I cannot turn my iSight Camera off

The green light is on when I start the mac and turning on photo booth or iMovie does not disable it ... how can I "fix'' this?

James, had the same thing happen and shutting down, then booting again (not restarting), solved it. Hope this helps!
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The first time I plugged my camera in and turned on ichat, then hit the video I was amazed at how trouble free and simple it worked. I recently moved my computer from one room to another, plugged everything in the same except now when I open Ichat and hit the video there is no picture and just a black screen that says "Camera Off". Any ideas how I turn the damned camera back on again? I tried plugging it into a couple of different slots and no go. Anyone else solve this problem?

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(Gregor, the answer is in your iSight Users Guide (Manual). If you can't find yours, you can download a current one from http://images.apple.com/support/isight/iSightUserGuide.pdf.)
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tt

Why not just cover it. Tiny piece of duck tape or sticky. Much simpler.
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Does anyone know either of a Simple way to Turn off the isight camera on a Macbook pro (3.1 model with Snow leopard) or a simple program or Widget to do this ??
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Globalmark wrote:
Hi
Does anyone know either of a Simple way to Turn off the isight camera on a Macbook pro (3.1 model with Snow leopard) or a simple program or Widget to do this ??
I have already Googled this but cannot find much - except disable certain files, or a Applescript by Techslaves.org called isight disabler , which seems great except I have to run applescript each time run this script, put in password, then select !
SO is there a Basic app or even a Way of making the isight disabler work like a simple app - or a way to do with Mac's settings ??
Any help is Appriciated
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Barring some unusual circumstance, there should be no need to disable your built-in iSight because YOU decide when to use your iSight.
Some apps such as iChat allow you to enable and disable the webcam from menu commands.
Other apps such as Photo Booth only use the camera when you click the button.
However, if you REALLY want to disable, scripts like this one can easily disable and enable iSight.
http://techslaves.org/index.php?page=62
However, be aware that it simultaneously disables ALL USB webcams when active.
Although I do not recommend it, you can manually disable your built-in iSight by removing the "QuickTimeUSBVDCDIgitizer.component" file from your computer's HardDriveName > System > Library > QuickTime folder and restarting your Mac. Your built-in iSight should no longer work with any app.
P.S. Manually moving, renaming, or deleting files outside your Username/Documents folder
is generally a BAD idea unless you KNOW how it will effect OS X.
EZ Jim
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