Quick Response Codes, commonly referred to as QR codes, are two-dimensional barcodes designed for reading on smartphones and other digital devices. You can use QR codes quickly access websites, add contacts to social media accounts or download apps quickly and efficiently.
Macs can read QR codes using third-party apps, online tools or Chrome extensions. Here are five methods:
1. QR Journal
Macs do not come equipped with native QR code scanning capabilities; however, that doesn’t preclude you from finding some fantastic third-party tools to fill this need.
QR Journal stands out as one of the best options, providing users with an efficient workflow to scan printed or read digital codes quickly and efficiently. Furthermore, the app enables you to save codes for later viewing via a left-side browsing panel, supporting various types of QR codes such as vCards, URLs and text as well as being available both M1 Mac devices as well as Arm-based Mac devices.
Ripe Apps’ $2.99 QR Right is another excellent solution, providing an extension to your web browser which enables users to scan QR codes found online or PDF documents and save them directly into their Journal. Ideal for checking website URLs or generating QR codes directly within the program so as to send links directly to friends – ideal for checking website URLs! You can even generate and create their own QR codes within this program for sending links out!
2. QR Scanner
While QR codes are most often associated with smartphones, they can also be scanned with other devices – for instance a camera on a Macbook can easily use its camera to scan QR codes that direct it directly to a website.
QR Scanner can do this for you easily – all that’s required to use it is having access to either an iSight or FaceTime HD camera on your computer and printing out QR codes for scanning before opening them in your web browser. Available exclusively through Mac App Store and needing Adobe AIR which supports version 3, this app is free.
QR codes differ significantly from traditional barcodes in that they can store much more data. They can link to websites, Wi-Fi networks, email or text messages sent or received, make phone calls made on them by callers to locations specified within them as well as reveal discount/coupon codes revealed upon their scanning. Consequently, businesses have found them particularly effective for out-of-home advertising campaigns.
3. QR Reader
QR codes were first invented in 1994 as matrix barcodes which can store encoded text, links, contacts, email addresses and locations. Due to being read two-ways rather than just once–allowing them to hold significantly more data.
QR Scanner is an easy and straightforward app designed to create and scan QR codes on a Macbook Air, utilising its webcam for rapid scanning of codes. Add a shortcut for quick access right from your desktop!
QR Right can also help Mac users scan QR codes. Available for purchase from the App Store for $2.99, this application works on M1 Mac devices as well as other Arm Macs and can read QR codes directly off of screens to open them in web browsers if the code contains links; additionally it adds calendar events automatically while connecting WiFi wirelessly.
4. QR Right
QR codes can be an excellent way to promote your business and increase awareness. Smartphone users can scan these maze-like squares using native QR code readers installed into mobile phones to display text, links and applications related to the code. Although initially this technology was cumbersome and cumbersome for use, modern smartphones now come equipped with built-in QR code readers making scanning QR codes much simpler than before.
If you want to create a QR code on your MacBook, there are multiple methods available to you. Either rely on web-based services that read out QR codes from images files, or download one of many third-party apps available for this task.
QR Right is a free Mac app designed to scan and read QR codes using your webcam, making the experience intuitively simple for novice users and regularly updated with new features.
