Just got my MacBook Pro, but cant use iSight, Help?
I want to use my camera and i go to photo booth to use it, but when i click on it, it says "Photo Booth cannot open because n camera is attached or the camera is in use by another application" and i dont know what other applications are using and i dont know which ones to close so can someone please help me and tell me what i need to do, thanks
Welcome to Apple Discussions, burgerflickle23
Have you tried restarting your Mac?
If so, and if you are sure you do not have any applications or widgets that can use your iSight running (it is easy to forget widgets like Mirror in your Dashboard), you should next try every suggestion re: Built-in iSight in How to Troubleshoot iSight. Be sure to include the checks for whether the problem is "application-specific" and "user-specific".
If resetting or the other suggestions do correct your problem, you can try the following:- Backup your Home Folder, or at very least, your important files.
- Repair permissions.
- Then download and apply the Mac OS X 10.4.9 Combo Update (iNtel).
- Finish with another Permissions Repair, and then check your iSight again.Users have reported fixes to a variety of audio, video, connectivity, and software conflicts and unreliability issues after properly applying Combo Updates.
A few iNtel Mac laptop users have also reported success after unplugging their Macs and leaving the battery out for half-an-hour to overnight.
If none of these suggestions help, I suggest that you take your iMac to your Apple-Authorized Service Provider for a professional check.
Jim
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