It’s frustrating to shell out money for features that probably should be found in Apple’s system preferences, but with a little fiddling around you can really improve the look of your webcam. You can even control many third-party cameras with Webcam Settings. You can see I can do things with it like if I want to zoom in. On Mac you just plug it in and you are kind of stuck with the camera.
Webcam Settings sits up in your menu bar for quick access, and doesn’t consume much in the way of resources. When you plug the camera in, Logitech doesn’t do like it does on Windows and have you install the software. You can save these settings as quick presets, too. You can adjust exposure time, aperture, brightness, contrast, zoom, backlight compensation, focus, and lots more-depending on the hardware features of the camera you’re adjusting. If you are willing to accept digital rather than optical camera adjustments, you can add third-party software like iGlasses. Keep your Mac from going to sleep when the display sleeps. Prevent your Mac from sleeping automatically when the display is off. As a result, working only with what comes in the box of the Mac you bought, the o nly way to adjust the camera's field view is to move the Mac. Set the amount of time your Mac should wait before going to sleep. Therefore you will not find any systemwide averages that adjust the camera. As a result, working only with what comes in the box of the Mac you bought, the o nly way to adjust the cameras field view is to move the Mac. See Schedule your Mac desktop computer to turn on or off. It works fine on macOS Big Sur and Apple Silicon macs (through Rosetta), and directly controls features of your webcam, so it works with nearly every app. Therefore you will not find any systemwide averages that adjust the camera. Webcam Settings gives you more control over your FaceTime camera.Ī better solution is probably the Webcam Settings app, which you can grab for $7.99 in the Mac app store.