iPhone Continuity Camera won't connect wirelessly to Mac mini?

[@overvue-planwithvision]

Terrific Juan. I've been looking for weeks to find what I was doing wrong. You nailed it.

[@JuanWei]

Glad it helped you

[@isurf239]

spent the last hour troubleshooting, reset every network setting, doing everything suggested....then I come across this and boom it works! Thank you so much

[@JuanWei]

Glad it helped 👍

[@chukcanuk]

I kept getting prompts to use my iPhone for a webcam which I ignored. But I realize my M2 Mini does not like my Logitech 920 camera. So as I was looking for webcams that would work with M2 Mini I found your very helpful video. Thanks brother.

[@meowth27]

The key is to be in Landscape and not moving. 'Note: In order to use your iPhone as a microphone on a Mac without a built-in camera, the iPhone must be in landscape orientation, stationary, and locked.'

[@JuanWei]

Thanks for sharing!

[@gutembergfreirebrasil]

Tks

[@stevenparker7290]

This is what solved my problem! Thank you!

[@jtl2112]

The key turned out to be your comment!

[@akashsandhu3761]

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[@evanszi69]

Apple wasn't able to help, you were! Thank you!

[@claustrophobeinspace]

Juan, you are lifesave. Been searching about this, mostly just overrated fancy KZbinr that didn't explain anything. Thank you.

[@JuanWei]

You’re welcome. Happy to help.

[@RussellCollier-g9l]

Thanks, Juan, it didn't work until I connected USB first, but then it work wireless for me. Thanks again.

[@JuanWei]

That’s great to hear! Cheers!

[@Sonic-Boom]

I tried for ages until I found your video. For a minute I thought you were not going to tell us the fix but right at the end - have phone locked - and BOOM, it works! Thankyou

[@JuanWei]

I was scratching my head too earlier wondering why it wouldn’t work and then discovered it was so simple it seemed silly, so I felt I should make a video and share with others out there. Happy it helped.

[@michelenardo1221]

This was freaking amazing, thank you!

[@MynorRodrigo]

For anyone trying to fix this issue with the mac mini. It will also pop up the option to use the iPhone Camera if you have any other webcam connected with usb. The solution in the video works great aswell

[@JuanWei]

Thanks for sharing this tip

[@lemuelsanchez5093]

You didn't actually show how to connect. You just said "hey, look guys i did it" your just showing that it works without actually explaining how it works. Its like teaching someone how to bake a cake, but the cake is already done, and telling them...and thats how you do it!!! XDXD

[@Tonna12]

He never said he was gonna show how

[@DennisDomingo]

Thank you Juan for the informative video!

[@FeloniousDream]

Thank you sir. Simple and to the point.

[@JuanWei]

Happy to help

[@bernardlinde]

Thanks! You solved my issue!

[@TammiLColesinGermany]

This did it. Thanks, Juan!

[@JuanWei]

You’re welcome

[@preeethan]

This is exactly what I have been looking for 😊

[@JuanWei]

That’s awesome 👍

[@atmoravi]

thank you! did not work with cable. but it does work wirelessly!

[@JuanWei]

You’re welcome!

[@mariorodriguez6674]

I found th problem to be the firewall. Try going to settings/ network / firewall/ options and make sure the continuity agent is allowed , not blocked. it fixed all my problems with continuity camera.

[@JuanWei]

@@mariorodriguez6674 that’s a new one, thanks for sharing!

[@AkunoHakaimono]

Great work Juan! , I've wasted hours finding the solution on apple's own site and internet too but nothing helped. Thanks!

[@JuanWei]

Same thing happened to me and that’s why I decided to make the video after I figured it out

[@vidzaratm]

in my case, if the mac is brand new, the phone needs to be connected to mac via cable first, in order to trust the mac and then they will connect. thanks

[@JuanWei]

That’s interesting, mine was brand new too and connected wirelessly with no issues. But thanks for sharing, could be helpful for some people.

[@nh.create]

omg finally... thanks alot man!!!

[@JuanWei]

You’re welcome

[@robinkedia]

What’s the fixx?

[@JuanWei]

Have your iPhone locked, on the same Wi-Fi network, place it securely near the Mac, and it should connect wirelessly.

[@meowth27]

Landscape, docked (stationary, not moving) and near your mac.

[@caleb5892]

Awesome video!! Definitely going to try this out tomorrow!! Does your FaceTime normally say “No Camera Available” when you open it?

[@JuanWei]

Yes it used to show “No camera available”. Now I just have the iPhone ready in position and the camera will automatically activate. Hope it works for you.

