Is there a way to scan a QR code on my Mac?

[Mick-Mac]

Ideally, I'd rather not give some 3rd party app permission to use the camera. I'd trust Apple to scan a QR code but I'm darned if I can figure out how to do this seemingly obvious thing :-(. Any clues would be most welcome!

 

[jchurchill]

I tried it myself recently with PhotoBooth, it didn't work automatically, so I gave up and used the phone. It appears there are apps that add on this ability to Mac, so I guess it's not possible OOTB.

 

[bogdanw]

I use QR Code Reader by 2Stable, that can scan QR codes from saved images, but I see now that it's no longer available in the App Store https://apps.apple.com/app/qr-code-reader/id1593228108

QR Journal by Josh Jacob can also scan from images https://apps.apple.com/app/qr-journal/id483820530

Viz can scan QR codes displayed on screen https://github.com/alienator88/Viz

 

[Sciuriware]

Ideally, I'd rather not give some 3rd party app permission to use the camera. I'd trust Apple to scan a QR code but I'm darned if I can figure out how to do this seemingly obvious thing :-(. Any clues would be most welcome!

What would happen if a QR code leads to a website (and click?) you would never dare to go to? Just a thought.
My FireFox browser 'knows' about all currently registered criminal sites, but my Mac .....
;JOOP!

 

[Mick-Mac]

I agree that a QR Code could take you to a sketchy website - that's certainly a risk. However, I wouldn't want to compound that risk by giving a 3rd party access to my camera on the Mac. Apple already cater for this in iOS, so why not on macOS? I've already filed my feedback to apple.com/blackhole - err, I mean, apple.com/feedback.

 

[bogdanw]

What would happen if a QR code leads to a website (and click?) you would never dare to go to? Just a thought.

Here is how QR Journal works

My FireFox browser 'knows' about all currently registered criminal sites, but my Mac .....

Just like Firefox, Safari uses Google Safe Browsing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Safe_Browsing

 

[mike123456778890]

Easy work around when reading QR-code that leads to www-site is to just read qr-code with your iPhones camera and click the link to get to www-site. Copy the address from your www-browser in iPhone and paste it in your MacBooks browser, and you are there.

You of course should have Apples Universal Clipboard in use. If not you could paste the url fir example to notes in iPhone and pick it up from there in MacBook.