Camera privacy.
One click.
Local-only protection for your MacBook’s built-in camera and microphone. Nothing leaves your Mac. Nothing is ever logged. Always restores safely.
macOS Tahoe or later · Built-in camera only · 0 telemetry
How it works
Privacy that just works
No complicated setup. No cloud dependencies. Just local control over your camera and microphone.
Install the local service
One admin approval installs a small, sandboxed helper on your Mac. It runs locally — no cloud, no accounts, no internet required.
Click to enable privacy
From your menu bar, one click pauses your built-in camera daemons instantly. Mute your microphone the same way. It's faster than digging through System Settings.
Rest easy — it always restores
Even if the app quits unexpectedly, your camera automatically restores. Fail-open design means your camera can never get permanently stuck.
Trust & Security
Your privacy is the product
Every design decision starts with a single principle: your camera and microphone belong to you, and only you.
0 Telemetry
CoverMyCamera never sends data anywhere. No analytics, no crash reports, no usage tracking. Nothing leaves your Mac, ever.
0 Logging
No camera activity logs. No usage history. No timestamps of when you enabled or disabled privacy. Your habits stay yours.
100% Local
Everything runs on your Mac. The privileged helper is sandboxed and validated. No cloud control plane. No remote kill switch. No backdoors.
Fail-Open Design
If anything goes wrong — app crash, daemon restart, heartbeat timeout — your camera automatically restores. Your camera can never get permanently stuck.
Open Repair
Clean uninstall anytime. No lock-in. No hidden processes. The helper, its state, and its launch daemon are fully removable from System Settings or the app itself.
“I don’t want to know when you use your camera. I don’t want logs. I just want you to be safe.”
— That’s the design philosophy
Pricing
One price. Full privacy.
No subscriptions. No recurring fees. Buy once, use forever on this major version.
Requires macOS Tahoe or later. Built-in camera only.