Fix Guide: Sequoia iPhone Mirroring Screen Frozen

Symptom: You launch iPhone Mirroring on macOS Sequoia, but the window remains black, or it shows a static image of your iPhone lock screen that doesn't respond to clicks.

Why this happens

This is often caused by a stalled remotemanagementd session or a failure in the hardware-accelerated video stream decoder on the Mac.

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Fix 1: Kill the Remote Management Daemon

1. Open Terminal.
2. Run:

sudo killall remotemanagementd

1. Relaunch the iPhone Mirroring app.

Fix 2: Reset Screen Sharing Preferences

1. In Terminal:

defaults delete com.apple.ScreenSharing; killall ScreenSharing

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To clear system-level caches that might interfere with mirroring:

- Get CleanMyMac X to run the "Maintenance" scripts that flush the DNS and system caches responsible for device handshakes.