I cant turn on the built in camera on my imac

Or one of the places that can make use of it as well such as System Preferences > Users and Groups > your account > pic (It will edit and offer the camera).
As this Thread is in Mavericks it will be Messages and not iChat.
Most Browser with the Flash Player plug-in can make use of sites like MeBeam
GoogleTalk can be used in a Browser to other compatible sources with the Google Video Plug-in.
@hdd828
I would go to the Apple Icon Menu and hold the ALT key down whilst doing so and select the System Profilier.
The camera should appear under the USB items.
If it does not try a PRAM reset.
Restart the computer holding down the CMD+ALT+P+R keys until you have heard three Start up bongs then let the Start up continue.
10:12 pm Wednesday; March 25, 2015
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VortexBoy wrote: ... I know this may sound very elementary but there was no documentation with my Mac when I bought it new (except a thin flimsy pamphlet with very baic stuff in it)...
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VortexBoy wrote: ... Where do I go to learn about how to use the built-in camera/web cam as a camera and also as a web cam? ...
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