10-01-2023, 02:55 PM
AppleInsider - How to set up Center Stage in macOS Sonoma
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma.jpg" width="1280" height="720" title="" alt="" /></div><div><div class="col-sm-12" id="article-hero" aria-labelledby="hero-cap" role="figure"> <a href="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma.jpg"> <img decoding="async" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma.jpg" alt> </a> </div>
<p class="col-sm-12 article-lead">Right alongside new video conferencing features like reactions, <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/macos-sonoma" title="macOS Sonoma" data-kpt="1">macOS Sonoma</a> gives you Center Stage options to control how you present yourself to the world — if you have the right camera.
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<p>Center Stage on the Mac is exactly as it has been on the <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/ipad" title="iPad" data-kpt="1">iPad</a>. Should you choose to have it turned on, then when you’re on a video call and you reach out of frame for a coffee, the camera automatically moves.
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<p>Or rather, it appears to. While there have to be limits, as long as you’re in front of the camera somewhere, your video conferencing colleagues will see you right in the middle of their view.
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<p>They’ll see you center stage, in fact. Moving left or right, up or down, or having someone else join you in the shot will make the image automatically adjust itself to show the best framing.
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<p>If you have the right camera.
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<p><h2 data-anchor="the-right-camera" id="the-right-camera">The right camera</h2>
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<p>For Center Stage to work on macOS Sonoma, you must be using an <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-silicon" title="Apple Silicon" data-kpt="1">Apple Silicon</a> Mac and:
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<ul>
<li>A built-in camera (such as on a MacBook Pro)</li>
<li>Continuity Camera with an iPhone 12 or later</li>
</ul>
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<div class="align-center"><a href="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma-1.jpg" alt="Center Stage is now a toggle in the new menubar icon, and may offer other options depending on your camera" height="1112" loading="lazy" class="img-responsive article-image"></a>
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<p>Something that may trip you up is that there are Mac apps that can seemingly hide Center Stage controls.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>Center Stage used to be part of Control Center, but it now belongs in a new menubar icon that groups together options such as portrait mode, or reactions. This new menubar icon changes to show you when your camera is in use, or just your microphone, and it’s this icon that can effectively be obstructed.
</p>
</div>
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<p>At present, just for one example, if you were to use a screen-recording app while on a video conferencing call, the yellow microphone or green camera icon may be replaced by a darker, less obvious one.
</p>
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<p>Nonetheless, the Center Stage controls will appear under this menubar icon when you are in a video call.
</p>
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<p><h2 data-anchor="how-to-use-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma" id="how-to-use-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma">How to use Center Stage in macOS Sonoma</h2>
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<ol>
<li>While on the video call, click the new menubar icon</li>
<li>Either click to turn on <strong>Center Stage</strong>, or</li>
<li>Click the arrow to the right of <strong>Center Stage</strong> for more options, if available</li>
</ol>
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<p>In macOS Ventura, Center Stage was an option you ticked in Control Center. Now you click Center Stage icon to toggle it on or off.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>A lot of Center Stage capabilities depends on the camera you’re using so there will be differences. But in <em>AppleInsider</em> testing using an <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/iphone-13-pro" title="iPhone 13 Pro" data-kpt="1">iPhone 13 Pro</a> as the camera, macOS Sonoma gave more options than the same setup in macOS Ventura.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>Specifically, two options. Clicking on the arrow to the right of Center Stage in the new menubar icon may show you a choice of cameras. If it does, a click will switch you between, say, Main and Wide Angle.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<div class="align-center"><a href="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma-2.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma-2.jpg" alt="Click the arrow to the right of Center Stage to see more options, if available" height="720" loading="lazy" class="img-responsive article-image"></a>
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<p><span class="carousel-caption">Click the arrow to the right of Center Stage to see more options, if available</span></p>
</div>
<p><h2 data-anchor="a-step-forward-in-video-conferencing" id="a-step-forward-in-video-conferencing">A step forward in video conferencing</h2>
</p>
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<p>Center Stage is as welcome on the Mac as it was on the iPad. It’s a shame that you can’t turn it on or off until you are actually on a call, though.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>It would be good to be able to set yourself up just the way you want before the other person appears on the call. If it’s your call and you’re on Zoom, say, then you can start the meeting and adjust the settings before you let anyone else in.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>But it would also be good to be able to use a keystroke or perhaps a Shortcut to change the settings instead of having to go through the menubar icon.</p>
</div>
</div>
https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2023/09/...os-sonoma/
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma.jpg" width="1280" height="720" title="" alt="" /></div><div><div class="col-sm-12" id="article-hero" aria-labelledby="hero-cap" role="figure"> <a href="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma.jpg"> <img decoding="async" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma.jpg" alt> </a> </div>
<p class="col-sm-12 article-lead">Right alongside new video conferencing features like reactions, <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/macos-sonoma" title="macOS Sonoma" data-kpt="1">macOS Sonoma</a> gives you Center Stage options to control how you present yourself to the world — if you have the right camera.
