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Hand Mirror

Hand Mirror

A quick camera check, right from the menu bar

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Hand Mirror is a beloved macOS menu bar app that gives you a quick camera preview before any video call so you never join a meeting unprepared. It replaces clunky Photo Booth detours with a single click in your menu bar. Core features: • Instant menu bar camera preview with a single click • Snaps — save the moment with a Polaroid-style picture and marker • Mic Check to verify microphone connection and audio levels • Smart Window — fully resizable, draggable, always-on-top camera window • Custom window masks, icons, default positions, and Notch Trigger support Join the App Store editors, Verge writers, and remote workers who've made Hand Mirror an essential part of their video-call routine.

Hand Mirror FAQ

What is this?+

It's a macOS app that lives in your menu bar, and when you click on it you get a view from your camera.

Yeah but why?+

For when you have to join a Zoom call but want to check your face first, or make sure nothing embarrassing is in frame — faster than opening Photo Booth.

Why not just open Photo Booth instead?+

The developer used to do that via Spotlight, but it would sometimes open Photos instead, or retrain Spotlight to default "Phot" to Photo Booth — which got annoying, so he built this instead.

Does this app do anything else?+

Yes. Hand Mirror Plus is a one-time purchase that gives you all current and future bundle features forever, and the price goes up each time a major feature is added.

What's in Hand Mirror Plus today?+

Snaps (Polaroid-style photos), Mic Check, Reactions, Smart Window (resizable and always-on-top), Window Masks such as a circular mask, Custom Default Position, Custom Icons, and Notch Trigger.

Do you have some icons I can use with my Stream Deck?+

Yes — three variants in different styles are available to download.

I'm on an older version of macOS, can you hook me up?+

Yes. You can download an older version of the app, with no new features or fixes, that goes back to High Sierra. The current app requires macOS Monterey or later.

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