Isight/photo booth

my pop art effect have only one square working. the whole box is yellow, then the upper left box within the yellow box is red and rest are missing. instead of 4 pictures, i only have one on the upper left corner. can anybody tell me what went wrong and how to reset this?

Did they state a fix or workaround ?
2:28 PM Wednesday; December 6, 2006

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Problem with iSight/Photo Booth

Hey all, I've had my MacBook for 2 days now and the isight camera stopped working earlier today. I used the camera to video conference earlier using iChat and everything worked fine. Now, when I go into Photo Booth or iChat the camera wont work. The green light comes on, but in Photo Booth I'm only seeing a solid green screen. In iChat, I only see a solid black screen.
I've tried restarting several times and I can't find any info on this. Suggestions, anyone? Thanks!
MacBook Black Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Well, for some unkown reason it started working again. I took my MB to the apple store to show them what was going on and, wouldn't you know it, it started working again They couldn't offer me an explanation.....they just told me to bring the MB back in if the camera stops working again. I've been using it on and off today and I haven't had a single problem!

Isight /photo booth Camera in use after downloading outside app

I downloaded some application for a hellokitty digi cam.
Now my photo booth wont open and my isight claims to be in use by another application.
I have tried deleting everything that could possibly be associated with the digital camera but nothing seems to work. how can I restart photo booth and get my camera to work?!

howvogue wrote:
I downloaded some application for a hellokitty digi cam.
Now my photo booth wont open and my isight claims to be in use by another application.
I have tried deleting everything that could possibly be associated with the digital camera but nothing seems to work. how can I restart photo booth and get my camera to work?!
Welcome to Discussions, howvogue
If resetting your SMC ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411 ) does not help, try the following in the order below:
(1) If you "deleted" by dragging things to trash on your own, the first thing I suggest you try is to see if customer support or the documentation for the non-Apple Software you installed has an actual uninstaller or specific uninstall instructions. If it does, you may need to reinstall the software in order to allow the uninstaller to work properly. After you have carefully followed the uninstall instructions, restart your Mac, use Disk Utilities to repair permissions, and test to see if your problem is solved.
(2) If not, or if you can find NO help on how to properly uninstall the software that caused your problem, restore your Mac's hard disk from the backup that you made immediately before installing "hellokitty digi cam."
(3) If you do not already have such a backup, backup all your MacBook's (MB's) important info now, erase your MB's hard disk, and reinstall its OS and applications software. Then, restore your data from your backup.
The last option will be a lot of work, but it should get rid of your MB's cat allergy.
Please let us know how it goes and what works. We will watch for your status update.
EZ Jim
Mac Pro Quad Core (Early 2009) 2.93Ghz w/Mac OS X (10.6.2) MacBook Pro (13 inch, Mid 2009) 2.26GHz (10.6.2)
LED Cinema Display G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11) iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9) External iSight

ISight - Photo Booth stops recording silently when recording video.

Hello,
I often use iSight and Photo Booth to record videos, and I've observed this error happens all the times:
For example I record a 5 minutes video, (I stop Photo Booth at the time 5:00), but then when I look again at the file, it's less than 5 minutes. This happens 8 out of 10 times of recording, and it stops silently at a random time, means photo booth does not return to the waiting mode until I press the stop button.
Does anyone have this problem? Please help. Thanks in advance.

I must agree I am having a very similar problem myself. In my case, for example, I use photobooth to record videos requiring audio and video (acoustic guitar) and I will record one video which will be fine with audio, but randomly, the next video I record will not have any audio whatsoever, just a video of me playing my guitar. I'm sure other people with this problem know how frustrating it is, especially since I just tried to record an instrumental piece about 13 minutes only to find that photobooth randomly decided not to record audio this time....is there any solution for this?

IMAC G5(ISight) Photo Booth wont open!

Isight is currently being used by another application"...Oh no it isn't!!! There is nothing else running?
I seem to get this error when opening photobooth and thus can't use it. This happened after fixing permissions and installing adium. I'm sure i'm not the only person to get this problem. Help!!! i love my shiny new g5....P.S For everyone complaning about the noise on these machines, mine is quiet as a mouse.

If you have ALL the suggestions already offered without result, I have three other ideas.
First idea, consider the suggestion from the Troubleshooting section of your iMac's User's Guide (Pages 55-58) such as using the Apple Hardware Test CD, reinstalling software, restoring your iMac's OS, etc. (0) If you decide to reinstall or restore software applications, I suggest you do maintenance before and after the restore as explained in How I Update My Mac OS X.
(1) If you decide to reinstall your entire OS, consider the suggestions in Reinstalling Mac OS X (Rarely Necessary).
(2) If you have not already done so, you might even consider an erase and clean install for a known good starting point as explained in Macintosh System Stability.
Second idea, since your problem may be peculiar to an iMac G5 (iSight) iSight or to the Photo Booth app that is bundled with it, try the iMac Discussions area or the "Chat with a support agent" option avialable there.
Third idea, talk with your retailer or return your iMac and him ask to make your new Mac work for you or exchange it for one that does.

