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Question: Can anyone direct me to instructions for setting up the camera on a Mac?
Document: The instructions for setting up the camera weren't the clearest. But once when I got the camera up and running 100% it is AMAZING, especially how it can email pics after the camera senses motion.1. I would recommend using the install instructions from FOSCAM.. found here: [...] It just seems to be more clear.2.
I am a novice in setting up an IP camera and so I bought this one wanting to set up a camera to view the front door of my house from my computer (I work at home and am always wondering who is at the door). The camera works great. The instructions are a little lacking but I figured it all out. There is plenty of help on the web as well. Pictures are clear. Sound, not so great but ok.
Easy physical installation, all parts seem robust.Setting up the cam was very easy too, haven't read the instructions yet and it's already sending me emails and everything .. works great! :)
I was disappointed to discover that this camera is NOT Mac compatible despite what Amazon says. The software disk shipped with the unit is Windows only.
The description indicates that it is Mac compatible but the person on the website on-line chat says they only have one camera that works with Mac and this is not it. I tried my husband's pc running Windows 8 and still no luck. The software can't find it. I have an iPhone app that says it is hook to the router but.....Maybe I'm just old and dumb.
This camera states that it is for Mac and PC, but the application to actually assign an IP address only works in Windows, and poorly at that. The user interface is badly translated into multiple languages. I've used it in English Spanish and German, and I bet they translated the badly translated English to the other languages. Aesthetics aside, the user interface is robust in the features that it does provide.
When you get the camera, connect it to local lan and perform the setup. I didn't use the built in software and connected via a web browser to configure the settings.- The reset button is at the bottom of the camera- Don't make the mistake I did and try to plug the power cord into the speaker jack :-)- It took me a few minutes before i realized my mistake.- The wireless IP and the lan IP will be the same however the mac address is different.
Works in low light conditions. Pan and Tilt is nice for the price.One feature I didn't like was that there wasn't a setting to save the FTP file as the same name. The camera saves the file with a time based name only. I have an Airlink camera that has this ability which is much better.
We purchased this camera to install in our home before we left to go on vacation. Needless to say, it was supposed to be wireless & we were supposed to.be able yo set it up to see from our tablet while we were away. The package made it here just fine but we could not install it because the CD to download the software was bad. Too much money to pay out to get something that doesn't even work properly! I would mot recommend this product to anyone.
I say this as someone who's generally regarded in my little world to have some idea of what I'm doing with computers. The user guide is awful, but if you have some basic knowledge of networking, firewalls, and port forwarding, then this is an excellent camera for the price. If you would rather have someone hold your hand through the process, you may want to consider another model. You should also have some tolerance of less than perfect written English.I had no difficulty setting up the device.
Answer: Ok, since any browser can access the built-in web server on the camera--It makes no difference!  You actually will not be using any software on your mac but your safari Browser!  Once you connect to the camera web server and logon, you will be asked what format to PUSH to your browser.  I use straight java.  You will not be able to listen or talk through the camera using your MAC, unfortunately that appears to be just Internet Explorer Active X code.   I have an android 4.x (Unix) smartphone and can view my camera and point it from anywhere in the world that I have a connection using any of three browsers.  I set my router to port forward a special self-defined port number (eg:  port 808) and call it via my fixed ip address directly, no DNS services required since I use the ISP assigned fixed ip address.  The generic URL format with port definition looks like 123.123.123.123:808 where you'd substitute the 808 with what ever incomming port number you defined on your router to forward to the camera.   I love the camera, and have it set to email me motion-alarm photos directly to my gmail account.  Nothing is stored locally.  If/when someone messes with or steals the camera, I'll have photos of 'em stored on my gmail account for prosecution.