How to use AirServer to mirror screen from iPhone iPad to computer?

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AirServer is screen mirroring software receiver for Mac and PC. It can help users easily receive AirPlay, Google Cast and Miracast stream. Today we will discuss how to use AirServer’s built-in AirPlay feature to mirror screen from iPhone iPad to PC?

Apple AirPlay allows wireless streaming between devices of audio, video, photo, even device screens. All iOS devices ship with the AirPlay feature. For example you can stream content from iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to Apple TV or other TV that support AirPlay. The idea is that you can share content or screen between different devices, say play iPhone videos on HDTV big screen. In this case, the iOS devices are the AirPlay sender devices and the TV sets are AirPlay receiver devices. More devices or apps can be used as the sender or receiver devices. Any computer can now be turned into an AirPlay receiver with the implementations of the AirPlay protocol. AirServer is such a software. It can transform your PC or Mac computer as the AirPlay receivers. AirPlay mirroring can stream the screen from an iOS device to HDTV and computer. See how we can use AirServer to mirror screen of iPhone iPad or iPod touch to Mac and PC below.

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How to use AirServer’s AirPlay to mirror screen from iPhone iPad to PC?

Firstly buy a copy of AirServer from this link, which costs $19.99. Download and install the AirServer on your computer, then use the activation code you got to activate the full version. The use of AirServer is extremely easy. Anytime you want to stream content, like photos, videos, audios, from iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to computer, or cast screen from iOS device to computer, just run the AirServer on your computer. Then go to turn on AirPlay from the Control Center on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and pick up your PC or Mac as the AirPlay receiver device. To access the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch Control Center, you can simply swipe up from the bottom of your iOS device screen, you should then see the AirPlay icon there. Tap AirPlay, you will see all AirPlay enabled receiver devices. After the AirPlay mirroring, you will see the iOS device’s screen is mirrored to your computer display.

Here is the screenshot of the iPhone screen mirrored to a Windows PC.

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See below figure which also shows the steps to enable AirPlay mirror on iPad and thus cast iPad’s screen to PC.

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Now you know all the basics about AirPlay mirroring from iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch to computer screen via AirServer’s built-in AirPlay support, thus cast screen from iOS device to computer wirelessly and securely without the need for cables.

QuickTime Player – A FREE tool to mirror screen from iPhone iPad to Mac

If you are looking for a free tool for screen mirroring from iPhone iPad to computer without any fee, try QuickTime Player. It is a system app in Mac OS. You can use it as the free iPhone iPad to Mac screen cast software. Find more details from this guide to mirror iPhone iPad to Mac using QuickTime for free.

Another tool to mirror screen from iPhone iPad to PC

X-mirage is another great tool for screen mirroring from iPhone iPad to computer without any fee, do not miss out this tutorial on mirroring iPhone iPad to Macbook wirelessly.

Update May 2018: this article was originally published in Oct 2016. in this update, we added the new method to record iPhone iPad screen with the built-in screen recorder which is available in recent iOS versions. New methods to cast screen from iOS devices to Mac using QuickTime and X-mirage also added.
Update May 2019: removed outdated content. New iOS versions allow users to directly record screen on the device without the need to cast screen to a PC or Mac or record iOS screen with a desktop screen recorder.