Stage Manager is an optional feature you have to manually turn on or off in the Control Center. Stage Manager is useful (if you remember to use it) I’ve found that the farther away your iPhone is from you, the better off you are with getting everything lined up just right, but even then, the video doesn’t quite look right. The desk view feature sounds great however, I’ve had some issues getting it to look just right. There’s even a desk view that uses the iPhone’s cameras to create a video feed of your desktop so you can appear on the call and show a demonstration simultaneously. Then, you can use the camera controls on Control Center to turn on Portrait Mode, use Center Stage to keep you in the frame or use Stage Lighting to improve lighting conditions. Then, when on a call, select your iPhone as a camera option in the respective app’s settings page. And better yet, you don’t have to do anything to set it up other than bring your iPhone close to your Mac. I suspect Continuity Camera will become one of the more popular MacOS Ventura features because it turns your iPhone into a webcam for your Mac, something that’s long overdue.

The new macOS Ventura will work on the following MacBooks and Mac desktops:Ĭontinuity Camera uses your iPhone as a webcam Download and install the Ventura installer, then follow the prompts to install the latest major macOS update.

You’ll need to search the store for “macOS Ventura” to find it. MacOS Ventura will be available as an update through the Mac App Store.

I’ve been using Ventura since it was first released in Apple’s beta program back in June, and my initial assessment has proven true: MacOS Ventura is a sneakily meaningful upgrade. There’s a completely new way of multitasking, a native option to use your iPhone as a webcam and new Messages, Photos and Mail features - to name a few. MacOS Ventura isn’t the same substantial update that last year’s macOS Monterey was, but it does bring several useful new features to Apple’s computer lineup. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN accountĪfter a whirlwind of releases this fall, including four new iPhones, the AirPods Pro 2, two new iPads and iOS 16, Apple is ready to push the release button on the latest major software update for the Mac: macOS Ventura.

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