Home Surveillance
I would like to set up a couple of cameras outside my house for surveillance due to some incidences that have occurred recently. I know that places like Costco have those high-quality camera systems with a hard drive recorder for like $1,200. But I would like to install something more affordable, something under $500 if possible with my Mac. What I need is to have night vision cameras but also the software is important. I need 24-hour recording. The hard drive on my iMac is nearly full so I could get an external hard drive if necessary. I also have an old iMac G3 with a 120GB hard drive running 10.3.9 Panther, so I could hook up that computer too. So what kind of cameras and software do you recommend I purchase? Thanks.
Take a look at
http://www.securityspy.com/
Let us know if this works for you.
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Is anyone aware of a reasonably priced IP cam (or other home surveillance solution) that is Mac and iPhone compatible and _also supports WPA_? I really would prefer not to downgrade to WEP just to hook up an IP cam. Many thanks in advance for your thoughts.You may want to look at the Linksys (Cisco) WVC200 webcam. By default, the images won't work on a Mac but I changed the video format to be MJPEG and it worked via Safari and my iPhone (images didn't refresh as well on the iPhone but it worked) and it supports WPA-Personal.
It worked well overall but I ended up returning it because I was looking for something that could work with infrared. It supposedly has an infrared filter (you need an external illuminator) but I couldn't find an illuminator that worked. Cisco's support was basically non-existent for the device but other than the IR issue I had, I didn't need them.
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ATR, just to make sure you understand me, all my video clips in my folders appear as the first frame of the video clip when I view my folders as (small, medium, large)icons instead of lists, when saved as .avi files but when saved as .mp4 files, those icons display as a graphic icon of filmstrip with a musical note on it. I do have various other methods to open with (quick time, windows media, winamp or real player) but prefer real player because I like it's quick and easy trimmer that comes along with it, since so many of my videos are just pet antics where you need to clip off the boring beginning and ends of the video.
I did go on a few of the icons and right clicked, Open With, and tried quick time and also Windows Media and it did nothing as far as how the file was saved for display, and they opened the same no matter which player I used...the actual video opens and plays right at it's first frame... but it's the way it is visually displayed in STORAGE that bugs me because it isn't immediately apparent to me what it is a video of (weddings, outside the house, pet antics)... it makes me have to actually title things and read titles where before I let it just be dates because I had the visual of that first frame as a reference. Obviously, this is a problem for unedited videos only, as anything I actually work with, I do give a title along with the date of the video.
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What is the best way to secure and harden a Macbook Pro against unwanted surveillance?
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djbabybokchoy wrote:
Nothing specific, just speaking in general. Ex-wives, governments, bad guys...anyone really. I'm just looking to make my Mac a bit more private and secure, especially when on public networks.
Governments and ex's will/may have recourse to the legal process (or in the case of the Gov they can choose to ignore the legal system if they feel like it) when they want to see something of yours, good luck hardening your Mac against that. The best way to avoid the possibility of snooping over public networks is to avoid them but if you can't then Kappy's suggestion will help.
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[SOLVED] Ring file-system for a surveillance server?
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One possiblity is to schedule a daily cron job with something like this:
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Gracias! I didn't know about find's cmin, it is a great option. Exec gave me some problems so I ended up using more than one command. This is the script actually:
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Wireless Webcam for Surveillance?
Hello,
I am trying to find some recommendations for a good Wireless Webcam that I can use for surveillance in my home. I'd like to be able to move it around, and have it wirelessly take photos and transfer them to my computer / upload them to the web. Obviously I can't use my built-in iSight for this, so I'm looking for a wireless one that is compatible with Macs.
Do you have any recommendations?Welcome to Apple Discussions, Lemonjenny
Will any of these work for you?
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I am wanting to set up a home server (at my house) using a mac mini and an external hard drive array. I want to use the home server for a lot of different things including but not limited to:
#1. Backing up computers to the server.
#2. Using the server to store music and movies on for streaming and remote viewing.
#3. Running my mail app on the server 24/7 so rules run instantly on all my devices.
#4. To run a video surveillance software 24/7 using cameras around the house.
#5. Remote view all my files, music and maybe videos if really needed (knowing that download speeds for music and movies might be slower).
#6. Remotely backup my servers information to a external hard drive array at my dads house.
#7. Allow my dad to backup his server to my external hard drive array the same way.
I know this seams like a lot of work and money, but we are not interested in using a cloud service for this.
I guess what I am looking for is some tips or help as i get started.
Is there any applications that people would recommend to make the process easier.
As far as a hard drive array, what do you suggest (8 Bay).
Backup software?
Will the mac mini be powerful enough to do all this?
One last thing. I haven't boughten anything yet. I am wanting wait a few more months to see if apple releases a new mac min.
Thanks.Play with OS X server on your laptop but don't plan on migrating the settings is my advice. (There are tools, but you may be better off learning how it works). Ideally servers have static IP's, unique names & it makes more sense to me to start fresh when the server arrives.
I'd test on a secondary installation of OSX so that the laptop can still be used after you stop testing OS X server.
