Starting with macOS Sequoia and iOS 18, your Mac can display notifications from your iPhone — handy when your phone is charging in another room, but noisy when every app pings you twice. If you’d rather keep your Mac focused on Mac things, you can switch the mirroring off entirely, or silence it app by app. Here’s how.
What you need for notification mirroring
Mirroring works when your iPhone runs iOS 18 or later and your Mac runs macOS Sequoia or later, with both signed in to the same Apple Account and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned on. Meet those conditions and iPhone alerts start arriving in your Mac’s Notification Center automatically. Turning mirroring off breaks nothing else — Handoff, AirDrop, and Universal Clipboard keep working.
How to turn off all iPhone notification mirroring on Mac
To stop every mirrored iPhone notification at once:
- On your Mac, click the Apple menu in the top-left corner and choose System Settings.
- Click Notifications in the sidebar.
- Find the Allow notifications from iPhone toggle and switch it off.
That’s it — from now on, your iPhone’s alerts stay on your iPhone. Your Mac’s own notifications are unaffected.
How to turn off mirroring for specific apps only
If you only want certain apps to stop mirroring — say, your games but not your messages — keep the master toggle on and pick and choose:
- On your Mac, open System Settings > Notifications.
- Make sure Allow notifications from iPhone is switched on.
- Below it, open the Mirror iPhone Notifications From list, which shows your iPhone’s apps.
- Switch off any app you don’t want mirrored.
This is the same idea as choosing to mute Mail notifications for specific contacts on your Mac — less noise, without losing the alerts you actually want.
How to turn off mirroring from your iPhone
You can also control mirroring from the iPhone side, app by app:
- On your iPhone, open Settings > Notifications.
- Tap the app you want to stop mirroring.
- Turn off Show on Mac.
Repeat for each noisy app. The setting only affects Mac mirroring — the app keeps notifying you on the iPhone itself.
If it still doesn’t work
Mirrored notifications should stop the moment you flip the toggle, but give Notification Center a few seconds to clear. If alerts keep coming, double-check that both devices use the same Apple Account and that you didn’t leave mirroring enabled under a different user profile on your Mac. Apple’s support guide to iPhone notifications on Mac covers the official requirements in detail, and MacRumors’ guide to iPhone Mirroring in macOS Sequoia walks through the broader feature set, including the full iPhone Mirroring app.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does turning off notification mirroring disable iPhone Mirroring?
No. Notification mirroring and the iPhone Mirroring app are separate features. You can stop the notifications while still controlling your iPhone from your Mac, or disable both independently.
Will I still get these notifications on my iPhone?
Yes. Mirroring only controls whether the alerts also appear on your Mac. Your iPhone keeps notifying you exactly as before.
Conclusion
macOS Sequoia’s notification mirroring is useful in small doses, but nobody needs every iPhone ping echoed to their desktop. Flip one toggle in System Settings to silence all of them, or prune the list app by app for a quieter Mac. And if your Apple devices keep you connected in other ways, you can also set up an automatic hotspot connection from your iPhone on your Mac for internet on the go.
