Questions, answered.

An app that turns the Apple devices you already own into a video crew: your iPhone is the camera, your iPad is the monitor, your Mac is the studio, and Apple Watch is the remote.

iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later, Mac with macOS 26 or later, and Apple Watch paired with an iPhone. Capture Card needs an iPad with a USB-C port.

No. One purchase includes the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac apps.

No subscription and no account. Mirage Capture works over your local network, with no cloud.

Yes. Mirage for Mac’s virtual camera, Mirage Camera, shows your iPhone, or a group of cameras, in any Mac app that lets you choose a camera.

Yes. Send any iPhone or iPad to OBS as an NDI® source: OBS needs the DistroAV plugin and the NDI Runtime, then a restart. On a Mac, Mirage Camera works in OBS with no plugin. See How to use your iPhone as a camera in OBS.

Yes. Mirage for Mac records every camera, screen, and microphone as its own file, in sync, with a timeline for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve.

Yes. With a UVC capture card, an iPad with USB-C shows any HDMI source, with false color, zebras, focus peaking, a waveform, a histogram, and LUTs.

Yes. Mirage for Mac streams to services that accept RTMP or RTMPS, with your own stream key.

Mirage Capture runs on Apple devices. Its NDI® and Browser outputs can be received on Windows and other computers on your network.

Connections stay on your local network, are encrypted, and are paired with a six-digit code. NDI and Browser outputs don’t use the code, so use them on a network you trust.

No. Devices only need to reach each other on the same local network. Streaming to a service needs the internet.

Turn on Local Network access for Mirage in Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network, and put every device on the same network. Guest, hotel, and school Wi-Fi and VPNs often block local connections; a personal hotspot works. See Devices can’t see each other.

iPhones and iPads can record a full-quality copy of their own, and Microphone always does, so the take is safe. The Mac downloads them afterward.

Yes, when the iPhone allows it in Settings › Mac Access: zoom, focus, exposure, white balance, lenses, the torch, recording, and screen lock.

No. One purchase of Mirage Capture includes the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac apps.

Any Mac app that lets you pick a camera: Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime, Microsoft Teams, Discord, OBS, and others. Mirage Camera is video only; your call app uses your microphone as usual.

Turn on Virtual Camera in Mirage for Mac. The first time, macOS asks you to allow it in System Settings › General › Login Items & Extensions › Camera Extensions. Then choose “Mirage Camera” in your app.

Each recording gets its own folder in Movies › Mirage, with a file for every source, a timeline for your editor, and the devices’ own copies once they download.

A Mac with macOS 26 or later.

Yes. Start Camera on the iPhone, add it in Mirage for Mac, and turn on Virtual Camera. Then choose “Mirage Camera” in Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime, or any other app.

Yes, two ways: through Mirage Camera on a Mac, with no plugin, or as an NDI® source on any computer, with the DistroAV plugin and the NDI Runtime installed in OBS.

Yes. Camera records on the device while it streams, in H.264, HEVC, or ProRes, and in Apple Log on supported iPhone Pro models.

Yes. Camera works on iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later.

No. Devices connect over your local network. There is no account and no cloud relay.

Up to four Mirage broadcasts at once, plus a Mac studio. Any one can fill the screen.

No. Director watches iPhone and iPad broadcasts on its own. Running a studio, recording it, and streaming need Mirage for Mac.

Yes. A broadcast can be watched by up to four devices at a time (two for Screen Share).

Yes. Open Microphone on the iPhone and pair it with Mirage for Mac. The Mac uses it like any other source, and records it on its own lane.

Yes. Microphone keeps working with the screen locked, and Dim Screen darkens it while it runs.

The iPhone records its own copy on the device, so the take is safe. The Mac downloads it afterward.

An iPad with a USB-C port and iPadOS 17 or later. iPhone can’t connect a capture card, but it can watch an iPad’s Capture Card broadcast.

UVC (USB Video Class) capture cards that iPadOS recognizes, the kind that work without a driver. A direct HDMI cable to the iPad is not enough.

Yes. Anything with HDMI out can go through the capture card: consoles, cameras, and computers.

No. False color, zebras, and peaking are for the iPad’s screen only. Recordings, broadcasts, and screenshots use the clean feed.

Yes. Start Screen Share on the iPhone, choose it under Devices in Mirage for Mac, and enter the code it shows.

Yes, the shared app’s sound. It doesn’t include the microphone.

Some apps block screen recording, and their content can’t be shared.

It’s a remote for Mirage Capture on your iPhone, which needs to stay open.

Yes. It comes with Mirage Capture on the paired iPhone.