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FaceTime Landscape View

How do I get landscape view in FaceTime 5.0 on Mac OS 10.15.7


Landscape view works perfectly fine in PhotoBooth and Zoom and all other video software I have. In FaceTime I see a "Use Portrait" menu item under View, but it's greyed out (and thus stuck on portrait view). The keycommand for it (Command R) obviously does nothing either.

Posted on Jan 30, 2022 8:35 AM

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Jan 31, 2022 10:51 AM in response to zerobeat

Hello zerobeat,


Thank you for participating in the Apple Support Communities! We understand that Portrait mode is grayed out in FaceTime on your Mac running macOS Catalina. In order to use this feature, you would need to have a Mac with Apple silicon running macOS Monterey as mentioned here:


Use FaceTime on Mac - Apple Support


"Blur the background with Portrait mode

macOS Monterey includes Portrait mode when using FaceTime on a Mac with Apple silicon. Portrait mode blurs the background and puts the visual focus on you. To turn it on or off during a call, move the pointer over your video tile in the FaceTime app, then click the Portrait mode button . Or click Video Effects in Control Center."


Take care.

FaceTime Landscape View

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