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Click or tap the “Privacy” icon in the Settings window. Scroll down to the bottom of the list and select “Background apps.” You’ll see a list of apps that have permission to run in the background with an “On/Off” toggle. The default setting for each app is “On,” allowing each app to run in the background.

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You can extract part of an image. For example, you can extract one person’s face from a group photo and then paste the face elsewhere.

If an image’s background consists of areas that are mainly the same color, you can also remove the background.

Extract an image

  1. In the Preview app on your Mac, if the Markup toolbar isn’t showing, click the Show Markup Toolbar button , click the Selection Tools menu , then select the Smart Lasso tool .

  2. Trace the edge of the image you want to extract.

    Make sure the image’s edge is within the thick border that appears as you trace.

  3. Connect the end of the border back to its beginning, or stop dragging to connect the border in a straight line back to the beginning.

  4. Do one of the following:

    • To copy the image so that you can paste it in a document, choose Edit > Copy.

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    • To remove everything outside of your selection, click Crop or choose Edit > Invert Selection, then press Delete.

Extract a PDF page as an image

You can select part of an image opened in Preview, then copy and paste it elsewhere or crop the content surrounding it. If the image is in a PDF, you need to extract the PDF page as an image before you can use the image markup tools.

  1. In the Preview app on your Mac, open the PDF file, choose View > Thumbnails, then select the page in the thumbnail sidebar.

  2. Click File > Export, type a name, add a tag (optional), then choose where you want to save it.

  3. Click the Format pop-up menu and choose an image format (such as PNG).

  4. Click Save.

Remove the background from an image

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  1. In the Preview app on your Mac, if the Markup toolbar isn’t showing, click the Show Markup Toolbar button , then click the Instant Alpha button (or use the Touch Bar).

  2. Drag over part of the background.

    Preview selects the area you dragged over and any pixels adjacent to it that have the same colors.

  3. To delete the selected area, press Delete.

    To delete everything outside the selected area, choose Edit > Invert Selection, then press Delete.

  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have the image you want.

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Blurring your background makes your surroundings appear out of focus so people can't see the details of what's going on behind you. Alternatively, you can completely replace your surroundings with one of the preset backgrounds.

On Mac or Windows, you can use virtual backgrounds in meetings and events using the Webex Meetings desktop app. On iOS devices, you can use virtual backgrounds in meetings, events, and training sessions using the Webex Meetings mobile app.

For WBS40.6 sites and later on Mac, and for WBS40.7 or later on Windows, you can change your background before you join a meeting or during a meeting.

This feature may be enabled on a different date from when you receive the 40.7 update.

To use virtual backgrounds on a Mac, it must have macOS High Sierra (version 10.13) or later and have a processor with more than two cores. iMacs must be version 12,2 or later.

To use virtual backgrounds on Windows, it must be a 2012 or later Windows 10 computer with an Intel Sandy Bridge or AMD Bulldozer processor or later.

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You can change your background before you join or at any time during the meeting.

Before You join

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Click Change Background and then do one of the following: Find
  • To blur your surroundings while remaining in focus, click Blur.

  • To use a default virtual background, click the one you want.

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During a Meeting

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  1. In your self-view window, click the Menu icon, choose Change Virtual Background, and do one of the following:
    • To blur your surroundings while remaining in focus, click Blur.

    • To use a default virtual background, click the one you want.

  2. When you're ready for everyone in the meeting to see your background, click Apply. Webex remembers your selection for your next meeting.