About
Hand Mirror is a macOS app that lives in your menu bar. Click it and you get a view from your camera, so you can check your face or make sure nothing embarrassing is in frame before joining a Zoom call. It is meant to be quicker than opening Photo Booth through Spotlight, which can sometimes open Photos instead. It requires macOS Monterey or later, and an older High Sierra-compatible version is available for download.
Hand Mirror Plus is a one-time purchase bundle of extra features added since the app launched. Current features include Snaps, which saves a Polaroid-style picture with a drawing marker; Mic Check, for confirming microphone connection and audio levels; Reactions, which works with macOS Sonoma's Reactions and supports custom triggers; Smart Window, a resizable, draggable, always-on-top window; Window Masks for custom window shapes such as a circle; Custom Default Position; Custom Icons; and a Notch Trigger that lets Mac users with a notch click beneath it to open the camera. The bundle's price rises when major new features are added.
The app is by Rafa, a product designer, and has received editorial recognition from the App Store and coverage from outlets including The Verge and 9to5Mac. Icon sets for Stream Deck are also available for download.
What's new
All release notesImprovements • You can once again drag the popover away from the menu bar to keep it around as a floating window. • A lot of performance improvements Fixes • Opening Hand Mirror with the keyboard shortcut while another app was in front could instantly close the window. Not anymore. • Fixed a hang when opening the camera. • Switching microphones now sticks reliably — it no longer occasionally reverts to the previous mic. • Your saved microphone choice is no longer forgotten if it's temporarily unplugged. • Space and Escape now only work in the camera window — pressing Space in Settings no longer takes a surprise Snap. • With "Close window when unfocused" enabled, clicking the floating window no longer closes it. • Fixed a crash when no camera is connected to your Mac. • A failed Snap no longer counts against your free Snaps. • The Reactions section in Settings now correctly reflects whether your Mac supports Reactions. • Fixed several small memory leaks for better long-run stability.