PanoPaper v2.6 Documentation

PanoPaper shows live video from your UniFi Protect and IP cameras as your desktop wallpaper - a different camera on each display, or on each Space. It lives in the menu bar, stays behind your windows, and steps back while you work.

Topics

• Getting Started - from first launch to a live camera on your desktop.
• Frequently Asked Questions - quick answers to the questions people ask most.
• The Menu Bar Panel - choosing cameras, hiding them, audio, recent detections, and what the icon tells you.
• Signing In to an NVR - which account to use, and how PanoPaper keeps it safe.
• Cameras Without an NVR - show IP cameras that work on their own.
• Cameras at Another Location - show an NVR's cameras from another place, through a VPN.
• Choosing Cameras - a camera per display or per Space, stream quality, and when the video pauses.
• Zooming and Looking Around - show just the part of the picture you want.
• 360° Cameras - a fisheye picture flattened into a natural view that can look around by itself.
• PTZ Cameras - turn and zoom the camera itself, and go to its presets.
• Desktop Keys - steer the wallpaper and switch cameras with the keyboard while the desktop is clear.
• Behind Windows - dim or fade the video while windows cover it.
• Camera Audio - hear a camera, at its own volume behind windows, with a shortcut to mute it.
• Detections - know when a camera sees a person or an animal, and watch it with one click.
• Live Broadcasts - show a camera live on YouTube, Facebook or another streaming service, even over a patchy connection.
• Broadcasting on YouTube - connect your YouTube account, or go live with a stream key from YouTube Studio.
• Broadcasting on Facebook - go live with the stream key from Facebook Live Producer.
• Other Streaming Services - go live on Twitch, Kick, Restream, Owncast or a server of your own.
• Broadcast Automation - tell a website, a home automation or a shortcut when you go live.
• Updates - how PanoPaper tells you about a new version.
• PanoPaper Pro - the free trial, the free version and its “UNLICENSED” stamp, and buying PanoPaper Pro.
• Settings - the General, Shortcuts, Cameras, Displays, Detections, Broadcast and License tabs.
• Shortcuts and Siri - control PanoPaper from the Shortcuts app, with Siri and from Spotlight.
• Keyboard Shortcuts - every key PanoPaper understands.
• Troubleshooting - when the video does not show, and other problems.

Editions

PanoPaper comes in two editions:

• Web Edition - downloaded from panopaper.app. Each Space can show its own camera, and PanoPaper updates itself.

• App Store Edition - from the Mac App Store. Each display shows one camera on all of its Spaces, and updates come from the App Store.

The About window shows which edition you have: choose 'About PanoPaper' from the PanoPaper menu (⋯ in the menu bar panel, or right-click the menu bar icon).

Need more help?

Each tab of Settings has a ? button in its bottom-right corner that opens the help for that tab, and the sign-in sheet for NVRs and cameras has one in its bottom-left corner. 'PanoPaper Help' in the PanoPaper menu (or ⌘? while Settings or the menu bar panel is open) opens this page. More about PanoPaper is at panopaper.app.