Using a camera with mac book

Question

How do I:
Use a camera to record a business site and then view the recording with my Mc Book Pro? The Mac Book would not necessarily be continuously connected to the camera.
Thanks

Answer 1

Assuming the camcorder is digital, and can record continuously for long enough to cover the longest required off-hours time interval, with a wide enough angle of view to cover the necessary area, at a high enough resolution for its recordings to be useful, and assuming it uses removable storage media such as SDHC or SDXC cards, and further assuming that you have enough such cards to keep the camcorder supplied with storage media for as long as the intervals are likely to be between occasions when you might need to view the video, and further assuming you will always have sufficient hard drive space (internal or external) to store a full card's worth of video when necessary, then all you should need is a card reader capable of handling the type of card the camcorder uses, and viewing software on the Mac that can handle whatever video file format the camcorder uses. Both of those will be very inexpensive. Making sure the camcorder is suitable, getting it well placed, providing it with media, and making sure it's running at the right times and maintained properly will be the challenges.
If you're in doubt about any of the many considerations mentioned here or about any others that go into designing a video security system, you should consult a well-thought-of local company that specializes in designing and setting up such systems. It may turn out that this isn't something you can address adequately with a do-it-yourself solution.