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Title: How to adjust webcam settings on your Mac
Post by: HCK on December 12, 2020, 04:05:09 pm
How to adjust webcam settings on your Mac

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<p>When it comes to video conferencing on a Mac, Apple seems frustratingly in the dark. The company that made it such a priority nearly 20 years ago with the iSight camera, and brought video calls to our collective consciousness on phones with FaceTime, seems content to sell expensive computers with frustratingly awful webcams, year after year.</p><p>Just as annoying as the lackluster hardware is the fact that Apple doesn’t give users any built-in control to improve quality themselves. There’s no System Preferences adjustment for the FaceTime camera on a Mac. If the video app you’re using doesn’t have its own controls, you’re out of luck.</p><p>All hope is not lost, though. Wether you’re using third-party webcam hardware (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3145871/best-webcam-give-your-video-calls-the-quality-they-deserve.html) or Apple’s built-in FaceTime camera, you have options, if you’re willing to invest a bit of money in an app.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2047634/how-to-tweak-settings-on-your-webcam.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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