External iSight, Photo Booth

My external iSight works just fine with iChat. But in Photo Booth, it shows only a black screen.
Photo Booth help says it will work with an external camera.
I am trying to use it on my G4 with Tiger. Is that the problem?

In that case go to you Home Folder > Library > Preferences and delete the com.apple.PhotoBooth.plist and try Photo Booth again
If that deoes not work use this FAQ http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1486891&tstart=0
It is about Reinstalling iChat but Use the Hard Way and the PAcifist option to Install Photo Booth from the Install DIsk.
Also note the last paragraph and install the Combo Installer for the OS level you are at to Update Photo Booth.
10:17 PM Wednesday; January 28, 2009

ISight/Photo Booth/iChat Background?

Whenever I am in Photo Booth or iChat and I want to take a picture or chat using one of the backgrounds (Paris, etc.) I step out of the frame when prompted to do so, but then when I step back in, my face is covered up in random places by the background itself. This usually happens if there is something on the wall behind me, but now it's starting to happen even if I am standing in front of a totally blank wall.
Why is this, and is there something I can do to make it stop?

Interesting. (An Observation really)
That Article says it has been modified and it also quotes a Apple Doc Reference number but the Modified Date is the same day as iChat 4 came out.
( I have also not seen it before although I have posted the same or similar information in the iChat forums)
9:13 PM Sunday; February 8, 2009

Photo Booth slows down!

I have a MBP 2.0 with 10.4.6 and I've noticed that Photo Booth runs very slowly when I chose effects button #1 (so you can see all the effects at the same time)... When I go to the second page of effects or just operate with one effect at a time, it runs much better. Has anybody experienced slower response from iSight/Photo Booth when running under the multi effect view screen?
Thanks!

I have just updated my new Mackbook Pro to 10.4.6. I read on the support forum other user updating and then experiencing flicker problems with photobooth. I checked my photobooth before updating and it was perfect. I have just updated and I too am now getting the flicker. It seems this update has created a speific issue for photobooth which needs immeadiate remidy. The 1 option also causes slowing down of photobooth, is there a way to uninstal this update as its PANTS

ISight no longer working with Photo Booth

While my Isight works perfectly with iCHat, it no longer turns on when I start Photo Booth. I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.

Hi Kane,
Try this. Go to Home-Library-Preferences. Locate the com.apple.PhotoBooth.plist. Drag it to the trash and delete it. Then open Photobooth again.

Photo Booth does not turn on iSight

iChat and iMovie will both turn it on, so I know it's not a hardware problem, but I can't get Photo Booth to turn it on. If i press the button to snap a picture, it goes through the motions, "Flashes", and I get a black picture since the iSight never turned on.
Things I have tried so far
repair permissions
full restart
deleted PH's .plist file in my home directory
reinstalled from the original DVD
and finally, logged in as a new user, where it still failed, so I know it's not a problem in my Home directory.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what else I can try?
Oh, and yes, it used to work fine, but I haven't had a need for PH in several months.
Thanks in advance for any help, or suggestions on what might be a better forum to pose this in if this wasn't the best choice for a software problem!

Welcome, J Coffle
I think you are in a good place, but I imagine you will only think it is the right place if you get your problem solved. At any rate, if I can think of a better place, I will let you know.
First, what is "PH"? Assuming you mean "Photo Booth", I will offer a couple of suggestions for your consideration. If I am wrong, stop here and post back the correct meaning.
You have tried several good things. Here are a few more you can consider.
(1) Disconnect all peripherals while you do your testing to rule out possible conflicts.
(2) Check for any running applications, Login Items, or widgets that can use your iSight. (It is easy to forget widgets like Mirror in your Dashboard.) As explained in Apple's iSight "Your camera is in use by another application" message, iSight can be used by one application at a time.
(3) Try every relevant Built-in iSight suggestion in How to Troubleshoot iSight.
(4) If resetting or the other troubleshooting suggestions do correct your problem, try the following:
- Backup your Home Folder, or at very least, your important files.
- Repair permissions.
- Then download and apply the Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update (PPC).
- Perform another Permissions Repair.
- Then check Photo Booth again with no other iSight apps running.
Users have reported fixes to a variety of audio, video, connectivity, and software conflicts and unreliability issues after properly applying the latest Combo Updates.
If you can recall anything significant that might have changed since Photo Booth last worked, what changed would be helpful to know if you must post back for more ideas.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.10) G5 DP 1.8 External iSight

