I have connected my iOS device to the mac and it is successful as it brings up iPhotos and says its connected to iTunes but when I go to record a movie on quicktime it only has the camera of the mac and my iOS device is not appearing.
Please could you help
MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Howdy Ryan.7,
It sounds as if you want to connect your iPhone to your Mac and use the iPhone's camera to record video directly into QuickTime Player, is that correct?
As useful as QuickTime Player is, it can only record video using the Mac's internal camera. See this help page for reference - Record a movie - QuickTime Player Help
What you can do, however, is record your video on your iPhone, connect it to your Mac and transfer the video onto the computer, use iMovie to edit the movie and then export the file from iMovie in QuickTime format. Here's how to do it:
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Best to you.
Hi Ryan.7,
If you want to record using your iOS device camera or indeed anything from an iOS device in QuickTime you need to select 'New Movie Recording" not 'New Screen Recording'.
'New Screen Recording' records your Mac desktop only.
Hope this helps as it is a bit confusing.
I have the same problem.
I am choosing "New Movie Recording", not "New Screen Recording" and my iPhone camera does not show up as one of the device options. The Mac camera is the only option showing. Any idea what I need to do to make Quicktime recognize my iPhone as a camera option?
Unable to switch camera, iOS device not showing
