MacBook Pro iSight not working after 10.6.5
After upgrading to 10.6.5 the iSight on my older MBP Core Duo no longer works. It shows up as detected in the System Profiler, but when I try to access the camera through Skype, iChat, FaceTime, and PhotoBook all I get is a black screen and the green light doesn't come on.
Skype says "camera in use by another application" even though nothing else is accessing the camera.
PhotoBooth returns a black screen.
FaceTime doesn't load properly, only returns a black rectangle of a window.
I tried uninstalling the Google video/voice plugin but that didn't do anything. I repaired permissions several times, that didn't help either. Any thoughts?
jmcopeland wrote:
After upgrading to 10.6.5 the iSight on my older MBP Core Duo no longer works. It shows up as detected in the System Profiler, but when I try to access the camera through Skype, iChat, FaceTime, and PhotoBook all I get is a black screen and the green light doesn't come on.
Skype says "camera in use by another application" even though nothing else is accessing the camera.
PhotoBooth returns a black screen.
FaceTime doesn't load properly, only returns a black rectangle of a window.
I tried uninstalling the Google video/voice plugin but that didn't do anything. I repaired permissions several times, that didn't help either. Any thoughts?
As a follow up, I rebooted and reset the PRAM, checked the camera on another user account, and still have the same problem.
Two ideas, jmcopeland
(1) try all relevant suggestions from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
If your iSight problem still occurs in more than one app and more than one user account, the PMU (SMC) reset suggested there often restores proper function of inbuilt iSight.
(2) If the problem still exists, aapply the Combo Update. If you don't already have a trusted Combo update method, use this one:
• Backup you Mac
• Disconnect all peripherals
• Restart your Mac
• Use Disk Utility to repair permissions
• Download and install http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1324
• Repair permissions again as soon as the update is complete
• Test iSight again per http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
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