FaceTime, photo booth and ichat can't find build-in FaceTime HD camera
I tried to launch Facetime to video chat with my cousin in the USA, but facetime, ichat, photobooth and skype all couldn't find the build in Facetime HD camera.
I'va got a 15" macbook pro (edition early 2011). I hope that someone can help me solving the problem so i can use my webcam again!
thanks in advance!!
Delete the com.apple.ichat.plist and restart iChat
10:35 PM Thursday; January 10, 2008
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ISight crashes both Photo booth and iChat
Hello,
My iSight camera seems to be causing issues with Photo Booth and iChat. Both these problems emerged at the same time, so I believe that they're related.
iChat will login properly, but when I try to initiate video chat, the green iSight camera turns on... but promptly crashes iChat.
Photo booth ostensibly works fine in terms of taking regular photos and video recording, but none of the effects work; they appear as black screens. When you try and click on the effects, Photo booth crashes.
My computer otherwise recognizes the camera in System Profiler. I can also use the camera in GChat, via Gmail.
Any ideas on what's wrong?Welcome to Discussions, bigtsez
The PMU reset suggested in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090 usually helps such problems for MacBooks.
If not, repair permissions and apply the 10.5.7 COMBO update:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_7_ComboUpdate
Repair permissions IMMEDIATELY again after the restart that finishes the installation.
Then test iSight again. Repeat the Troubleshooting suggestions if necessary.
EZ Jim
G5 DP 1.8GHz w/Mac OS X (10.5.7) PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11) iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9) External iSight -
Photo Booth and iChat (using Effects)
After using the Effects on a photo, when I go back to take another photo, all the images captured by the iSight camera are extremely dark--as if the lighting in the room has been turned off. This seems to happen after I experiment with any of the Effects and choose to go back and take additional photos. If I quit and reopen, things are back to "normal" again. What's up with this?
Also, when in iChat, I clicked on my picture and then clicked on edit picture. When I clicked on the Effects button, an Effects window opened on top of the iChat window. However, I could not close this window or move it. I finally quit iChat and reopened it to get out of the Effects window. Am I missing something?DP, he has Photo Booth and Front Row, its the effects in iChat that he can't use, and I do think that's an intel function.
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I think i deleted photo booth and now i cant find it
Ok so one day i was messing around with my computer and i pulled somethings out from the bar at the bottom of my screen (the bar with all the apllications on it), so i retrieved some of the other thigns that I pulled out of that bar, but I couldn't find the photo booth! And i downloaded a new app from my computers app store but unfornutaly it had only pictures and you can't even snap the picture you just save it and it has no video and for what you pay for this computer, you should have AMAZING customer service but when i called the woman was really rude and said my warranty had expired a few weekes before which is CRAZY!!! Someone please help me thanks!
I didn't even know this was possible. I just uncheck my holiday tracks so they won't be on my iPod until I want them there, then I recheck the songs.
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Photo Booth and iChat etc. aren't reading the built in iSight
I've got the new Macbook, but for some reason whenever I go to iChat or Photo Booth or anything else that requires the built in iSight it gives me the message: There is no connected camera. So the LED light won't go on and I can't figure out how to turn the camera on. I recently got Flutter and it turns the camera on, but for some reason even when the camera is on for Flutter iChat and Photo Booth still don't read the camera as on. I'm very confused and I'm hoping you might be able to tell me how to get it working.
Try this
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93240
and try a reboot.
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Serious Lag issues with Photo Booth and iChat
Ever since I installed Leopard on my mac book pro, I have had terrible lag problems with the movie option in Photo Booth (sometimes even freezing my computer) as well as the video chat in ichat. With Tiger, lag was never a problem when I was on ichat. I have the 1.83 GHz Intel core duo, so I'm surprised this is happening. Any ideas would be very helpful! Thanks!
Welcome to Apple Discussions, Hoosier2010
As you correctly note, the iSight Updater 1.0.3 applies ONLY to Macs with iSight video camera that used OS X v10.3.7-10.3.9. All MacBook Pros came with a later version of Mac OS, and, therefore, cannot use the 1.0.3 Firmware update. That Firmware update is NOT your MacBook Pro's problem.
If your iSight problems began immediately after your MacBook Pro's drive was replaced, I would suspect a hardware problem left uncorrected during the service call. Contact the people who did the work and ask them to correct the problem that began at the time of hard drive replacement.
If the previous service work did not cause your problem, try Apple's suggestions for How to Troubleshoot iSight. If none of the suggestions that you can do to your Mac resolve the trouble, your problem likely is hardware. Hardware problems will require help from your Apple-Authorized Service Provider.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.1) External iSight -
Hello, my isight camer is not working properly, i was using photo booth and suddenly the image was black or too dark and also ichat and facetime are too dark as well, please helpme out i can not find any solution.
read this and see if it helps: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2090
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Dear Apple, why not SIMPLY bring Photo Booth and Facetime together?
Dear Apple,
as I was going through your Website I noticed that FaceTime and PhotoBooth are very similar. I don't know how these two are built, but ins't this a great idea bring them together? Because I don't see any problems. And how about having iChat integrated like Windows Lync (Coorporate Communicator)?Hi,
In actual fact iChat came first.
It had Video Effects before Photo Booth came out and could/can take snapshots of the Preview pic or the chat.
Face Time at one level (visually) is a much simpler app all round.
It does one job. Connecting Video chats on a 1-to-1 basis.
iChat can connect to Jabber servers and/or use the AIM Network (i.e Screen Names and IDs from other servers)
Face Time uses Apple IDs
Face Time also uses port 5223 the same as Jabber servers do (Jabber servers use this for Login).
