Our Verdict
mayhap you ’re going out of town for a while ; perchance you live in a raspy neighborhood ; possibly you just marvel what your pets are up to all 24-hour interval . No matter the understanding , the $ 50Periscope Pro(Mac App Store liaison ) from ZipZapMac can facilitate you keep an center on your domicile .
Periscope Pro ’s a surveillance app that on a regular basis takes video from your Mac ’s camera , a connected webcam , or a third party information processing - enabled tv camera — which does n’t even have to be within your home . What actuate the recording is up to you : Periscope Pro can record unendingly , or only when movement , auditory sensation , or some combining of both is detected . The video , in a frame rate and solvent of your choice , is stored on your computer ’s drive , and it ’s watchable either via the app itself , or just by opening up the brochure you choose .
Periscope Pro
The motion detector part is what makes Periscope Pro especially attractive , since it mean that it only records at those time when something is actually going on . And since you may choose the level of audio or motion that triggers a transcription , you may hopefully avoid sorting through inconsequential false positive .
Periscope Pro also offers several optional niceties , such as a Candid Camera fashion where it hides while active ( though note , of course , that the unripened light next to your FaceTime camera will still light up ) , countersign protection , launching ( and hiding ) at boot , and built - in support for saving clips to Dropbox .
All in all , Periscope Pro may not be exceedingly cheap , but it ’ll still likely lean you less than a professional security organization , and it offers plenty of feature for that monetary value .
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