Hopefully this proves helpful to folks, but I thought to post a quick guide how to get Blue Iris working on a Mac without using a virtual machine or Boot Camp. The below guide intends to install Blue Iris version 5; not sure it will work with version 4. It actually works pretty well with minimal glitches, at least on my Mac Mini Server.
Caveats:
I may have forgotten some items, but these come to mind:
Caveats:
I may have forgotten some items, but these come to mind:
- Hardware acceleration may or may not work depending on your hardware.
- Sometimes in the mobile app, videos don't show a preview image.
- CPU usage does not always report correctly and often shows a very unusual value such as a negative.
- In General Settings under Clips and Archiving, check “Do NOT Monitor free space.”
- In General Settings under Startup, ensure only “Require run-as Administrator…,” “Prevent the Windows screensaver while Blue Iris…,” and “Prevent power management from…”
- In General Settings under Web server, change C:\Program Files\Blue Iris 5\www to C:\Program Files\Blue Iris 5\ui3
- Head over to Gcenx/WineskinServer and click on “View Raw” to download the “WineskinWinery.app.tar.7z” file.
- Fully decompress the file you just download and move the app file to your Applications folder.
- Launch the Wineskin app.
- Ensure the box “Hide engines that require XQuartz” is checked.
- Once presented with the main window, click on the “+” sign and add the newest engine. The name will start with “WS10WineCX64Bit.”
- Now click “Create New Blank Wrapper,” type “Blue Iris” for the name, and click Ok.
- Wait for a minute or two. If you get a warning about Wineskin not being optimized for your Mac, just click Ok. If you receive any warnings about NET or Gecko, allow it to install.
- Once the completion window appears, click “View wrapper in Finder” and move the “Blue Iris” app to your Applications folder.
- Launch the Blue Iris app.
- Once launched, click on “Advanced” and navigate to the “Options” menu.
- Unclick “Map User Mac OS X folders in wrapper.”
- Navigate to the “Configuration” menu and click “Install Software” and then “Choose Executable Software.”
- Select the Blue Iris exe file downloaded from the Blue Iris website.
- Go through the Windows installer as you normally would leaving all install locations as default. It will likely ask to install C++ so be sure to do so by clicking “Next.”
- Upon completion uncheck “Launch Blue Iris” and “Read Documentation” boxes.
- A pop-up will come up asking you to choose an executive. From the pulldown, select the one ending with “BlueIrisAdmin.exe.”
- Go to your Applications folder and right click on the Blue Iris app and select “Show Package Contents.”
- Navigate to drive_c --> Program Files --> Blue Iris 5
- Unzip the ui3.zip file.
- OPTIONAL: Go back to your Wineskin window which should still be open and on the “Configuration” menu.
- OPTIONAL: Click “Browse” under “Icon” on the right and navigate to Blue Iris app --> drive_c --> Program Files --> Blue Iris 5 --> ui3 --> ui3 and select “launcher-icon.png."
- Quit Wineskin.
- Launch the Blue Iris app and setup as usual.
- Enjoy!
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