SecuritySpy will work on any Mac running at least Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

However, the actual demands of your system will vary, depending on a number of factors. You can use our system requirements calculator to help you choose a system to suit your Mac, or a Mac to suit your desired system.

By way of illustration, this page gives a rough guide to the number of cameras you can connect to models from the current Mac line, assuming that you are using motion detection and that you set SecuritySpy to record using the MPEG-4 codec at a good resolution (640 x 480) and a moderate frame rate (10 frames per second).

Mac mini

or MacBook

Maximum number of cameras: 10

iMac

or MacBook Pro

Maximum number of cameras: 12
 

Mac Pro

or Xserve

Maximum number of cameras: 40
 

Assuming that you want to keep captured footage for about fifteen days, you should allow 18 GB of free disk space per camera.

MPEG-4 is a very space-efficient codec, but it uses up a lot of processing power. If you set SecuritySpy to record using the JPEG codec you will need to allow 60 GB of free disk space per camera, but you will be able to capture from more than twice the number of cameras listed above.

You can increase your system’s available storage space with one or more external USB or FireWire Hard Disks.