Changelog

Small polish.

• Small refinements throughout the app.

Unplug a camera, keep shooting.

• When a webcam is unplugged or your iPhone disconnects, MacCam switches to another camera instead of showing a black picture.
• Knock to capture only listens while MacCam is in front – no microphone in the background, and switching to AirPods no longer stops it.
• A sign-in link from someone else now asks before it changes your license, and MacCam only installs updates that are really newer.

Your voice stays on your Mac.

• The Teleprompter follows your voice only with on-device speech recognition – nothing is ever uploaded. Where a Mac can’t do that for your language, it scrolls at a constant pace.
• The license form now offers news about new Pro features.

MacCam Pro is here.

• Teleprompter: switch to Video and your script scrolls right under the camera, following your voice – invisible in screen shares.
• Knock, clap or snap twice – MacCam takes the photo or starts the video.
• Both are free for life with MacCam Pro for the first 100,000 people.
• Edge Light turns off again when you click it, and the confirmation code screen appears the moment you click.

Reset in one click.

• When a style or effect is on, a small button at the top right shows its name – click it for the original picture.
• Click anywhere in the picture to hide the Portrait, Studio Light or Edge Light slider; click the effect again to bring it back.
• On macOS 15 the camera name is centred and the Pro card follows your pointer again.

Better on macOS 15.

• The camera picker next to the shutter is a compact button again instead of a bar across the window.
• Edge Light shows what it needs: on Macs before macOS 26.2, one click explains it and opens Software Update.

MacCam installs itself.

• Open MacCam wherever it landed – Downloads, the Desktop or the installer – and one click moves it into Applications.
• An older MacCam is replaced, and MacCam starts again from Applications.

A cleaner installer.

• A bigger MacCam title and one calm arrow from MacCam to Applications – nothing covers the labels any more.

A calmer start and a cleaner viewer.

• The welcome screen, the permission tips and the Pro pass now appear calmly instead of flying in from the corner.
• Videos in the light viewer no longer show black bars while you swipe.

Opens without warnings, zooms like Photos.

• Notarized by Apple: MacCam now opens like any other app – no more “Open Anyway”.
• Double-click a photo to zoom exactly where you clicked, double-click again to glide back. Pinch zooms around the pointer.
• Swipe faster between photos and videos – the next one appears as soon as you start.
• The effects panel no longer jumps when the strength slider appears.

Effects stay in your videos.

• Change an effect or move a slider while recording – the saved video changes at exactly the same moment.
• Photos and videos are saved the right way round, like on iPhone. You can still mirror them in Settings.
• In light mode, the viewer has a white background, like Photos.
• Click the PRO badge to see your lifetime pass and what’s coming next.

No more password prompt.

• macOS no longer asks for your login password after installing or updating MacCam.
• The camera tour now says PHOTO and VIDEO in your language.
• Coming from 1.0.2? Download MacCam once from maccam.app – after that, updates install with one click.

Pro for free, and pause for videos.

• MacCam Pro is free for the first 100,000 users – confirm your email in Settings › License and it’s yours for life.
• Pause and resume while recording a video.
• A new welcome tour explains each permission before macOS asks.
• Photographic Styles are easier to adjust, and the classic effects have a strength slider.
• Saves to Pictures › MacCam when Photos access is off. Updates install with one click.

Small fixes for everyday use.

• The window buttons stay in place when you open a photo.
• The Back button on your mouse goes back – from a photo to the library, and to the camera.
• The Photographic Styles bar fits small windows.

The first release.

• Photos and videos with the built-in camera, your iPhone or any webcam.
• Photographic Styles, macOS video effects and the good old Photo Booth effects.
• A library right in the app: view, zoom, share and delete.