![]() This has saved my butt more than once on Gmail, and it’s nice seeing it added to Mail. Undo Send for Mail is a long awaited one, giving you a few extra seconds to rethink that message. Those two features are the most exciting day to day additions, but some others warrant call out. After a few days or weeks, I tend to forget about them altogether. Maybe it’s my own scatterbrained approach to working, or maybe the features haven’t been baked into the end user experience in a way that lends itself to stickiness (maybe both?). I tend to find these things interesting in my initial review, but they never really stick. I’m always skeptical of any new workflow feature. Stage Manager is the other feature I’ve found myself most regularly utilizing since downloading Ventura. More useful is the addition of handoff for FaceTime that makes it possible to quickly switch between devices while on a call. Desk View is an interesting - if not particularly useful addition - that can shoot your hands via overhead view. Center Stage works with the feature to follow you as you move and incorporate others into the frame. It’s a nice option to have in these days of remote work. Image Credits: Brian HeaterĬertainly it’s a nice upgrade for those with older, compatible MacBooks, but even sticking an iPhone atop a Mac isn’t the most elegant solution. Obviously, the ideal here would be improving the built-in cameras, but while the company has made the jump from 780 to 1080p on newer systems, the iPhone still wins out.Īpple Belkin Continuity Camera macOS. ![]() The MacBook wasn’t designed with that in mind, but I guess we’ve got to have faith that the company thinks it won’t put too much strain if they’re actively encouraging users to do it. Honestly, by biggest concern there is the stress the full weight of an iPhone will put on the lid/hinge in the long run. Like Ventura, the clip-on is still in beta, though again, it didn’t give me any problems. Or you can use the metal ring to stand it up on the desk - though the former makes it much easier to make eye contact while looking at your screen. A small, rubber lip lets you rest the phone on the MacBook’s lid. It utilizes the phone’s MageSafe magnets to snap onto the back. Image Credits: Brian Heaterīelkin sent me an early version of their Continuity Camera clip-on to test the system, and that, too, worked well. ![]() As you can see from below, there’s a marked difference in quality between the 14-inch M1 MacBook’s on-board camera (left) and the rear-facing on the iPhone 12 (right).īig difference between the 14-inch M1 MacBook’s on-board camera (left) and the rear-facing on the iPhone 12 (right). I tried it out on FaceTime, Zoom and Google Hangouts, and they all were able to use the iPhone. Once the upgrades are complete, your Mac should automatically detect the connected device and offer it in the drop-down menu of compatible video chat platforms. I was honestly a bit surprised by how seamless the two worked together. Download Ventura on your macOS and iOS 16 on a compatible device, and your iPhone will double as a webcam. It builds upon an earlier feature of the same name, bringing something far more useful for most of us, day-to-day. I should add the standard caveat here that comes with using beta software, though I’ve not found this latest version to be particularly buggy.Ĭontinuity Camera was the headline feature back at WWDC - both in terms of functionality and just general novelty. We’ve been fiddling around with the latest build over the past several days, and are largely satisfied with the upgrades contained therein. The company stuck to its word, releasing lucky number macOS 13 this morning (alongside the rest) for everyone who likes to live life very slightly on the edge, after rounds and rounds of bug testing. Back at WWDC, Apple promised to make the public beta of macOS Ventura available in July.
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