</p>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>Center Stage on the Mac is exactly as it has been on the <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/ipad" title="iPad" data-kpt="1">iPad</a>. Should you choose to have it turned on, then when you’re on a video call and you reach out of frame for a coffee, the camera automatically moves.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>Or rather, it appears to. While there have to be limits, as long as you’re in front of the camera somewhere, your video conferencing colleagues will see you right in the middle of their view.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>They’ll see you center stage, in fact. Moving left or right, up or down, or having someone else join you in the shot will make the image automatically adjust itself to show the best framing.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>If you have the right camera.
</p>
</div>
<p><h2 data-anchor="the-right-camera" id="the-right-camera">The right camera</h2>
</p>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>For Center Stage to work on macOS Sonoma, you must be using an <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-silicon" title="Apple Silicon" data-kpt="1">Apple Silicon</a> Mac and:
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<ul>
<li>A built-in camera (such as on a MacBook Pro)</li>
<li>Continuity Camera with an iPhone 12 or later</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<div class="align-center"><a href="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma-1.jpg" alt="Center Stage is now a toggle in the new menubar icon, and may offer other options depending on your camera" height="1112" loading="lazy" class="img-responsive article-image"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>Something that may trip you up is that there are Mac apps that can seemingly hide Center Stage controls.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>Center Stage used to be part of Control Center, but it now belongs in a new menubar icon that groups together options such as portrait mode, or reactions. This new menubar icon changes to show you when your camera is in use, or just your microphone, and it’s this icon that can effectively be obstructed.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>At present, just for one example, if you were to use a screen-recording app while on a video conferencing call, the yellow microphone or green camera icon may be replaced by a darker, less obvious one.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>Nonetheless, the Center Stage controls will appear under this menubar icon when you are in a video call.
</p>
</div>
<p><h2 data-anchor="how-to-use-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma" id="how-to-use-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma">How to use Center Stage in macOS Sonoma</h2>
</p>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<ol>
<li>While on the video call, click the new menubar icon</li>
<li>Either click to turn on <strong>Center Stage</strong>, or</li>
<li>Click the arrow to the right of <strong>Center Stage</strong> for more options, if available</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>In macOS Ventura, Center Stage was an option you ticked in Control Center. Now you click Center Stage icon to toggle it on or off.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>A lot of Center Stage capabilities depends on the camera you’re using so there will be differences. But in <em>AppleInsider</em> testing using an <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/iphone-13-pro" title="iPhone 13 Pro" data-kpt="1">iPhone 13 Pro</a> as the camera, macOS Sonoma gave more options than the same setup in macOS Ventura.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>Specifically, two options. Clicking on the arrow to the right of Center Stage in the new menubar icon may show you a choice of cameras. If it does, a click will switch you between, say, Main and Wide Angle.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<div class="align-center"><a href="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma-2.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/how-to-set-up-center-stage-in-macos-sonoma-2.jpg" alt="Click the arrow to the right of Center Stage to see more options, if available" height="720" loading="lazy" class="img-responsive article-image"></a>
</div>
<p><span class="carousel-caption">Click the arrow to the right of Center Stage to see more options, if available</span></p>
</div>
<p><h2 data-anchor="a-step-forward-in-video-conferencing" id="a-step-forward-in-video-conferencing">A step forward in video conferencing</h2>
</p>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>Center Stage is as welcome on the Mac as it was on the iPad. It’s a shame that you can’t turn it on or off until you are actually on a call, though.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>It would be good to be able to set yourself up just the way you want before the other person appears on the call. If it’s your call and you’re on Zoom, say, then you can start the meeting and adjust the settings before you let anyone else in.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>But it would also be good to be able to use a keystroke or perhaps a Shortcut to change the settings instead of having to go through the menubar icon.</p>
</div>
</div>
https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2023/09/...os-sonoma/