Changelog
Every release of OverlayCam, and what changed in it.
Fixed
- On a Mac that had never granted OverlayCam the camera, macOS could not even offer the permission, so the app never appeared in Privacy & Security and the camera could not be turned on at all.
- A refused camera no longer shows a second message about the virtual camera alongside it.
New
- A short welcome the first time you open the app, covering the three things that get you on a call. It appears before macOS asks for anything, so you know what the dialog is for when it arrives, and it warns that the OK button in that dialog closes it without approving anything.
- Help › Getting Started brings those steps back at any time.
Changed
- When the camera has been turned off for OverlayCam, the app now takes you straight to the right place in System Settings instead of describing where to find it, and picks the camera back up when you return.
Changed
- When a restart is genuinely needed, the app says it is the Mac that restarts, and that your camera will not appear in other apps until it does.
Fixed
- Updating the app asked you to restart your Mac even when the camera itself had not changed. Only a real change to the camera needs a restart now, which for most updates means none.
Changed
- Setting up the camera is now the app's job. It installs what it needs on first launch and keeps it up to date, so there is nothing to install by hand and no tab explaining how.
- The only thing you are asked for is the approval macOS itself requires, and it appears where you are looking rather than in a settings page.
Fixed
- Updating the app left the previously installed camera behind, with nothing to tell you it was out of date.
New
- Background blur, in a light and a strong setting. Your Mac finds the person in the picture and softens the room behind them, without sending anything anywhere.
- Presets can be dragged into the order you want.
- The app now speaks English and Spanish, following whichever your Mac is set to.
Changed
- The virtual camera starts when the app opens. There is a switch in the Virtual camera tab to leave it to you instead.
Fixed
- A preset could lose its logo when the app gained a new setting. Stored presets now survive changes to the format.
- Sections turned off could not be turned back on: the switch disabled itself along with its own controls.
- A frame with rounded corners let raw video show through the gap behind the curve.
1.0.0
· 2.1 MB
No longer available to download.
New
- A virtual camera macOS publishes as a real device, so Teams, Meet, Zoom and anything else that lists cameras can use it.
- Your logo, a brand frame and a lower third with your name and title, composited onto your webcam.
- Named brand presets, each carrying its own logo so it travels as one file.