App: Hand Mirror
Developer: Rafael Conde
Genres: Utilities, Photo & Video

"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:
‣ 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
‣ Snaps (COMING SOON): [REDACTED]

(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!

Release notes:
Mic Check, Reactions, and macOS Sonoma compatibility!
‣ Check your microphone levels, hopefully avoiding yet another "can y'all hear me?" in the next video call (Hand Mirror Plus only)
‣ Hand Mirror has now custom triggers for all the new macOS Sonoma reactions, perfect playground for some fun screenshots (Hand Mirror Plus and macOS Sonoma only)
‣ macOS Sonoma compatibility
‣ General bug fixes and improvements

(3.0.1) Fixes a bug where the Thumbs Up/Down reactions were set to the opposite button