Resources
Guides and tips for viewing Hikvision and HiLook cameras on a Mac.
Forgot your Hikvision NVR password? The official reset options, and how to do them from a Mac
Locked out of your Hikvision NVR, DVR or camera? Hikvision offers several official reset routes, and which one works depends on what you set up beforehand. Here is...
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Hikvision on macOS 27 Golden Gate: what still works, and what stops in macOS 28
macOS 27 Golden Gate runs only on Apple silicon and is the last macOS with full Rosetta 2. Here is how Hikvision's Intel-only Mac tools behave on it,...
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How to connect a Hikvision DVR or NVR to a MacBook
Put the recorder and the MacBook on the same network or join them by Ethernet, find the recorder's IP, then view it with iVMS-4200, Hik-Connect, a browser or...
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Does Hikvision work on M1, M2, M3, M4 and M5 Macs?
Tool-by-tool status of Hikvision software on M-series Macs: what is native, what runs under Rosetta 2, and what to plan for.
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SADP tool on Mac: availability, permissions, and why it finds nothing
Hikvision has dropped SADP for Mac from its Tools pages, but the old build still runs under Rosetta 2. Here are the permissions it needs, why it finds...
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