ISight camera is no longer recognized

iChat only allows me to audio chat and photobooth says there is no camera. Whats should i do?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090

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ISight camera can't be recognized. Do I have to reset PMU?

Can anyone help me...?

nieyihemu wrote: ... iSight camera can't be recognized. Do I have to reset PMU？
Perhaps.
• If you have not already done so, restart Mac and
    try again. If the iSight still does not work, continue.
• If Apple's http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
   suggestions do not help you, (be certain that you
   use the correct PMU/SMC "reset" procedure for your
   Mac model), yours may be a hardware problem
   that will require a professional fix.
• Test more than one Apple app in more than one
   user account. If the problem persists with all,
   Unless you have a current backup, make one now.
Then use the final "Troubleshooting" suggestion:
"... contact Apple or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for service."
• If you want to try one more thing on your own first,
use Disk Utility to repair permissions. Then
download and apply the latest Combo Update for
your OS. Currently, the latest SL Combo is here:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
• Repair permissions again immediately following the system restart
   that completes the Combo update.
Properly applying the Combo version of updates can sometimes correct software problems, but, if your trouble is caused by a hardware problem, there are no user serviceable parts of iSight so see your AASP if the Troubleshooting suggestions don't work.
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Mac OSX 10.7.4

After updating to Mountain Lion- built in camera is no longer recognized

i have updated my software from lion to mountain lion on my 2010-2011 macbook pro; as soon as the update completed my macbook no longer recognized the built-in camera. i checked the support site for the error "there is no conceted camera" and followed all the steps. it seems that i have no USB tab in the utilities folder; restarting and shutting down my macbook didnt help either. i am not sure if the necessary drives for isight somehow erased during the update. any suggestions?

Tried resetting SMC ?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".

My camera is no longer recognized by firefox and won't work in websites such as facebook etc. Is this because of a plug in? How do I restore origical settings?

In both my gmail and facebook, firefox does not pick up/turn on my iSight camera when it should, saying there is no camera detected.

I'm having the same problem... just got a new iPhone 3GS in addition to the older 3G model. I need to synch them both with home (music, photos, videos etc. master) and work computers (Contacts, Calendar master).
This worked no problem on the older 3G model, the 3GS synched with my home computer but my work once I get the following message: "iTunes cannot read the content of the iPhone. Go to the summary tab in iPhone preferences and click restore to restore this iPhone to its factory settings".
I've tried re-starting both iPhone and computer, un-installing and re-installing iTunes / QuickTime / Apple Mobile Device Manager etc.; different USB ports etc. and still the problem exists...
Please help.

After an upgrade to Mavericks - my Video Camera is no longer recognized by the system (JVC Everio HD video camera)

I just upgraded to Mavericks (up from Mountain Lion) last week. Today, I tried to upload movies to my MacBook Pro, and it no longer 'sees' the camera when plugged into the USB port. I have tired iMovie, iPhoto, and also direct access, via the hard drive. Nothing works. I have even restarted the computer with the camera plugged in and it is still not being recognized, and I cannot get the movies 'out' of the camera. I have never had a problem before , In fact I loaded movies last week, just by pluggin it into the USB.
Are there ANY suggestions on how or what to do for it to start to pick up on the fact that my video camera is indeed plugged in and has movies that can be imported?
Thanks!
Video Camera - JVC Everio HDD camera

Salut, et un accueil chaleureux aux forums!
Not certain I can help, but...
http://www.blindedbytech.com/2006/09/14/what-to-do-if-ipod-not-recognized-by-itu nes/
http://www.blindedbytech.com/2006/09/14/what-to-do-if-ipod-not-recognized-by-itu nes/
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1401
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1496

SD camera card no longer recognized after upgrading to Windows 8.1

After I upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, my computer no longer recognizes a camera SD card. Any suggestions?

Hi,
Regarding your issue here, we could take the following steps for troubleshooting.
1. Please check the device manufacturer’s website, see if there are any updates regarding SD card reader available;
2. Please refer to the KB below to use the Microsoft software updates.
Activity isn't detected when you insert or remove an SD card in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2929878
If there are any problems, please let me know.
Best regards

My Sony AVCHD cam is no longer recognized when "logging and transferring"

I'll try to keep this short and sweet.
I have some footage on a Sony HD cam. When I connect it to the mac, the drive appears just fine. When I go to "log and transfer" it no longer begins loading itself. When I try to manually select the disk and open it, I get this - "(this drive)... contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media."
When I try this with my other identical Sony HD cam, it works just fine, like it always has.
When I try to "repair image," it finds no problems.
The only difference between the two, is that the non-working one was plugged into a Windows machine to manually upload a couple MTS files to youtube. No formatting was done.
How can I get my FCE to recognize my camera again?
Thanks!

I FIGURED IT OUT!
I had manually deleted some videos via Finder but remnants of the files were still on the camera itself. So, by looking in the STREAM folder, I could find where there were gaps, locate those files on the camera and then delete them. Once these "ghost" files were gone, my camera popped up in the Log and Transfer window immediately.
Hallelujah.

Upgraded to 10.7 camera is no longer recognized

I guess I can restarting again, but basically I plug in my Nikon 2500 and it doesn't matter if I start iPhoto before or after. The camera never shows up, not in iPhoto, not in Finder, not on the desktop.
I took another picture, it has a specific button for upload/play. It has worked for years. I've had that camera longer than this mac.
Any ideas?

