Continuity Camera lets you turn over your iPhone into an extraneous TV input equipment for your Mac . The requirements are abbreviated : iOS 16 or later , any iPhone introduced in 2018 or later ( the XR era ) , and any Mac that can run macOS 13 Ventura or later .
On your iPhone , ensure thatSettings > General > AirPlay & Handoffhas Handoff enable and Continuity Camera enable . On your Mac , when the iPhone is nearby , you could select your iPhone by name in any app that hold standard TV input , like FaceTime or Zoom .
When Continuity Camera is participating , you may Pause or Disconnect it . But you ca n’t impel it to start up .
When Continuity Camera is active, you can Pause or Disconnect it. But you can’t force it to start up.
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However , I and many others have learn glitches since the iOS 17 betas seem , and they still occur with the release version :
The root is to flip switches ( how frustrating ! ) .
When Continuity Camera is active, you can Pause or Disconnect it. But you can’t force it to start up.
I found in working through solution that only the Handoff on-off switch worked for me . The failure to work as Continuity Camera prevail through restart my iPhone until I flipped that Handoff switch off and back on . Others have base that Standby toggling does the whoremaster , while still others disable and re - enabled Continuity Camera .
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