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Create a Screen Saver With Your SecuritySpy Cameras

Want to display your SecuritySpy cameras as a screensaver on your Mac? This tutorial will walk you through the process step by step.

Step 1: Install WebViewScreenSaver

WebViewScreenSaver is a free screensaver that display web pages. The easiest way to install it is to open Terminal (which you’ll find in your /Applications/Utilities folder) and execute the following command:

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SecuritySpy Screensaver Tutorial

[Please note that the screensaver is discontinued. It should still work, but we cannot provide support for it. A more modern and reliable method of achieving a screensaver with your SecuritySpy cameras is described here: Create a Screen Saver With Your SecuritySpy Cameras]

The SecuritySpy screensaver allows you to view live video from one or more SecuritySpy servers, as a full-screen screensaver on your Mac. This can be a convenient and useful way to monitor your cameras, and this tutorial will show you how to set this up.

The screensaver works by connecting to SecuritySpy’s web interface to obtain the video streams. If you are connecting over a local network, you simply have to enable the web server feature within SecuritySpy, via the Web Server Settings window. If you are connecting over the internet you will first have to set up SecuritySpy for remote monitoring.

Once you have enabled SecuritySpy’s web server, download the SecuritySpy screensaver, double-click on it, and you will be asked to confirm that you want to install it on your Mac. Once installed, you will see a SecuritySpy item in the list of available screensavers in the Desktop & Screen Saver system preference. On the right side of the Desktop & Screen Saver window, click the Screen Saver Options button to configure the screensaver:

 

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