After updating to macOS 27 Golden Gate and iOS 27, several people have found that notifications from their iPhone no longer appear on their Mac. In System Settings > Notifications, the "Mirror iPhone Notifications From" section either disappears entirely, or shows up listing only Apple's own apps, with every third-party app missing regardless of whether "Show on Mac" is turned on for them on the iPhone. This is frustrating, but it's also a pattern that has shown up with prior major macOS updates, and the same fix reliably resolves it.

What exactly breaks

The underlying connection, called iPhone Mirroring on the Mac side, which handles both the mirrored display and the notification relay, gets into a state after a major update where it no longer recognizes which apps on your iPhone are supposed to forward notifications. Reported variations include:

  • "Allow notifications from iPhone" missing from Notifications settings entirely, though still reachable through General > AirDrop & Continuity > Notifications & Live Activities on some setups.
  • "Allow notifications from iPhone" present, but the "Mirror iPhone Notifications From" list underneath it showing only Apple's built-in apps, with every third-party app absent.
  • Apps trickling back into the list individually over time, sometimes only after being updated or reinstalled.

Fix 1: the full reset, both devices

This is the fix that has reliably resolved this exact symptom across multiple macOS versions, not just Golden Gate. It's more thorough than toggling the setting off and on, and that extra thoroughness is what makes it actually work where quick toggles don't:

  1. On the iPhone: Settings > General > AirPlay & Continuity > iPhone Mirroring (or, on current versions, wherever iPhone Mirroring device management lives), find your Mac in the list, swipe to reveal Delete, and remove it.
  2. On the Mac: open the iPhone Mirroring app, and if your iPhone still shows as connected, choose Revoke Access.
  3. Restart both the iPhone and the Mac. Don't skip this step; several reports specifically needed the restart for the reset to actually take, not just the deletion itself.
  4. With both devices back up, open the iPhone Mirroring app on the Mac again. It should prompt you to set up the connection fresh, as if for the first time.
  5. Complete setup, unlocking the iPhone and confirming on both devices as prompted.
  6. Check System Settings > Notifications on the Mac again. The "Mirror iPhone Notifications From" list should now reflect your actual third-party apps, not just Apple's own.

Fix 2: update the affected apps

If specific apps are still missing from the list after the full reset above, check whether those apps themselves have a pending update in the App Store. Multiple reports specifically describe an app only reappearing in the mirrored notifications list after being updated, or in some cases after being fully removed and reinstalled, on the iPhone.

  1. On the iPhone, check the App Store's Updates section for the specific app that's missing.
  2. Install any pending update.
  3. Open the app at least once after updating, which can be what triggers it to register correctly with the notification-mirroring system again.
  4. If updating doesn't help, try offloading the app (Settings > General > iPhone Storage > select the app > Offload App) and reinstalling it fresh from the App Store, confirming notification permissions when it asks.

Fix 3: check the setting did not move

If "Allow notifications from iPhone" seems to have vanished from the Notifications pane specifically, it may simply have relocated rather than disappeared, which has happened before across macOS redesigns:

  1. Check System Settings > General > AirDrop & Continuity, and look for a Notifications & Live Activities section there instead.
  2. If you find it there, the setting itself is intact; it's just filed under a different section of System Settings than you expected.

Why this keeps happening with major updates

iPhone Mirroring's notification relay depends on both devices agreeing on a specific registered state: which Mac is authorized, which apps on the iPhone are permitted to forward notifications, and the live connection between the two. A major OS update on either side, especially both at once as happens with a September release cycle, can invalidate parts of that registered state without cleanly re-establishing it automatically. The full reset in Fix 1 works because it clears that state completely and rebuilds it from scratch, rather than trying to patch a partially broken version of it.

One more thing: give it time

At least one report describes apps slowly reappearing in the mirrored notifications list over the following days without any specific action being taken, suggesting the system does eventually self-correct for some people. If you've done the full reset and most apps are back but one or two stragglers are still missing, it's worth checking again after a day or two before assuming something is permanently broken.

The short version

  • A near-empty "Mirror iPhone Notifications From" list after updating to Golden Gate is a known pattern that has occurred with prior major macOS updates too, not something unique or permanently broken on your setup.
  • The reliable fix is a full reset: delete the Mac from iPhone Mirroring on the iPhone, revoke access on the Mac, restart both devices, then set up iPhone Mirroring fresh.
  • Apps still missing after that often need a pending update, or an offload-and-reinstall, on the iPhone specifically.
  • If "Allow notifications from iPhone" seems to have vanished, check General > AirDrop & Continuity on the Mac; it may have simply moved to a different settings section.