Are you getting the most out of your AWS investment? Get your free AWS Well-Architected Assessment.

2021 Fillmore Street #1128

}

24/7 solutions

Demo iOS Mobile Apps using QuickTime

Demoing iOS Mobile Apps using QuickTime is actually more complicated than it should be when you have multiple iOS Cloud accounts and multiple MacBook laptops. The first problem that I invariably encounter when I’m connecting my iPhone to my MacBook via a lightning cable is my iPhone will keep switching on and off charge. This […]

Demoing iOS Mobile Apps using QuickTime is actually more complicated than it should be when you have multiple iOS Cloud accounts and multiple MacBook laptops.
The first problem that I invariably encounter when I’m connecting my iPhone to my MacBook via a lightning cable is my iPhone will keep switching on and off charge. This situation will drive you batty. On Mac Catalina, if you go to Finder, under the Locations menu item, you’ll actually see your phone appear and disappear in sync with your iPhone charging and not charging.
The problem is a daemon that runs in the background entitled ‘usbd’. This service is responsible for allowing the system to configure USB iOS devices to charge and to present notifications related to USB devices. If you’re curious, you can find more about the process here.
The fix to this peculiar state requires you to launch the Terminal application and run the following command in the Terminal app.

sudo killall -STOP -c usbd

Your Macbook will ask for your user’s password, enter it.
Once you’ve successfully entered the command, believe it or not, this will successfully resolve the problem. Your iPhone will start to charge. On your iPhone, you’ll be prompted to trust the computer. When you navigate to your iPhone location in Finder, you’ll now be able to click on the iPhone, and on the right hand side of Finder you’ll be prompted to trust this computer. Progress.
Next, you will want to launch the QuickTime Player. I usually hit the command + space bar at the same time, and start to type Quick in the prompt. I then hit enter. QuickTime will come up.
In QuickTime, I’ll select FileNew Movie Recording. The camera on the MacBook will turn on. If you move the mouse down on the camera view, you’ll seeing the recording popup. On the recording button, the button with red circle in the middle, you’ll want to click on the downward arrow next to the recording button. On the Camera, select your iPhone.

Quick Time New Movie Recording iPhone

Quick Time New Movie Recording iPhone

 
Next, on your iPhone, launch the iPhone app that you’d like to demo. When I’m demoing, I’ll leverage Zoom, UberConference, Google Hangouts, or Skype to do the screenshare.

QuickTime Demo iPhone App

QuickTime Demo iPhone App

 

Joel Garcia

Joel Garcia

Joel Garcia has been building AllCode since 2015. He’s an innovative, hands-on executive with a proven record of designing, developing, and operating Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), mobile, and desktop solutions. Joel has expertise in HealthTech, VoIP, and cloud-based solutions. Joel has experience scaling multiple start-ups for successful exits to IMS Health and Golden Gate Capital, as well as working at mature, industry-leading software companies. He’s held executive engineering positions in San Francisco at TidalWave, LittleCast, Self Health Network, LiveVox acquired by Golden Gate Capital, and Med-Vantage acquired by IMS Health.

Related Articles

Traditional IT vs. AWS – How Small Businesses can Benefit

Traditional IT vs. AWS – How Small Businesses can Benefit

AWS solutions can accomplish a variety of problems and tasks including IT needs. Even smaller businesses that have a more limited scope that their businesses cover can look to find some way to upgrade their business operations through what Amazon has to offer. Though it may be intimidating and difficult to adapt to, there is more than enough reason to adopt AWS.

AWS Think Big with Small Business Program’s Competitive Edge

AWS Think Big with Small Business Program’s Competitive Edge

The Amazon Cloud can help alleviate most issues involving transitioning the cloud. Businesses of any scope can hope to build solutions that are scalable and adaptable to their industry of work. Smaller or minority-owned businesses may still struggle to stand out among bigger companies or make an AWS environment as efficient as possible with fewer funds to spend. To alleviate these burdens, Amazon has the Think Big With Small Business program available through their Public Sector partnership program.

AWS Think Big for Small Business, Data Analytics, and Business Intelligence

AWS Think Big for Small Business, Data Analytics, and Business Intelligence

The AWS Think Big for Small Business Program is an outreach program designed to provide small and/or minority-owned public sector organizations support in the form of business intelligence, technical expertise, and marketing strategies. With cloud-based solutions and experience, various public institutions globally have seen continued success in government, educational, and nonprofit sectors. While the funding provided can help significantly to meet business objectives, the expertise on navigating the cloud and how to extend outwards towards customers is just as critical.