How to watch and switch cameras with Director

What you need

• iPhones or iPads with iOS 17 or later: one to watch, the others broadcasting
• To run a studio: a Mac with macOS 26 or later and Mirage for Mac
• All on the same local network

Steps

1. Broadcast from the other devices

   Camera with Mirage Broadcast on (Camera Settings › Outputs), Capture Card’s Mirage Broadcast, or Screen Share.

2. Open Director

   Director on the home screen lists every broadcast nearby, Macs included. Pick one and enter the six-digit code it shows. A broadcast added on its own opens full screen.

3. Add more

   Up to four share a grid. Full Screen on a tile watches only that one; Back returns to the grid. A tile’s menu has Listen, Rotate, and Remove.

4. Run a Mac’s studio

   Pick the Mac in the list: Control runs its studio, Watch Screen shows its screen. Pair with the code in Mirage for Mac › Settings › Studio.

What Control does

Director shows the Mac’s side panel, the picture in use, and its cards: tap a source to put it in Mirage Camera, record, add markers, play a replay, and start or end the stream with a press and hold. Sounds, the title, the logo, captions, and a Camera’s teleprompter are in the cards under the picture.

Without a Mac, Director is a multiview monitor for whatever is broadcasting nearby.

If it doesn’t work

• Director says Local Network Access: turn on Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network › Mirage.
• Nothing Broadcasting: check the other device is broadcasting and on the same network, then Scan Again. See Devices can’t see each other.
• The Mac isn’t listed: turn on Let iPhone and iPad connect to this Mac in Mirage for Mac › Settings › Studio.
• Control does nothing: turn on Let devices control the studio in the same place.
• No sound from a Mac’s tile: a Mac sends Director no sound, so it can’t echo in the same room.