CamHold

Utilities

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

Mac

Step away from a call without anyone noticing. Freeze the frame, go dark or pixelate on purpose, from the menu bar, a hotkey or Control Center. Now in six languages. CamHold is a virtual camera for your Mac. Pick “CamHold” as the camera in Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime, Teams or any other app, and control what they see from the menu bar, a hotkey or Control Center. FREEZE Hold the last frame while you step away. Nobody notices you left. HIDE Cut the feed instantly. Go black, or show a picture of your choice. PIXELATE Lower the quality on purpose when you would rather not be seen clearly. MARQUEE (Pro) Put words on your video: type a note, drop it anywhere on the frame, let it scroll. ALWAYS ONE CLICK AWAY • Live preview and the Freeze and Hide buttons right in the menu bar • Global shortcuts: ⌥⌘F freeze, ⌥⌘H hide • A Freeze control for Control Center on macOS 26 • Mirror your image when an app shows it backwards PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your Mac. No account, no analytics, no network requests. Frames are never recorded or sent anywhere. The free version adds a small “CamHold — free” mark to the video. One purchase removes it forever. Requires macOS 14 or later. CamHold installs a camera extension that macOS asks you to approve once.

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Setup that does the work for you • A short first-launch guide installs the CamHold camera, lets you pick your source camera and shows where to select CamHold in Zoom, Meet, FaceTime or Teams. • The virtual camera installs itself when it is missing. Reinstall and "Run setup again" now live under the gear in the window header. • The app is now available in Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, French, German and Japanese. Lighter during calls • Freeze and Hide now render once and hold the frame, instead of redrawing it 60 times a second. • Pixelate, mirror, marquee and watermark are applied in a single pass. • The live preview uses far less CPU. Fixes • The window comes back to the front after macOS dialogs (camera permission, extension approval, System Settings) and "Open CamHold" in the menu bar always works. • The Control Center Freeze control stays in sync when you freeze from the window, the menu bar or the ⌥⌘F shortcut. • Unplugging the selected camera no longer stops the feed; CamHold switches to the camera that is left and back when yours returns. • The Hidden background image is stored at 1080p, so choosing a large photo is fast and light.

The developer, Bryan Julio, 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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    Seller
    • Bryan Julio
    Size
    • 1.1 MB
    Category
    • Utilities
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 5 more
    • English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Bryan Dev