Setting up your HomeKit Security camera in macOS Big Sur to warn you about movements in particular areas within the device's field of view is possible using a few steps.
Apple's macOS Big Sur brought a lot of improvements and enhancements that made the user's life easier. Among these enhancements is giving users the capability to set up their HomeKit security camera on macOS Big Sur, allowing the system to warn you of suspicious movements in selected areas or activity zones within the field of view of the camera.
Having a device that constantly monitors your home or property, such as the HomeKit security camera, offers a great degree of convenience and assurance. It allows you to check on your property in real-time even if you are far away. However, despite the convenience and security that a device like the HomeKit security camera system offers, it is difficult to position them in the right place. You need the devices to cover particular areas, but you also do not want them to monitor other sections, such as those places where you can see your neighbor's garden. With Apple's macOS Big Sur, it is possible to set up your HomeKit security camera to monitor only those sections, called activity zones, that you want.
With Apple's macOS Big Sur, you can set up your HomeKit cameras so it can monitor activity zones within the camera's field of view. Doing so allows your security camera to react only to movements in the areas you specified. For instance, your camera will still display the entire field of view but it will not react to motion in places you did not specify. This means that you can limit its movement monitoring to, for example, within your garden or your driveway.
While there are cameras that have their own apps that allow the setting up of activity zones, using a HomeKit security camera in tandem with Apple's macOS Big Sur adds this particular functionality to your Home app. This is particularly true for security cameras with HomeKit Secure Video support. To create activity zones in macOS Big Sur, you need to have a compatible camera that you can add to the Home app.
When you have added a compatible camera to the Home app, launch the app and select the "room" or section where you want your camera to monitor, and then click on its thumbnail image. If you see it is already displayed in full screen in the Home app, hover the mouse over it and click on the Settings gear icon that shows up on the top left. Then, scroll until you get to Select Activity Zones, then mark an activity section by clicking on the edges of the area you want your security camera to monitor. If you want multiple zones, just ignore the Done button. Once you have chosen all the points you want to monitor, you can click on Done. That is how easy it is to setup HomeKit security camera activity zones on macOS Big Sur. This allows the system to notify you of movements in areas you selected.
