@joseph_1979 Well I for one use the desktop clients. On what do you base your assertion that "Nobody is asking anymore" for these? If you use a desktop the large screens they provide are a much more functional way of accessing cameras than the relatively tiny screens of smartphones. Don't extrapolate from your own use to generalise that everyone works the same way that you do. I would be devastated if Reolink gave up on the desktop versions.

I am running the latest current version (8.17.8) for macOS which in some respects works fine (on MacMini M2Pro with macOS 15.1 Sequoia), although it is very slow to start up, but the main issue is that it always crashes on quitting the app. Any chance of a new version to fix this? I assume you are getting a report every time this happens so your developers must be able to work out what is causing it.

And this is STILL an Intel code version - when will an Apple Silicon version be released? It is FOUR YEARS now since the M1 was introduced which is surely enough time to port the application across to be native on Apple Silicon chips. The iOS app is obviously compiled for Apple Silicon - why not the macOS application as well? This is the ONLY application of the vast number I use on my Mac that is not Apple Silicon native.

@peteintas_654598748397683 Can I second this request? Not only is it well past time for an Apple Silicon native client (over four years since the M1 was first released) but the current version (8.17.8), although stable in use, takes a long time to launch and crashes every time you quit.

I need to paint a camera (TrackMix) black to make it less conspicuous - what type of paint should I use?

Also, I assume cleaning it with a solvent such as IPA before painting it would be a good thing?

Finally, would a primer be necessary or can I spray the paint straight onto the body after masking the lens etc?

@kimchigun There are not many applications nowadays that are not Apple Silicon native. I use a large number of applications on my Mac and this is the only one that is not native now. I have largely switched over to using the iOS app on my Mac as that is (of course) AS-native, but it is less functional than the application - in particular you cannot see all of the cameras together on the screen and it cannot be full screen.

The application does run OK, but obviously it uses much more of the computer's resources to run than an AS-native app would.

@joseph_1979 The whole point is that only being able to playback high quality recordings from the camera's SD card is insecure as the camera is vulnerable. Surely a key point of using a Home Hub is that you can put it in a secure location, but if you cannot access high quality recordings from it this advantage is lost.

What I am not clear about is when you select the camera underneath the heading for the Home Hub, and then click on Playback, are you seeing the recordings on the SD card in the camera, or the SD cards in the Home Hub. I had thought these were the recordings in the camera.

When you look at Event History in the HH the recordings are only the fluent quality, and there does not seem to be any way of accessing a higher resolution than that. For security reasons I am not comfortable with only being able to get at the recordings in the camera, because that could be attacked, whereas the Home Hub can be locked away.

There does not seem to be any way to get the Home Hub to record in Clear resolution rather than Fluent. There is little point to the Home Hub, excellent though its facilities are, if it can't record in Clear resolution as fluent resolution is not good enough to decipher car registration plates or to identify people's faces. Is it likely that this will change?

I am absolutely amazed that five years after Apple Silicon was introduced this new version of the macOS application is still coded for Intel chips only. This is THE ONLY software I use on my Mac mini M4 which is not Apple Silicon native. When will this be compiled for Apple Silicon?

@joseph_1979 Well I for one use the desktop clients. On what do you base your assertion that "Nobody is asking anymore" for these? If you use a desktop the large screens they provide are a much more functional way of accessing cameras than the relatively tiny screens of smartphones. Don't extrapolate from your own use to generalise that everyone works the same way that you do. I would be devastated if Reolink gave up on the desktop versions.

@peteintas_654598748397683 Can I second this request? Not only is it well past time for an Apple Silicon native client (over four years since the M1 was first released) but the current version (8.17.8), although stable in use, takes a long time to launch and crashes every time you quit.

I am running the latest current version (8.17.8) for macOS which in some respects works fine (on MacMini M2Pro with macOS 15.1 Sequoia), although it is very slow to start up, but the main issue is that it always crashes on quitting the app. Any chance of a new version to fix this? I assume you are getting a report every time this happens so your developers must be able to work out what is causing it.

And this is STILL an Intel code version - when will an Apple Silicon version be released? It is FOUR YEARS now since the M1 was introduced which is surely enough time to port the application across to be native on Apple Silicon chips. The iOS app is obviously compiled for Apple Silicon - why not the macOS application as well? This is the ONLY application of the vast number I use on my Mac that is not Apple Silicon native.

user_846994761957606 I had the same problem - this board has a ridiculous limitation on how often you can post (only once every 24 HOURS!) which is undoubtedly more inconvenient for legitimate posters than serving any purpose to stop illegitimate ones.