![]() SecuritySpy gives me the option to record a new video file with every motion or combine them all into one file at the end of the day. Most are a small fraction of that, coming in at 100MB or much less per camera. At this rate, my busiest camera of all rarely uses 1GB per day. I now record only motion at one frame per second, which is more than enough to see anything I want to see on the recordings. I decided not to record at this level because the files were huge, taking up 50 to 100GB per day. This certainly did take more resources, but even then it would only use 12-15% of the CPU. At first I was recording all nine cameras full time at 30 frames per second. You can record full time or when there is motion. The software is much too deep and advanced to cover all its capabilities in this review but I’ll touch upon a few of its best features. This is not a maxed out Mac Pro, but a 2014 Mac Mini with a 2.6GHz i5 and 8GB ram. I’ve seen CPU usage drop as low as 2.4%, but it stays well under 4% and uses only 124 to 130MB of ram. I can’t even tell the software is running. I have nine cameras recording full time and SecuritySpy averages about 3.7% of the CPU, which is amazingly low. It records perfectly and plays back flawlessly. It not only can record IP cameras, but standard video cameras and even USB cameras connected to your Mac. The software is truly professional grade in that it can handle with the proper licensing an unlimited number of cameras. ![]() I downloaded the trial version, which is a fully functional version except for a 30-day time limit to see how it would fare.Īfter loading the software, I begin setting up nine cameras to test how well the software not only recorded but, most importantly, how well my Mac could still function while recording full time since this is my main work computer. Further research led me to SecuritySpy software, published by Bensoftware out of England. There is no shortage of such software for the PC what I did find for the Mac used so many system resources that it was not viable and made the Mac unusable. ![]()
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