You can now create your new Mac with an iPhone or iPad and it might just be the best new time -saving

Apple initiated a new continuity feature with iOS 18.4 and MacOS Sequoia 15.4
You can now use an iPhone or iPad to help create your MAC
Although it is relatively small this can be a huge time -saving

Part of what makes the Apple ecosystem so good and appealing to newcomers or people who just buy new devices-are the continuity of them, even including setup. To create an Apple Watch or AirPods, just keep the device near your iPhone.

Setting up an iPad? Keep it near your iPhone, follow the steps and scan of the glowing blue Orb. Setting up a new iPhone? Keep it near your old iPhone. This takes a lot of manual character out of a new device setup and even helps authenticate your account.

While iOS 18.4, iPados 18.4 and MacOS Sequoia 15.4 do not have the next big set of Apple Intelligence features, they brought something amazing. And if you get a new Mac plan to get one or often reset your old ones, you’re in treats.

As long as you are up to date – which means your Mac has the latest version of Sequoia and your iPhone or iPad is running iOS or iPados 18.4, you can now create the new Mac with your other Apple device. Really neat and it can save you time. As with the quick setup, you need Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled for these two devices to connect.

So what is this quick setup speeding up? All-important Wi-Fi Legitimation Information, Design Selections such as Dark Mode or Icon Size, Accessibility Features and More Are Included. Plus, as you authenticate and log in with your Apple account (previous Apple ID), you can choose to turn on iCloud features such as a shared desktop, your photo library, cloud messages, your long list of passwords, notes and other items.

How setup of your mac with an iPhone or iPad is working

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Now, the good news is that this whole process really speeds up the setup process for your Mac – and it is a desktop that is a desktop that Mac Mini, Mac Studio or IMAC or a laptop, such as MacBook Air or MacBook Pro.

You are still starting up on Mac and choosing your language, but then under the familiar screen that asks “Transfer your data to this Mac” you will find a new option:

From a Mac, Time Machine or Startup Disk
From a Windows -pc
Set up with iPhone or iPad
Create as new

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The third option – created with iPhone or iPad – is what you have to choose to do just that. From there, your Mac then starts looking for a nearby device and you will unlock your iPhone or iPad and bring it close by.

So like when you create a new iPhone or an iPad, a splash screen appears on the bottom and asks if you want to use your Apple account to “create new Mac.” Simply hit Continue and then you scan a pattern that appears on your Mac with your iPhone. It is the last step for approval here.

Then you will be asked if you want to activate accessibility settings and then create your Mac account. The last step is a bit of a waiting game as your Apple account is synchronized with your Mac and then you can wrap the setup.