iSight Expert. It kicks ass.

March 18, 2007 on 10:09 pm | In Announcement, Popular, iSight Expert

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It’s a mobile world, and your Macbook goes just about anywhere. Sometimes, you just leave it on the desk at your workplace, or at home. Sometimes, you leave it on. Sometimes you don’t. There is always some chance that your attention isn’t on your portable. Theft could easily occur.

iSight Expert isn’t a countermeasure for theft. It’s a range of tools anyone can use to their advantage. Many Macs come with a built-in iSight, but lack tools to use it in a more unorthodox way.

Want to use your iMac as a motion alarm?
- Want to keep a timelapse of how you look?
- Do you want to know where your employees are?
- Do you want a picture taken at a failed login?

iSight Expert can not only do all those things, but also export a customized application for you that you can install on any iSight-equipped Mac, and will function as you have defined it;

* Send Emails with it’s Geographic location and images.
* Securely upload recent images and data to a web server
* Make a movie of a month’s or week’s images
* Take images at startup, login, logout, wakeup, failed passwords, or motion.
* Act on a change of images or a face in the camera (e.g. run a script, play a song)

And there is much more. iSight Expert can organise the sent images of all your equipped Macs, put them online automatically for you, or print them. In it’s slick interface, you can see at what date, and at what location the image was taken. It’s Growl enabled, meaning you can get nifty little dialogues when you get a new image.

A beta-test is opening soon. Leave a comment, or email me to enter consideration. edit; I have had a lot of replies. I still need beta testers who have access to, and are able to test, a different application on OS X server. If you have both, be sure to email.

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  1. Great idea, I look forward to trying it out

    Comment by OSXDaily — March 19, 2007 #

  2. My cat is going to be so busted. :-)

    I’d be happy to beta.

    Comment by randyh — March 19, 2007 #

  3. This sounds like a great combination of multiple products out there already. The current products using the iSight either have just one of these features and/or suck completely. I look forward to trying out this beta! Looks like a very interesting and promising product with room for great potential!

    Comment by kal — March 19, 2007 #

  4. Hi. I think this looks incredibly promising! I’d love to be part of the beta. Thanks so much!
    Justin

    Comment by Justin Ladd — March 19, 2007 #

  5. This looks like a really nice app sort of like an advanced version of iAlertU. I’d love to beta if you’re still looking for people.

    Comment by Jacob — March 19, 2007 #

  6. Sounds like a really cool app. Count me in for the beta.

    Comment by Simon Menke — March 20, 2007 #

  7. I’d like to try the beta.

    Comment by dave — March 20, 2007 #

  8. Hej fra copenhagen

    - great looking app!

    re Beta - please contact me if you need a tester

    regs

    D

    Comment by deScartes — March 20, 2007 #

  9. Sounds like a great idea. I can’t wait to see it in action, and I would gladly be a part of the beta.

    Comment by Jun — March 20, 2007 #

  10. Sign me up for the beta

    Comment by matt — March 20, 2007 #

  11. Hi,

    Great idea. Love to be beta tester. Does it work with all iSights as I use a G5 with external iSight.?

    Chris

    Hey Chris,

    Although aptly named, iSight Expert, as it now looks, will work with any camera device OS X supports.

    Comment by Chris Good — March 20, 2007 #

  12. Tried a lot of iSight cam scripts and apps, and would love to give this one a spin too.

    Comment by matx — March 20, 2007 #

  13. I would like to beta test this. Ive got a variety of uses for it. Thanks for the consideration!

    Comment by T. Lewis — March 20, 2007 #

  14. Would love to try this out… In beta now, or whenever there is a public release!

    Comment by Raheel — March 20, 2007 #

  15. I would be happy to help test. I have access to Intel and PPC Macs and a Dual G5 Xserve.

    Comment by Jesse — March 20, 2007 #

  16. Count me in for the beta. I’ve got a macbook and an intel imac.

    Comment by Mags — March 20, 2007 #

  17. […] I’m such an idiot. I could have saved up for a student Apple Developer pack, but I didn’t notice it on the ADC site until now. I am such an idiot. I am going to get it now, and I will make sure my resumé will be stunning by next year, so I can participate in the WWDC Student Scholarship Program - a free ticket, and a week of great guidance and training by people in the field. It’s submission deadline was yesterday. D’oh! I hope to give an edge to my submission next year by having my CISSP, and two apps in the wild. Of course, I will even try to give a workshop on one of these apps when it is done in time for CCC. […]

    Pingback by Cocoia Blog » Thoughts of the Day. — March 20, 2007 #

  18. Hello, I am one of the Admins on an AXserve running a FirstClass Server.

    What do you want to test?

    Am also interested in iSight Expert.

    Geoff WALLACE
    Melbourne Victoria Australia

    Comment by Geoff WALLACE — March 20, 2007 #

  19. Sounds intriguing. Any thoughts on price? Will you be testing it on Macs that use the original add-on iSight (such as mine)?

    Comment by Matt Blackman — March 25, 2007 #

  20. I’ve been looking for something exactly like this. Would love to help beta test iSight Expert.

    Comment by Doc G — March 27, 2007 #

  21. I’d love to test it and buy it

    Comment by Andrew — March 28, 2007 #

  22. Can’t wait to see this…. Let me know when beta is up or its available to buy. Would love to give it a run. peace…..

    Comment by joe Juhl — March 28, 2007 #

  23. Need any more iSight Expert beta testers?

    Comment by alxndr — April 17, 2007 #

  24. I would love to beta this.

    Comment by rich — April 24, 2007 #

  25. this app sounds awesome! would love to beta test.

    Comment by Dylan Elliott — August 2, 2007 #

  26. I’d love to beta test this software!

    Comment by Moe Hong — March 21, 2008 #

  27. when might we see a beta?

    Comment by jon — July 11, 2008 #

  28. Hi I am keen as….

    Comment by Paul Everett — August 20, 2008 #

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