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I've tried everything. I've restarted, turned off and unplugged my iMac. I've checked to see that iSight hasn't been internally turned off. I've downloaded and installed the iSight fix folder. I've made a new account to see if it was a User issue. NOTHING works. Can anyone help me? It just decided to randomly stop working...Photo Booth won't work, Yahoo, aMSN, and the Adium mebeam integration won't detect the iSight camera. HELP!
Message was edited by: cdavistp

Hello cdavistp
Try Apple's How to Troubleshoot iSight.
EZ Jim
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