frequent iPhone messages or app notifications on your Mac can be quite distracting. Thankfully, you can choose to disable notifications while using the iPhone Mirroring feature. Keep reading to know how to turn off iPhone notifications on your Mac.
Method 1: Turn Off iPhone Notifications on Mac from System Settings
Fortunately, it’s super easy to turn off notifications when you’re using the iPhone Mirroring feature. You can disable or control which notifications your Mac receives, from both your iPhone and Mac. We’ll first learn how to mute iPhone notifications from a Mac. Here are the steps:
- Open System Settings on your Mac and choose Notifications from the left sidebar.
- Here, click on Allow Notifications from iPhone. It’s worth knowing that this option appears only when you use iPhone Mirroring to connect to an iPhone.
- Now, disable the Allow notifications from iPhone toggle to prevent iPhone notifications from appearing in your Mac’s Notification Center.
When you do this, you won’t receive any iPhone notifications on your Mac. In case you wish to allow notifications from certain apps, you can turn on the Allow notifications from iPhone toggle and control notifications for each iPhone app. For this, you can turn on/off apps under the Mirror iPhone Notifications From section.
In case an app setting says “Installed on this Mac“, it means you can only receive notifications from the Mac app, and not the iOS version of the app. However, if an app says “Mirroring disabled from your iPhone“, you can go to Settings -> Notifications on your iPhone and adjust the app’s settings.
Method 2: Turn Off Notifications Directly From iPhone
You can also turn off mirroring notifications directly from your iPhone and even choose which apps can and cannot send your iPhone notifications on your Apple machine. Doing this is super easy and quick. Here’s how to do it:
- On your iPhone, open the Settings app and navigate to the Notifications section.
- If you don’t want your iPhone and Mac to receive any alerts from that app, simply turn off the Allow Notifications toggle.
- If you only wish to stop iPhone notifications on Mac, turn off the Show on Mac toggle.
That’s how you can turn off iPhone notifications on Mac. While it’s super convenient to receive your iOS app notifications on a Mac, you might not need every alert on your desktop. Based on your convenience, you can choose to silence all notifications or turn off notifications for individual apps. Doing this might take a little time, but it will definitely enhance your iPhone Mirroring experience.
In case you can’t connect your iPhone to your Mac wirelessly, you can visit our dedicated guide on how to fix iPhone Mirroring not working on Mac.
