"App You Didn't Know You Needed" — App Store
Hand Mirror is a super simple app that lives in your Menu Bar (little cozy top right corner of your Mac) and gives you a one-click access camera check!
‣ Need to jump on a video call? Quick camera check.
‣ Need to quickly check your surroundings? Quick camera check.
‣ Need a view of your camera for when you're streaming or recording your screen? Quick camera check and drag the window around.
‣ Need to check your face because you're gorgeous? Quick camera check.
Want more? Good thing for Hand Mirror Plus:
It's a one-time purchase that will unlock all past, present, and future features added to the app, like:
‣ Snaps: Save the moment with a cute Polaroid-style picture, complete with a marker for drawing over it.
‣ Mic Check: You already know you look good, but can people hear you? Check your microphone levels directly from Hand Mirror
‣ Reactions Playground: Custom triggers for all of the new macOS Sonoma Reactions for some fun screenshots
‣ Smart Window: Fully customizable, resizable, positioned window
‣ Window Masks: Zoom, crop, tweak border radius, make your camera view just like you like it
‣ Custom position: Want to trigger the window right below your camera, pick where the window appears
‣ Notch Trigger: If you're on a compatible device, you can click right on the camera housing area to trigger Hand Mirror
‣ Custom App Icons and Menu Bar Icons: Make the Menu Bar icon match your camera and or your taste
(every time a new feature is released with Hand Mirror Plus, the price will go up, so this bundle will never be as cheap as NOW).
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Here's what some really nice people said about this little app:
"A-Plus Apps for Students"
‣ App Store
"Your Work-From-Home Toolkit"
‣ App Store
"It’s incredibly useful"
‣ Jay Peters, The Verge
"It's free, it's cute, it's awesome"
‣ Quinn "Snazzy Labs" Nelson
“Hand Mirror is a great little app (…) just download it!”
‣ Brett Burney, on Mac Power Users
"I'm putting this on every device now, it's incredibly handy"
‣ Charlie Chapman, also on Mac Power Users
“One of my favorite apps of all time.”
‣ Sara Soueidan
“It is so good!”
‣ Dieter Bohn
“Every remote worker needs this Mac app - quick check yo'self camera reviews before you jump on that Zoom call!”
‣ James Doman-Pipe
"Mac users, Hand Mirror by Rafa is by far the best way to check your video's look before jumping on a Zoom call. Worth every penny. Which is none. It's free."
‣ Keith Monaghan
“Still crashes on launch!”
‣ Tim Van Damme
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This app does not record, collect, or send your data anywhere — for three reasons:
1. There's absolutely no need, it's just a feed of your own web camera.
2. I wouldn't do that, that's just creepy.
3. And most importantly: I don't even have the programming skills to do that. Seriously, but thanks for thinking that I did!
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Get. This. App. Now.
TedMoore
If you EVER have to jump on a Zoom, Google Meet, or do any tuts or explainer videos, THIS IS A MUST HAVE APP. How many times have you had to jump through hoops with PhotoBooth, hoping feverishly that you can check your appearance before that meeting? It's not fun. Besides, that whole clunky process is eliminated BEAUTIFULLY with the elegant, essential app known as Hand Mirror. Hats off to the dev for making this app (which should be standard with all Macs) available. With it, you can easily check your mic level, appearance, and have a useful variety of window options. VERY handy for tutorials, video reviews, explainer vids, and meetings. Works perfectlcly with Apple Silicon on MacBook Pro!
Simple and Useful
NikitaRose8178
I love Hand Mirror. At first it seemed like a silly concept for an app, but over the last year I’ve had it installed I have come to use it almost daily. I am a streamer, so it’s nice to use as a quick check on what the camera sees when arranging or moving stuff, instead of booting up the streaming software fully. One click and boom - clear vision of what the camera sees. Also for other more self-absorbed things, like checking my hair or make up, silently judging myself, etc, it’s so quick and effective. A surprisingly useful little app. Highly recommend!
How is this not standard with all Macs?
Truxima
This is one of those tools that you won't know you need until you've ever been stuck in a situation where you needed it. Long story short, I am a pharmacy student that occasionally has to record a presentation as an assignment with a live recording of my face somewhere in the corner of the presentation. I've tried everything from OBS to Camtasia (great software, just either takes hella time to set up or are very pricy). This has to be easiest option to make sure you have a recording of yourself and your presentation!
Very useful! (perhaps buggy)
tdeniston
This is a great utility app that I use to a) help make sure my appearance is presentable before video calls and b) to adjust the things in the background that I stage before the same video calls. I found that the app couldn't access my secondary camera (Logitech USB cam) after waking my computer, though it could show the built-in camera on my MBP. After a few days of not caring, I noticed that Hand Mirror was taking up 5 GB of memory. I quit the app and relaunched and it seems to be fine and can access the external webcam now.
Developer Response
Thanks so much for the review! Your secondary camera *should* work with today's update, and the memory leak — oops — I'll try to reproduce and fix it soon!
Improvements
• You can once again drag the popover away from the menu bar to keep it around as a floating window.
• A lot of performance improvements
Fixes
• Opening Hand Mirror with the keyboard shortcut while another app was in front could instantly close the window. Not anymore.
• Fixed a hang when opening the camera.
• Switching microphones now sticks reliably — it no longer occasionally reverts to the previous mic.
• Your saved microphone choice is no longer forgotten if it's temporarily unplugged.
• Space and Escape now only work in the camera window — pressing Space in Settings no longer takes a surprise Snap.
• With "Close window when unfocused" enabled, clicking the floating window no longer closes it.
• Fixed a crash when no camera is connected to your Mac.
• A failed Snap no longer counts against your free Snaps.
• The Reactions section in Settings now correctly reflects whether your Mac supports Reactions.
• Fixed several small memory leaks for better long-run stability.
Version 4.0.5
The developer, Rafael Conde, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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