Mid 2009 13" MBP iSight camera bad picture quality in photo booth

My daughter's stock mid 2009 13" MBP 2.26 ghz intel core two duo has a problem with the isight camera. The isight camera is built in to the screen. The isight camera works some of the time flawlessly and other times it comes out real grainy and with small colored pixels all over the screen like colored static (about 20% to 30% of the photo booth screen is affected but the rest of the screen outside of the photo booth app is unaffected). She only uses it in photo booth but we've tried the iChat app and the same thing happens there too, once she couldn't get the MBP to connect to the isight camera (it just showed a black photo booth screen), so she closed the lid of her MBP and reopened it and it worked. All of the software and firmware is up to date and we've tried resetting the PRAM and the SMC, it didn't do anything to fix the problem. It seems like there's a wire loose in the computer from the screen to the computer base, only because I can move the screen back and forth and the picture quality changes, the amount of static on the picture will move, go away or get worse. I had the screen changed in early 2010 (January or February) (the MBP was about 5 or 6 months old then) at the apple store under warranty due to dirt under the screen's glass (manufacturing defect). The photo booth picture static problem comes and goes, but here lately it comes more than it goes. The screen in general is in good shape and doesn't have any detectable problems with it, it has a good picture and no dead pixels, the problem seems to be only isolated to the isight camera. Can some one help with this problem? How long of a warranty is given on the warranty repairs (like the screen change they did in early 2010)? If apple does a repair on it and finds a wire that has rubbed the insulation off of it on a hinge causing a short and the isight problem, as a result of a sloppy repair from the first warranty repair, will they cover it under warranty again even if it's been over a year since they changed the screen? Also how honest will apple be if they do find out it is a problem caused from the first screen replacement, will they own up to their mistake? If I don't agree with apple's repair decision, can I get a second opinion from an outside source, third party, and if it's diagnosis different than apple's and can be proven, can I still get apple to do and pay for the repairs and labor if it turns out to be their fault from the first warranty screen replacement?
The reason why I'm asking is, I took my wife's white macbook in about a year ago for the famous cracked top cover replacement (under warranty) and when I got the computer back, the isight camera didn't work, so I gave it back, they took it apart a look at it and said there was nothing wrong with it and gave it back, then the screen wouldn't come on so after 4 hours at the Apple store they decided to send it to Austin, TX. for repairs (I'm in Ft. Worth TX.). Apple in Austin said it needed a new main board. They said the old one had water damage to it. We never had water anywhere near the computer, not even in the same room. It was working fine when we took it in, we took it in just to get the plastic top case, that cracks all of the time, replaced under warranty. And then they wanted us to pay for an $800 main board because some how while they were doing the top cover replacement it got water damaged. I argued with them and they finally gave me a one-time offer of them paying for half of the repair and labor or if I disagreed or left the store I would have to pay the whole amount if I chose to have the repairs done. So I ended up having to pay $467 for a year old macbook main board that was water damaged in their possession during their repairs. I like Apple and their products but I am worried about giving my daughter's MBP over to them for repairs because of this incident, it's an honesty issue with how honest they will be with what they find because they won't give back the old parts for analysis by a third party to verify their diagnosis.
Thanks for any info and advice anyone can give.

Hi,
As a personal note I find long posts like this hard to read if they are not broken up in to paragraphs.
As I say it is a personal thing.
I can give you some information about the camera and laptops over the past few years.
Basically in early Laptops of the MacBook Pro and MacBook range the cable did tend to fray at the point where it passed through the hinge. It did take a well used laptop that had the lid open and closed frequently to cause this. (your 2009 model might just be in that group - I have no firm dates or models I am afraid)
Later models have this rerouted so that this does not happen.
However the cable has then tended to get pulled from the camera end and become loose.
This On Line Self fix site has pages about some models (The one I have linked to may not be yours)
I have linked in to later pictures in the sequence but there are navigation points to work back to the start.
Note:- they use pretty specifc specialest tools as well in these pics.
Doing this would certail Void any Warranty you have left.
From Posts mainly in the iChat and the iSight areas I have gathered that it seems common for Apple to replace the Screen as a whole rather than fiddle with getting solely at the camera.
Apple has this article on Trouble Shooting an iSight
Basically it says try several apps then try logging in on another Mac User account to see if it is App based or User based or in fact System wide.
If System wide then resetting the SMC/PMU is the only suggested fix. (Which I did read you had done)
In addition to that I would add that testing should be done in different lighting conditions.
Lighting in the evening or dark that is good enough to read buy is not always good enough for the camera or is not illuminating the right areas.
Some people have reported that Starting the computer in Safe Mode (then Rebooting afterwards) seems to help. (it clears out some caches and starts up with reduced extensions)
As to actual Repairs and any Warranty that may still be in place I cannot say.
I can say that when people post about problems with repairs a certain stores someone else will tend to post that their experience was different.
You seem to report two different experiences with the two computers yourself.
10:24 PM Thursday; July 14, 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( 10.6.8)
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ISight in not working in Photo Booth, iChat, and VMWare with Snow Leopard

