iPhone cannot find Mac mini in Control Nearby Devices
An iPhone cannot find a through the setting called Control Nearby Devices. The goal is to control music that is already playing on the from the iPhone.
Both devices are on the same network, and basic Apple sharing such as AirDrop work between them. The wanted setup is not to start music on the phone and send it to the , but to use the phone as a for playback already running on the .
Key points
- Control Nearby Devices on iPhone does not discover the .
- The iPhone and are on the same network.
- AirDrop works, so basic Apple device discovery is not fully broken.
- The desired use is controlling playback already happening on the , not casting phone audio to it.
- This matters most when the is used without a nearby screen or keyboard.