Currently an MobileMe name ending in @me.com is:-
1) an Apple ID (Access to Communities with an Alias, iTunes, On Line Store, MacApp Store and so on)
2) A Working Email
3) a Valid Screen Name with the AIM Service (providing your password is 16 characters or less (AIM Limit)
4) a Face Time Name. (re 1) ) (Listed only to stress the point)
A @mac.com name is:-
1) a valid AIM Screen Name (Same password Restrictions)
2) An Apple ID (There was a time when names could be registered after MobileMe was launched, up to about 6 months ago when the Apple ID part was Optional)
3) May be a working email if linked to an MobileMe account at the Mobile Me launch.
An Apple ID can be any other name, most likely an email address that has been used to register in any of the places in 1) in the Mobileme bit.
If an Email was used this way it cannot be linked to a new Apple ID (Such as an @mac.com registration for iChat or Face Time)
There would be some use in Face Time having a Jabber server so that Face Time to iChat could be done.
(It remains to be seen how many would wish to add Jabber as well as having an AIM (Valid) name in iChat.
iChat and Face Time can in fact access the camera at the same time (the only two apps that I know can do this without the Camera in Use message).
There might be a call for Video effects in Fact Time but this may be beyond the processor capabilities of iOS devices.
All in all linking Photo Booth and Face Time would only recreate iChat.
10:36 PM Wednesday; June 22, 2011
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb( 10.6.7)
Mac OS X (10.6.7),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images." No, Seriously -
ok so somehow my sister deleted all my photos off photo booth and now all my photos on iphoto i cant view them i want to know how i can get my deleted photos back and how to view the rest of my photos please help !!!!
Phonebooth is in your home folder under pictures with Iphoto and Ichat. Deleting pigtures from phonebooth should not remove any from Iphoto library. Something else had to happen.
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Isight is not working on ichat and skype, however will work on photo booth and imovie.
My isight will not work on ichat or skype, saying that there is no camera connected. isight will work in photo booth and imovie. It shows up in the system profiler. Have tried resetting SMC. Help?
(1) Here is how I would proceed to isolate the underlying problem that requires corrective action.
• Shut down everything.
• Then restart modem and allow its self-test to complete.
• Then restart router or wireless access point (if you have them) and allow self-test to complete.
• Then restart Mac.
• Use > Software Update... (Update your Apple software if not current.)
• Then test Photo Booth or iMovie with no other apps else running to ensure they still work.
• Then quit your test app and try iChat with no other apps else running.
• If iChat works, quit iChat and try Skype with no other apps else running.
(2) If iChat works but Skype does not,
• Verify that you are using the latest version of Skype that is compatible with your OS X (10.5.8) Mac.
• Update if necessary.
• Then test Skype again with no other apps else running.
• If Skype problems remain but your camera works with everything else, Skype's comprehensive support system should best be able to help you use their product with your system.
Start here: https://support.skype.com/
Or, click this link for help specifically related to Mac video calls.
You can also search or post for help with your problem in Skype's dedicated Skype Discussions for Mac. The Skype users who post there may have already solved the same problem.
If nothing else works, you can even sign in and ask for email help directly from Skype's Technical Support people.
(3) If you still have trouble with more than one app, you may need to use Disk Utility to:
• repair permissions,
• repair your disk,
• or even reinstall Mac OS.
If you reinstall OS X 10.5, use the Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update to return to the latest version in one update step.
Message was edited by: EZ Jim
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My iPhone 5s (16GB) is stuck with 3948 photos (shown on the iTunes storage bar) on and I can not find a way to delete them all! It's very annoying as it takes up 6.54 GB of space and leaves me no room to add films, music...etc on to it. Please help me!!! I have already tried the numerous articles Apple have sent my way and I am still having no luck.I'd be eternally grateful if anyone could find a solution for me as this has been a problem for almost a year. Thank you.
If they were put there via iTunes sync process, then simply untick the Music box before syncing again.
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I have been working on a wedding slideshow for days and have over 3,000 pictures in albums on iPhoto. It suddenly will not open without upgrading to Aperture and I can't find any of my photos!!!! I need these photos, to complete the video, not to mention I don't want to lose them. I have had trouble ever since upgrading to Maverick.
Try the following:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window.
2 - Run Option #4, Rebuild Database. -
My phone was stolen, but I had no data left and so can't locate it till the person who has it tries to use the internet. I backed up all my photos on iCloud, and want to get them on my PC. I installed iCloud onto the PC and followed the instructions and still can't find my pictures, says my photostream folder is empty, but it shows on iCloud that i've used most of my storage which is true, so they must be there somewhere?
Any ideas? I'd really appreciate the help! ThanksYes, I filed police report, but there is nothing they can do until I get back to them on the tracking. It's been offline. I'm sure the whoever took it can find a way around breaking in the ipad..i really was hoping to get my pictures and videos of my kids back
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I just downloaded 950 photos on iPhoto and deleted them off my camera and now under last import there is only 4 photos and i can't find the others?? There is a whole bunch of blank events in the library with no photos in them all with todays date? Help!!
Yes - you need a min of 10 GB just to operate - with just 1 you certainly can lose photos and other critical things - you need to make space immediately - probably by moving your iPhoto library to a volume formatted Mac OS extended -
Moving the iPhoto library is safe and simple - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive - depress the option key and launch iPhoto using the "select library" option to point to the new location on the external drive - fully test it and then trash the old library on the internal drive (test one more time prior to emptying the trash)
And be sure that the External drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) (iPhoto does not work with drives with other formats) and that it is always available prior to launching iPhoto
And backup soon and often - having your iPhoto library on an external drive is not a backup and if you are using Time Machine you need to check and be sure that TM is backing up your external drive
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I want to delete a group on my iChat list, but it doesn't go away when I right click and delete it. No ones in the group and I tried the plus button on the bottom left of the list and I can't find "edit groups"
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