No idea what to do with my iSight...

Question

Alright, I'm a bit at my whits end with my iSight, and I would really love some help. One, seemingly random day, it just stopped working. The green light comes on, and when I look under utilities, its apparently connected. But when I enter photobooth, iChat and iMovie, nothing happens. It's a total black screen. If I take a picture with Photobooth, nothing shows up; it freezes, and then when I exit and reenter, it shows the camera symbol being crossed out. When I use iMovie, I go to film a video, and, again, nothing happens, and the video stops recording as soon as it stops. I reset the SMC, and other than that, I have no idea what to do. I really can't bring the Mac to Apple, I need it every day for classes, but its rather annoying that I can't get something to work. Any ideas?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Welcome to Discussions, Catwalkk
For iSight trouble, use "How to Troubleshoot iSight" ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090 )
If your iSight problem occurs in more than one app and more than one user account, the reset suggested there usually restores proper function of inbuilt iSight.
However, if after carefully following all the suggestions in the "How to Troubleshoot iSight" article, your built-in iSight still does not work, and if it does show as a USB device in your Mac's System Profiler, yours is most likely a hardware problem. In that case, contact Apple or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for service.
If your Mac is new and bought from a local retailer, your retailer can offer the best and fastest help.
EZ Jim
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