How long has it been since you reformatted your camera storage card? iPhoto does not really see your camera - it sees a FAT32 formatted mass storage device - if that device is corrupted it will not recognize it. A recommended work flow it to use a USA card reader and place the card in it and import your photos to iPhoto, do not have iPhoto delete the photos but put the card back in the camera and use its format command to reformat the care and erase it - this renews your card format each time you use it
For the photos you have on the card now your choices are:
1 - iPhoto (which is not seeing the card)
2 - image capture (in you applications folder) which probably will not work either
3 - The finder if your camera mounts the storage device to the desktop so you go directly into it
4 - trying a different computer
5 - trying a USB card reader (a good investment for the future)
6 - seeing if a recovery program like media recover - http://www.mediarecover.com/ - the free trail version will inspect your card and see what you will be able to recover - you will have to purchase to actually recover files
Once you get your photos I recommend that you reformat the card after each use
LN
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Sony Cybershot No Longer Recognized in iPhoto

Just did a recent software update that my iBook let me know about this past Saturday. One of those updates I installed involved something to do with importing pictures from cameras. Now, my Sony camera is no longer recognized in iPhoto and I never had any complication with this before the update. Is there a way to reverse the installation of the upgrade or is there a soltuion?
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This sounds more like a software problem than an iBook problem. You might try posting your question in the iPhoto forum where all the smart photographers hang out. They probably have experience in dealing with this sort of issue.
Good luck!

ISight Camera not detected

I have a late 2006 MacBook Pro with built-in iSight Camera, which is not recognized by any app. It's not on the list at the System Profiler USB devices. I have 10.6.8 installed, and I tried already reseting the SMC, with no result. What can I do?

How to Troubleshoot iSight
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
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Built in iSight camera no longer showing up or recognized by iMac

Hello there - I have a white 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac with a built in iSight camera, and the camera is no longer showing up, or is not recognized by the computer any longer. Very strange! The little green LED by the camera is not lit any longer, and the camera is not recognized any longer by Photo Booth, iChat AV, or any of the other apps that would use the camera. This is a real pain, because I am leaving for France in a couple days and am taking my MacBook Pro with me, and am hoping that I can use iChat AV to talk to my kids at home on the iMac. I do have an extra iSight camera that I have hooked up to the iMac and can use in a pinch, but I really want to use the built in camera on the iMac. Any hints / ideas / suggestions on what to do for this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

No, unfortunately that did not help. I did the following...
1. See if the issue is application-specific. - Nope. Camera is not recognized in any of the apps that it should be recognized in, I tested iChat AV, PhotoBooth, ImageCapture, and iMovie.
2. See if the issue is user-specific. - There's only one user account on this Mac, so I couldn't do that.
3. Find out if the computer recognizes the iSight. I went into System Profiler and checked the USB profiler, and the camera does not show up.
4. Reset SMC or PMU. These just looked like different ways of restarting, which I did multiple times.
I have also run my Software Updates (on OS 10.5, which I did with a clean install from an OS 10.5 DVD by the way) and still no camera. This problem started happening with the original OS 10.4 (which it came with) and I was hoping a clean install of the OS would help, but no.
I'm wondering if resetting the PRAM might help, but I can't remember those keys you hold down while restarting (was it Apple-Option-P-R ?) or if that is just reaching waaaaay back to the pre OSX days.
Here's the kicker though - if I plug in a FireWire iSight camera, all is well. I'm really hoping that the camera isn't jsut dead, but it's starting to look that way. Would Disk First Aid or maybe DiskWarrior help?

Built in isight camera no longer showing up or recognized

Hello there - I have a white 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac with a built in iSight camera, and the camera is no longer showing up, or is not recognized by the computer any longer. Very strange! The little green LED by the camera is not lit any longer, and the camera is not recognized any longer by Photo Booth, iChat AV, or any of the other apps that would use the camera. This is a real pain, because I am leaving for France in a couple days and am taking my MacBook Pro with me, and am hoping that I can use iChat AV to talk to my kids at home on the iMac. I do have an extra iSight camera that I have hooked up to the iMac and can use in a pinch, but I really want to use the built in camera on the iMac. Any hints / ideas / suggestions on what to do for this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Sorry to tell you, you're in the wrong forum, this is for G5 PPC iMacs. You need to be [here|http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1110].

My LR 4 suddenly no longer recognized my memory cards. I am using the same cards and cameras but consisitently get the error message:"files not imported because the files could not be read. they are jpg and nef files...I am stuck without my workhorse! Any

My LR 4 suddenly no longer recognized my memory cards. I am using the same cards and cameras but consisitently get the error message:"files not imported because the files could not be read. they are jpg and nef files...I am stuck without my workhorse! Any advice is helpful. This has never happened in 6 years

answered in your other thread LR 4 suddenly no longer recognizes files.

IMovie '08: Built-in iSight camera not recognized in Yosemite

On this page
http://support.apple.com/en-us/TS2472
iMovie '08: Built-in iSight camera not recognized
it says:
In Finder, navigate to /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
Select the file com.apple.mio.VDCAssistant.plist and delete.
Restart your system.
You should now be able to use your iSight camera with iMovie.
However, in Yosemite, it only has this file name
com.apple.cmio.VDCAssistant.plist
and I don't want to delete it as instructed without someone who knows telling me it won't hurt my newly installed and thus far working well OS 10.10.1, with iMovie 7.1.4 on my iMac 24 inch, Early 2008, 2.8 GHz Intel Dore 2 Duo, 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. It worked with Leopard, and I don't recall having to use the above mentioned support page.

Contact Apple. I believe you have a hardware issue there if it's not showing up in your System profiler.
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After upgrading to Lion, my Macbook Air's built in iSight camera has disappeared. I'm not sure how to get it recognized again.

After upgrading to Lion, my Macbook Air's built in iSight camera has disappeared. I'm not sure how to get it recognized again. Help -Sami

Well, if you did then you may be able to track it, if you did not it's not possible.

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