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How to Use Apple Watch as Viewfinder & Remote for iPhone Camera

Apr 15, 2024 - 1 Comment
How to Use Apple Watch as Viewfinder & Remote for iPhone Camera

Did you know that your Apple Watch can be used as a viewfinder and shutter button for the camera on your iPhone? Sure, some of you may already know this, but a lot of new Apple Watch users aren’t aware of this nifty feature that can come in handy while taking photos in a variety … Read More

6 Tips for Recording the Best iPhone Video Possible

Jul 31, 2023 - 3 Comments
Tips for recording the best iPhone videos possible

All modern iPhone’s include excellent video recording capabilities and cameras, and while you can certainly simply hit the record button and you’ll get great video right away, there are some additional tips to maximize your video capturing experience. Read along and you’ll be able to master record the best possible videos on your iPhone. Technically … Read More

How to Use Action Mode on iPhone Camera

Mar 17, 2023 - 3 Comments
Action Mode video recording with iPhone

Action Mode offers an impressive stabilizing function to recording videos, which can be particularly handy if you’re moving or active while recording something else that is also moving. Essentially, Action Mode stabilizes the video to turn shaky camera videos into smooth videos, and it works really well. For example, maybe you want to record a … Read More

How to Use the iPhone Camera as a Zoom Camera on Mac

Feb 22, 2023 - 2 Comments
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The iPhone camera offers a much higher resolution camera experience than the built-in cameras on Macs, so if you’re a frequent Zoom meeting attendee or host, you may appreciate using the iPhone camera instead of the funky camera in most Macs. Let’s take a look at how easy it is to use your iPhone camera … Read More

How to Use a Virtual Webcam on a Mac

Jul 24, 2022 - 4 Comments
How to Use Virtual Webcam on a Mac

Ever wanted to enhance the webcam on your Mac? For example, tweak the brightness, contrast, saturation, or even flip the camera horizontally? These things can be done using third-party software called virtual cameras.

Use Time-Lapse on iPhone to Capture July 4th Firework Shows

Jul 4, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Capture time lapse video of fireworks with iPhone camera

Planning on watching an exciting fireworks show and want to preserve a memory of the experience, or perhaps share the firework show with someone else? Consider using the excellent Time-Lapse feature of the iPhone camera!

How to Identify Flowers & Plants with iPhone with a Cool Hidden Feature

Jun 2, 2022 - 36 Comments
How to identify plants and flowers with iPhone

Did you know your iPhone has a built-in ability to identify many common flowers, plants, and objects? Thanks to Siri Knowledge, your iPhone camera can easily identify a surprising amount of plants, flowers, items, and other objects that you point the camera to and snap a picture of, but most people don’t know about this … Read More

How to Silence the iPhone Camera Shutter Sound with Live Photos

May 22, 2022 - 1 Comment
Take silent photos on iPhone

Would you like to snap iPhone photos in silence? As you know, the iPhone and iPad makes a camera shutter sound whenever you take a picture. The sound effect offers auditory feedback to acknowledge that a photo was taken, but there are times where you’d probably like to have the camera be silent too. You … Read More

How to Enable or Disable Macro Camera Controls on iPhone 13 Pro

Apr 18, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Macro Control camera setting for iPhone

You can choose to have manual macro camera controls, or use the automatic macro mode setting, on the latest top-end model iPhones including iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. This can help you to take macro photos easier, and more suitable to how you use your iPhone camera. With manual macro camera controls … Read More

How to Take Macro Photos with iPhone 13 Pro

Apr 11, 2022 - 2 Comments
How to use Macro Camera mode on iPhone

The iPhone 13 Pro includes a really great macro photo capability, allowing you to take super close-up macro photos of objects, items, textures, or whatever else you want to snap a macro image of. Using the macro mode on iPhone camera is pretty easy but you’d be forgiven for not noticing how to activate the … Read More

How to Change Frame Rate of iPhone’s Camera

Jan 21, 2022 - Leave a Comment
How to Change Frame Rate of iPhone Camera

Do you want to shoot videos at a different frame rate on your iPhone? Perhaps you want to record videos at 24 fps for cinematic visuals rather than smoothness? Or maybe you want to use the smooth 60 fps for a professional video? Changing frame rate of your iPhone or iPad video capture is easy, … Read More

How to Take Photos on iPhone & iPad with Siri

Oct 6, 2021 - 4 Comments
How to Take Photos on iPhone & iPad with Siri

Did you know that you can use Siri to take a picture instead of pressing the shutter button yourself? This may come in handy when you’re taking group photos and you want everyone in the shot. Apple’s Shortcuts app makes this possible and it’s pretty easy to set up.

How to Mirror Front Camera Photos on iPhone

Sep 10, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Mirror Front Camera on iPhone & iPad

If you take a lot of selfies on your iPhone or iPad, you already know how the final image is not the same as the one you saw in the camera preview. This is because the preview is flipped to make it seem like you’re looking in the mirror, but the final image you get … Read More

How to Change WhatsApp Default Webcam & Mic on PC & Mac

Aug 8, 2021 - 4 Comments
How to Change WhatsApp Default Webcam & Mic on PC & Mac

Do you make WhatsApp voice and video calls on your computer? If so, it’s likely that you may want to change the webcam or the microphone it uses by default. Fortunately, this is pretty easy to do and it just takes a few seconds of your time.

How to Switch Webcam on Mac: Using External Webcams with FaceTime, Zoom, Skype, etc

Aug 2, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Switch Webcam on Mac

Do you want to use an external webcam for video calls on your Mac? It’s pretty easy to switch a webcam in macOS, but the procedure may slightly vary depending on the software you use. We’ll cover switching the webcam used by the Mac with FaceTime, Skype, and Zoom.

How to Disable Camera on iPhone & Lock Screen

May 10, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Disable Camera on iPhone & Lock Screen

Want to disable the camera on the Lock Screen of iPhone? Whether for privacy purposes, part of work provisioning, for a child’s iPhone, or to prevent accidental pictures being taken, you can disable the camera on iPhone if need be, which also prevents the camera from being usable while the iPhone is locked.

How to Record Video While Playing Music on iPhone

Apr 29, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Record Video While Playing Music on iPhone

If you’ve ever tried to record a video while playing music on iPhone, you may have noticed that the music playback stops as soon as you switch to the Video mode in the Camera app. As frustrating as this can be, we have a way to get around this issue, letting you capture videos with … Read More

How to Prevent Microphone & Camera Access for Websites in Safari on Mac

Apr 22, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Block Microphone & Camera Access on Websites for Mac in Safari

Do you want to stop certain websites from trying to access your Mac’s webcam or microphone unnecessarily? You’ll be pleased to know that Safari on macOS makes it pretty easy to restrict websites that can request access to the camera or microphone with pop-ups.

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