I wanted to share this "How To" since I've found it useful lately.
If you manage your podcasts on your phone, but prefer to use the nicer speakers on your Mac (and not drain phone battery), follow these steps:
• Plug your phone in via USB
• Open QuickTime Player
• File > New Audio Recording
• Click and drag the volume bar all the way up (this is different than your master Mac speaker volume)
• Click the down arrow button next the the Record button and select your iPhone
• Play a podcast (or whatever other media) from your phone
Notes:
• You don't have to be recording anything to hear your phone's audio through your Mac speakers.
• For whatever reason, this doesn't always work the first time. Sometimes you need to close the audio recording and repeat step 3 onward.
• While doing this, your unlocked iPhone will always show "9:41 AM" at the top. It's weird.
If you manage your podcasts on your phone, but prefer to use the nicer speakers on your Mac (and not drain phone battery), follow these steps:
• Plug your phone in via USB
• Open QuickTime Player
• File > New Audio Recording
• Click and drag the volume bar all the way up (this is different than your master Mac speaker volume)
• Click the down arrow button next the the Record button and select your iPhone
• Play a podcast (or whatever other media) from your phone
Notes:
• You don't have to be recording anything to hear your phone's audio through your Mac speakers.
• For whatever reason, this doesn't always work the first time. Sometimes you need to close the audio recording and repeat step 3 onward.
• While doing this, your unlocked iPhone will always show "9:41 AM" at the top. It's weird.