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> Covering the built-in camera might also interfere with the ambient light sensor and prevent features like automatic brightness and _True Tone_ from working.
by CodeWriter23 4y ago
> Covering the built-in camera might also interfere with the ambient light sensor and prevent features like automatic brightness and _True Tone_ from working.
Literally saying a Mac camera is an always-on device, regardless if the LED is illuminated or not.
- robertoandred 4y agoIt’s literally not. Cameras and ambient light sensors are different things.
- CodeWriter23 4y agoYou skipped right over “True Tone” which has to use the camera. Because color.
- cwzwarich 4y agoFrom https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208909 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208909: The True Tone technology in Mac computers, Studio Display, and Apple Pro Display XDR uses advanced multichannel sensors to adjust the color and intensity of your display and Touch Bar to match the ambient light so that images appear more natural.
- CodeWriter23 4y agoFind reveals 0 matches for the word “channel” on that page.
- monocularvision 4y agoThat’s because the word is “multichannel”. Safari on iOS, at least, doesn’t find “channel”. Not sure about other browsers.
- CodeWriter23 4y agoTrue and that’s weird.
- ahahahahah 4y agoBecause Safari is shit. Real browsers find it fine.
- robertoandred 4y agoNope, it uses the light sensor.
- daniel-thompson 4y agoIt uses a multichannel ambient light sensor, which is not a camera. https://www.ifixit.com/News/54122/macbook-pro-2021-teardown https://www.ifixit.com/News/54122/macbook-pro-2021-teardown
- CodeWriter23 4y agoPlease quote the text you are referring to. I was unable to find any reference to. “multichannel light sensor” or anything that supports your above assertion. I would also point out a camera is in fact a “multichannel light sensor”.