System Info
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.30f1
OS Version 10.6.1
Symptoms
iSight is not working, a blank screen is shown in the following Apps / VM
1. Photo Booth
2. iChat
Visible to VM app, but unable to connect in Windows XP running on VMWare
It is however viewable in Skype preference Video tab
Visible in System Profiler under USB
Following actions taken for troubleshooting
SMC reset - by unplugging all cables over couples minutes, as well as CommandOption+PR key at boot time
Repairing Permission on the Macintosh HD drive, rebooted after and didn't work
Not user account specific, tried different account and the same problem persists

Welcome to Discussions, Stanley Chung
Sorry you are still having problems even after trying the good suggestions from Ralph and Boomer.
I did not see specifically from your posts that your iSight worked before upgrading to Snow Leopard, but I am inferring from your topic's title that it did. If your iMac came with Snow Leopard installed, please post and tell us whether you erased the disk and reinstalled all your iMac's software before you started using it. If you upgraded your iMac to Snow Leopard, consider the following.
(1) Until you get iSight working, do all your testing while no peripherals other than keyboard/mouse are attached to your iMac. To eliminate all possibility of any conflict external to your Mac, be sure you also disconnect any wireless devices (iPod, printer, etc) connected to your system.
(2) If you still have problems with all you have tried, it seems to me that you must have a software issue. You might try uninstalling Skype and VMWare and testing again to see if those installations are causing a conflict.
(3) Check the support sites for all of your third party software to be sure there are no known Snow Leopard issues and that you are using the latest compatible versions.
(4) If the problem still exists and you have not already tried this, reinstall Snow Leopard, repairing permissions immediately before and after the reinstall.
(5) If your problem remains and System Profiler still shows your inbuilt iSight as a USB device, I suggest you backup all important files, erase your disk, reinstall all Apple software, and test to see if iSight works properly. Once it does, you can install any necessary peripherals and third-party apps one-at-a-time, testing after each addition to see if one of them is causing problems.
EZ Jim
MacBook Pro (13 inch, Mid 2009) 2.26GHz w/Mac OS X (10.6.1) G5 DP 1.8GHz w/Mac OS X (10.5.8)
G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11) iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9) LED Cinema Display External iSight

ISight not working in Photo Booth with NEW MacBook Air?

I purchased an 11" MacBook Air and received it on May 29, 2014. When I got it, I had no problems with the webcam. Now, whenever I open Photo Booth, it doesn't load. All it shows is a white loading icon on a black screen. My webcam works in FaceTime, Skype, etc., but not Photo Booth. I've tried it in test user, I've tried SCM and PRAM reset, I've re-installed Mavericks, and I've installed the combo update, and nothing has worked. What could be the problem, and how can I resolve it?

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Isight Problem..Black background in Photo Booth

Hi, resently I have a problem with my Isight.
While trying to use Photo Booth a black background appear at the aplication, I start reading some posts and tried all what readed. The LED is in green while using Photo Booth
3.Find out if the computer recognizes the iSight
I get to the point of the manual of Troubleshooting and looked for my Isight in Aplications and Utilities, but I didnt find it.
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Thank You
Message was edited by: MacMundo

I just tried another thing that worked! make sure your macbook isn't plugged into the power source, then hold your power button in for 10 to 15 seconds until it turns off, and you do that 5 times, and then plug it back in and give your photobooth a go. Mine worked!

External iSight not recognized by Photo Booth, MBP, lid closed

When there is an external iSight and an external screen is attached to my MacBook Pro (where the lid is closed), Photo Booth does not seem to recognize it. I can use the camera with iChat, though.
Any ideas for a trick to make it work?

Hello Rainer Joswig
I do not believe that Photo Booth allow you to do what you want.
See this recent post: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6967961&#6967961
We are still waiting to see whether any MacBook Pro users can offer a solution or workaround.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.2) External iSight

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