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4.2 Y‐camSoftwareInstallationforMac
1. InserttheInstallationCDintoyourCD‐ROMdrive.
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2. BrowsetothediskandopentheMacdirectory.InsidetherewillbeaZIPfilewhichcontainstheSetup
Softwareandadditionalinstructions.
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3. ExtractthisZIPfiletoyourDesktop(orplaceofchoosing)anddouble‐clickonY‐c am.apptorunthe
program.
Note:Ifyougetawarningsaying“Doyouwanttheapplication‘Y‐CAM.app’toacceptincomingnetwork
connections?”Click“Allow”
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BelowareOSspecificprocedurestoallowtheY‐camSetupsoftwaretosearchforcamerasonthenetwork.PleaseNote:
Leavingportsopencanexposeyoutomaliciousattacksfromtheinternetorothercomputersaroundyou.Pleasemake
sureyourevertthesettingsbacktotheircurrentstateafterfollowinganyofthebelowproceduresandsettingupyour
cameras.
OSX10.4(Tiger)
1. Clickon“SystemPreferences”
2. Clickon“Sharing”intheInternetandNetworksection.
3. Select“Firewall”tabthenclick“Advanced”
4. Makesurethecheckboxnextto“BlockUDPTraffic”isun‐ticked
thenclick“Ok”
5. QuitSystemPreferencesandtesttheY‐camSetupsoftwareagain.
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OSX10.5(Leopard)
1. Clickon“SystemPreferences”
2. Clickon“Security”inthe“Personal”section
3. Selectthe“Firewall”tab
4. Select“Allowallincomingconnections”
5. Closethewindowandwaitforafewseconds(around30seconds)forthesystemtoupdatetheadaptersettings
thenrunY‐camsetup.
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OSX10.6(SnowLeopard)
1. Clickon“SystemPreferences”
2. Clickon“Security”inthe“Personal”section
3. Selectthe“Firewall”tabthenclickon“Advanced”
4. Select“Automaticallyallowsignedsoftwaretoreceiveincomingconnections”
5. Clickonthe“+”buttonandlocateandselecttheY‐camSetupprogramthenclick“Add”.Youshouldnow“Y‐cam
–Allowincomingconnections”inthetable.
6. Closethewindowandwaitforafewseconds(around30seconds)forthesystemtoupdatetheadaptersettings.
7. Pressandholdthecontrol(ctrl)buttononyourkeyboardandclickonceontheY‐camSetupIcon.Thisshould
openamenu.Clickon“GetInfo”
8. Inthe“General”section,makesure“OpenusingRosetta”istickedthenclosethewindow.
9. CloseanyY‐camSetupthatarerunningthenruntheprogramagain.
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