How to use FaceTime to treat a Mac computer as a home monitor

If you need to monitor, just want to go out, you can see whether the cat and dog in the house is not disorderly, or the baby in the room to sleep, want to temporarily leave downstairs to drink tea and not trust

In such a simple case, you can consider using the built-in FaceTime function to achieve, that is, the use of IPhone4 FaceTime function-Call your own computer at the end of the FaceTime can do (computer-side lens must be in advance of the target object OH)

But this has a problem to solve first: is the computer end FaceTime is called, the current is unable to automatically answer!

This article will teach you how to solve this problem without escaping, as follows:

1.

Mac Computer side:

With camera lens, and install FaceTime software, currently only for Mac Beta version (after downloading please press the prompts to activate your ID)

Download Address: http://www.apple.com.cn/mac/facetime/

Mobile End:

No jailbreak required, iphone 4 with FaceTime features, ipod Touch

2.

Open the Mac end of the terminal device (Please Spotlight search: TERMINAL), execute the following command (through the following example modified paste on the line):

Defaults write Com.apple.FaceTime Autoacceptinvitesfrom-array-add allowed to call the phone number

(For example defaults write Com.apple.FaceTime autoacceptinvitesfrom-array-add +8618612345678)

Or

Defaults write Com.apple.FaceTime autoacceptinvitesfrom-array-add allow the Apple ID to be called

(For example defaults write Com.apple.FaceTime autoacceptinvitesfrom-array-add xxx@yyy.zzz)

So you can use the FaceTime of your cell phone to call your FaceTime on your computer with your account.

And then the computer will automatically pick up the phone.

Generally use your mobile phone is to call when the identification, so we recommend the way to specify the phone, remember to change the front to +86 (mainland China, other areas please replace)

3.

The above instructions are primarily in specifying the number or Apple ID that allows that account to be automatically answered

So it is possible to accumulate the superposition specified, for example, you allow 18612345678 and 18687654321 to come in and answer automatically

The instructions can be this way.

Defaults write Com.apple.FaceTime Autoacceptinvitesfrom-array-add +8618612345678

Press ENTER and then

Defaults write Com.apple.FaceTime Autoacceptinvitesfrom-array-add +8618687654321

4.

Finally, if you want to remove the person you just have, you must find the Com.apple.FaceTime.plist file.

Please find the following path:

Your own computer account name--resource pool ──preference── find Com.apple.FaceTime.plist (Can't find Spotlight)

Dot Open this plist file

At this point you can see the following red box key called Autoacceptinvitesfrom, this project is used to specify which calls or IDs can be automatically answered, originally is not

Click on a small triangular symbol in front of you.

You can see a 18612345678 number just joined, you can choose to right click to delete this item

This method is not comparable to professional monitoring procedures, such as the dynamic monitoring, reporting. But it's enough to deal with simple problems, and it's an interesting thing to do, like a friend to show

People out there may only be 3G of the environment, if you want to use FaceTime to escape, in the use of my3g and other software simulation WiFi

Also in the 3G environment test, FaceTime performance than other apps much better, interested people to try it!