Hey everyone! I’m looking for an open-source alternative to Apple’s Continuity Camera feature. I need it for my work laptop, but since I’m using a different Apple ID, I can’t use the official feature. Security is a big concern for me, so it has to be open source. Any recommendations? Thanks!
Are you talking about using the phone as a camera for taking pictures or for using it as a webcam?
For the former, you can just take a photo and AirDrop it, you don’t need to be signed in to the same Apple ID.
For the latter, I’ve used DroidCam in the past. It’s not as smooth sailing as the Continuity feature, but it gets the job done.
If security is a big concern then you may benefit from going professional route as an alternative to open source route.
NDI is kind of big player in broadcasting space and does a pretty good job as a wireless camera. You’d install NDI HX Camera on your phone, and use NDI Webcam from NDI Tools to get the cam feed from your Mac.
You can also use it to do silly Picture in Picture setup with OBS to have multiple angles of yourself (or, probably the more common use case, multiple subjects), captured and streamed simultaneously. Our little one wanted to take drawing class during COVID and we did the PinP setup for her zoom, laptop camera at her, and tripod with phone pointed at her drawing. The teacher really liked it and was able to work with her on some techniques.