As for offsite backup. I'd also suggest you look at Arq - it backs up to Amazon S3 or Glacier. Chronosync may be another option - it could sync between you and your dad once you have setup a secure way to access his server.
Personally I would ignore Back To My Mac - you need a recent Mac to use it & you end up leaving your Apple ID scattered all over the place if you use it in public (ever noticed how the Apple ID gets into the iCloud settings after you login to one service). Other services like GoToMyPC, LogMeIn can allow remote access via a browser on many OS's.
However since you are also wanting full access to the file shares you may be better suited with a VPN into the network. A VPN joins your device from the internet into the local network, so you can use whatever app or services that work on the local network. So you can use VNC/ARD iOS apps like 'Screens' to control Macs. You can also use the Screen sharing application on OS X to connect once the VPN connection is running into your network. Or VNC on Linux/ Windows machines.
I don't think it is a good idea to setup the VPN for access from the Apple store or Library - you should really think about what level of access you want from these places - it's far safer to restrict to a few devices.
The VPN is probably best run from your router - if you have one that is capable. The server can run it too as a service, however it's better if you are not 100% reliant on the server for the outside access - when it goes off the remote access would go down too.
Seek out posts by MrHoffman in the server forums and there is some good advice concerning DNS on his site… you will want that working correctly if you plan to have outside access.
http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com
P.S. You seem to want to run Mail.app for your email rule processing - is that correct?
That is a poor idea because the app needs to be running so that means the server must boot, auto login & launch Mail - that is a gaping hole for any server, it does require physical access, but it's not great for security should the server be stolen.
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Firefox Home page on my laptop is just as I want it.It is Firefox Start showing Firefox icon and the whole page is grey it has a google search box and under it a second search box.How can I get the same look on my main desktop PC.
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BoldItalicInsert a link...I wasn't suggesting that this was a feature. It is related to usability, and the usability is hindered by these distracting animations. When software doesn't behave as expected, I can say confidently as a web developer with 10+ years of experience, you have a bug. I'm sorry if the creators of these annoying animations are offended, but I'm sure there are better ways to direct their efforts.
Also, the feature feedback form is not public, so there is less transparency. This forum is public, so it is one way for users to get their voices heard, especially when "features" that we don't want are thrust on us without our consent. Isn't that just becoming the "American" corporate mentality towards consumers today?
I mean, come on, who wants this junk on their start page besides the developers who created it? Did anyone out here ask for it? Who wrote in and said, "Dear Mozilla, I switched to Firefox Start to get away from Google's annoying animated doodles. Now, I changed my mind! I want them back, but I'm too lazy to switch my homepage back, so can you please slow down my CPU and distract my mind for me when I begin my web search by copying Google and adding those annoying things to Firefox Start?"
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Cannot connect to 1 Ghz G4 Flatpanel on home intranet or from INTERNET.
Here is the set up:
1) Powerbook G4 Aluminum running Leopard 10.5.1
2) White iMac Dual Corp Intel running Leopard 10.5.1
3) 1 Ghz Flatpanel G4 iMac running Leopard 10.5.1
Items 1 thru 3 are HOME networked using an ACTIONTEC DSL modem which distributes intranet addresses WIRELESSLY to all computers running Airport band B/G. DSL service is per Qwest.
4) White iMac Dual Corp Intel running Leopard 10.5.1 wireless on Office network behind firewall with appropriate ports opened and directed to target computer at home.
PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOR.
Prior to upgrade from Tiger, I could remote in from the office using both my desktop, or my laptop which I never have online at the same time since they share the same fixed internal IP address. This could view and control the one targeted computer behind the DSL Modem/wireless router at home. When at home, with the laptop or using the intel iMac, I could use ARD to monitor/view and control any computer in the home intranet.
Once upgraded to Leopard, ARD still works from the office into the home for the intel dual core desktop machine. However, I cannot connect to the flat panel G4 desktop AT ALL. It is visible on my list of computers and shows available (or sometimes Screen sharing avialable). It will not allow me to view with screen sharing over iChat either.
Solutions tried: just about everything I can find on this website / discussion list. Nothing works to bring this flat panel G4 online. And, other than remoting in when away from home to help my wife with her desktop, the G4, used by my teen boys, is the machine I really need to surveil.
Does any guru out there think that an uninstall reinstall of ARD files would help?
I need this solved definitively.
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WVC210 wireless video surveillance camera
I have a WVC210 wireless video surveillance camera which i can not access from home or cell phone.
I recently upgrade my home Comcast wireless receiver box and lost connection to my WVC210 wireless video surveillance camera.
How can I fix this problem?Hi Eric,
thanks for replying back.
1) When you said you upgraded your Comcast Wireless box, do you mean you upgraded the firmware or got a completely new Box?
I got a complete new box.
2) Are you trying to use the camera wired or wireless?
Wireless
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Both are ok, but neither is really good.
In your scenario, I suggest you use Office 365 to manage all these, which is more recommended:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/business/compare-office-365-for-business-plans-FX102918419.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/business/compare-all-office-365-for-business-plans-FX104051403.aspx
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