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Can the iPad Pro be used as an external camera?

I LOVE my new iPad Pro. The camera is great. I host some video meetings and would like to use the iPad Pro as an external camera. I use Zoom for my meetings. Is it possible to hook up the iPad Pro as an external camera? I need my MacBook Pro to host the meeting because I often have to share files, Keynote, etc. in these meetings. When I hook up the iPad Pro to my Mac, none of programs recognize it as a camera. Maybe there's an app or setting that I can get to make it work.


I'm running iOS 11.2.1 on the iPad Pro and High Sierra (10.13.2) on my MacBook Pro.

iPad Pro 10.5-inch, Wi-Fi, Cellular, iOS 11.2.1

Posted on Dec 21, 2017 1:37 PM

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Posted on Dec 30, 2017 7:21 AM

welafever wrote:


Have you tried connecting it via Bluetooth to see if that works?

iOS devices cannot connect via bluetooth to computers at all except for Personal Hotspot. No this will not work at all.


There is no support for using an iPad or other iOS device as a camera on a Mac.


There may be some Apps in the App store that may allow this, but I do not know of any to recommend.

I found this one though:

EpocCam WiFi Virtual Webcam on the App Store

EpocCam transforms your iOS device into wireless High Definition PC webcam for Windows and Mac OS X.

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Dec 30, 2017 7:21 AM in response to askbarnabas

welafever wrote:


Have you tried connecting it via Bluetooth to see if that works?

iOS devices cannot connect via bluetooth to computers at all except for Personal Hotspot. No this will not work at all.


There is no support for using an iPad or other iOS device as a camera on a Mac.


There may be some Apps in the App store that may allow this, but I do not know of any to recommend.

I found this one though:

EpocCam WiFi Virtual Webcam on the App Store

EpocCam transforms your iOS device into wireless High Definition PC webcam for Windows and Mac OS X.

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