Observed arrival · 2026-09-06

TetherCam Turns an iPhone into a Wired OBS Camera

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An open-source macOS utility sends an iPhone camera into OBS Studio over USB, without Wi-Fi, cloud routing, or a pairing code.

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TetherCam uses a Mac-side OBS plugin and an iPhone app to create a camera source through a USB data cable. The site documents a three-step installation, including a Tools-menu command that adds and fits the source to the current scene. Its stated test setup is an iPhone 15 Pro Max with an M4 Pro Mac and OBS 32.2.2; reported measurements include roughly 90 ms to first frame and 1.3 seconds to reconnect after a cable pull.

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