[@OtherwiseDonkey]

Thanks for the info. It helped.

[@JuanWei]

Glad it helped!

[@broodyzhang6465]

您之前用有线摄像头链接过Macmini吗？我的iphone14系统是最新的，macmini也是m2版本，尝试了用USB线连接掉用不了iphone的摄像头，用了你的方法也不行。所以我设想正确步骤应该是，先用外置摄像头链接macmini然后打开facetime，这样的话用usb线或用无线（您的方法）以后，就可以使用了。可惜我身边现在没有摄像头，没法尝试。

[@JuanWei]

Thank you for your comment. The whole idea of this video is to use the iPhone as a wireless camera with the Mac mini. No I have not tried connecting a wired webcam.

[@broodyzhang6465]

It works！thx u！！@@JuanWei

[@JuanWei]

@@broodyzhang6465 you’re welcome

[@javieraalfaro1091]

the best video! thanks

[@HizImperial]

OMG! this thing was driving me nuts. It has to be held upright in landscape mode, mimicking being mounted on the monitor. It will never work laying flat on the desk.

[@topteninfo9413]

hello make some clear video becasue i have a mac mini m2 its camera work while with cable but wirelessly didn't work..i tried but not successfull

[@JuanWei]

Sorry to hear that it doesn’t work for you but if you read the other comments the video shows that it has helped many

[@mfeltster]

You da best!! thank you

[@sheepythesheep6630]

its still not working I tried every way to fix it but it doesn't work I have a 2015 MacBook with intel core

[@globalrevival]

This seems to be Zoom solution, not a Continuity Camera solution.

[@williamjf3685]

I had to connect my iphone to the mac mini with a usbc cable first. Run and close the zoom app. Then it works wirelessly without any issues.

[@JuanWei]

That's one way to do it I guess. Thanks for sharing!

[@mrwayne8018]

I have an Iphone 13 Pro Max, M1 Macbook Air and M1 Mac Mini. It just recognizes the Macbook. I´m not able to make it work with the Mini. All of them last update, same WiFi, Iphone blocked and landscape mode... so weird

[@JuanWei]

I hope you find out what’s wrong. It was not working for me earlier either and I was puzzled as well, then I did things step by step and it just worked. Good luck.

[@GeraldHaniel]

It's not working for me even on my Mac Mini M1 as well... Tried everything possible... Did you find a solution?

[@mrwayne8018]

@@GeraldHaniel in options of Bluetooth, go to apps and add the ones you’re going to use the IPhone camera as webcam. I updated first the Mac and the IPhone. After that I did the Bluetooth thing and finally it worked for me. Let me know if you need more help

[@dyehvlog]

are you using mac mini m1?

[@JuanWei]

M2 Mac mini

[@jujumao8678]

doesn't seem to work for iPhone XR and 11

[@JuanWei]

I was using an iPhone 11 in the video. Should work, I couldn’t get mine working in the beginning too and was puzzled, something must be missing in your case.

[@jujumao8678]

@@JuanWei thanks Juan

[@HigherSelph]

10k views... HEY APPLE, its not intuitive that the phone needs to be in landscape mode to engage this feature

[@nikusnerola]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@paulcody8973]

My Mac mini was on the 5G wireless and iPhone was on the 2.4... wouldn't connect.

[@suchadat4574]

Thank youuuuuu🎉

[@JuanWei]

You’re welcome

[@overvue-planwithvision]

the fix is you have to have the phone locked before you start up zoom.

[@JuanWei]

I find it’ll still work even after you start up zoom or FaceTime. Just lock the phone and place it near the Mac.

[@cesarbejarp]

Excelent👌🏻

[@JuanWei]

Thank you

[@HULLBOX-yz9im]

umm only way i can get it to work is if my iphone is using usb pluged to my mac

[@JuanWei]

I faced the same situation in the beginning… keep trying. You could be missing something.

[@iveive4400]

just like meowth27 said, Landscape, docked (stationary, not moving), and near your macWhen you opened zoom Try to click on rotate button on the zoom video page. That makes me success

[@JuanWei]

@@iveive4400 thanks for sharing your experience

[@ruanxun9454]

Me too. I wouldn't make it work. Only USB works. I am trying to disable VPN totally and keep trying.

[@philosophosproduction7678]

Tq sir

[@JuanWei]

You’re welcome

[@GeminiMotovlogsumar]

not working ,click bait

[@onkarsuniljadhav]

Thankyou so much 🙏🏻

[@JuanWei]

No problem