On Jul 22, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:

> I'd like to repurpose an iMac 24 to use as a home surveillance system.  
> Recommendations on hardware/software?
> (Lion compatible?) 
> 
> Or is is better to just sell the iMac and buy a turn-key system?

Not to feed into any existing paranoia, but whatever kind of system you go 
with, I'd recommend you get a UPS to run it! My friend's neighborhood was hit 
hard and systematically by theives. The police detective told him that the 
theives modus operandi was to shut off the electrical power and cut any/all 
phone and cable wires, and then enter unimpeded. All of this is usually easily 
accessible from the outside. What my friend did was to lock his utility panel 
and reroute the phone/cable wires. He put fake wires in their place such that 
if they're cut it triggers the alarm immediately.

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