Photo Booth - green camera light on - no picture showing

The green camera light fo the iSight camera is lit up. but when i go to Photo Booth, there is only a black screen - no image is showing, Can anyone tell me how to get an image?
Thank you.
Anne

Hello Anne, (joyfulsoul)
Merely restarting you Mac may also fix your problem. If not, disconnect any USB peripherals and restart your Mac to see if the problem was caused by a conflict.
If your problem persists after the restart, try all relevant suggestions from Apple's How to Troubleshoot iSight.
If the reset suggested there does not correct your problem, and if PB is the ONLY app that does NOT work properly with ANY app that uses iSight in ANY user account that you test, quit Photo Booth. Then delete the Photo Booth Preferences file (com.apple.photobooth.plist) from your Home / Library / Preferences folder. Then launch Photo Booth again and see if the problem is corrected.
If none of the above helps and you need to post back for other suggestions, please list EVERY apps that work correctly with your iSight and EVERY one that does not. Also tell us whether the problem is EXACTLY the same in every user account you tested.
If necessary, we will offer specific suggestions based on the details in your response.
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

Similar Messages

  • Green camera light stays on iMessage on Mac

    I have multiple user accounts set up on my Mac. On one of our accounts, when iMessage is turned on, the green camera light automatically comes on. I do not want the camera enabled due to this being a child's account. The strange thing is the green light does NOT come on for the other accounts.
    Please advise...

    Hi,
    It sounds like the Preferences are a window that is open and that it is set to the Video/Audio pane as this will "open" the camera each time the App is started.
    9:34 pm      Tuesday; September 23, 2014
    ​  iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad

  • Green camera light on my mac air keep coming on

    green camera light on my mac air keeps coming on

    OK then are you on any web sites that have a video conferencing capability like Facebook, Google Plus, etc. They can use your webcam too.
    K T is correct, when the green light comes on something is activating your camera and you can potentially be seen.

  • My facetime doesnt work. If I call somone they see I call but when they accept it doesnt work and when they call me the green camera light turns on but no sound or pop up of the video chat screen appears, please help! Macbook pro user. MacBook Pro, OS X M

    My facetime doesnt work. If I call somone they see I call but when they accept it doesnt work and when they call me the green camera light turns on but no sound or pop up of the video chat screen appears, please help! Macbook pro user.
    MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

    I just wanted to follow this up by saying that you were entirely correct in your diagnosis of the situation.  My computer did have the faulty part you linked to.  I brought my laptop in and specifically told them to run that test, had it fail and then argued with the person at the genius bar and the manager.  Eventually they offered to have it sent out and have everything replaced for free of charge.  They did so mainly because I had complained about graphical issues almost every other time I had come in with problems and no one ran the test.  They should have caught this problem during my warranty, but they didn't, even though I mentioned the problem.
    Anyhow, after having the part replaced, I haven't had my computer crash a single time since, or had many of the issues mentioned above.  I've never had this experience before.  Even brand new, I got occasional crashes.  Hopefully this new trend continues.
    I do find that web browsing is still incredibly slow.  Web browsers just chug along at a slow pace, even though I have great internet speed.  Maybe I'll try just deleting my web browsers and reinstalling them...
    Anyhow, thank you for your help and knowledge Clinton.

  • Photo Booth Screen Blank, Won't Take Pictures

    Every time I open Photo Booth, I get a blank screen with a little movie symbol and a line through it. It won't let me take pictures at all; all I can do is view the ones I've already taken. All I can find in the help section is that if your screen is blank, the digital video camera isn't hooked up. But I have no idea what that means; I've never had to install anything for it to work. I'm so confused.
    Message was edited by: rogue416

    HI,
    Reinstall the PhotoBooth application from your Mac install disk.
    Insert your Mac install disk. Open the Optional Installs folder, then open Optional Installs.mpkg
    An Installer will start... click Continue. When you get to the Installation Type in the window on the right you will see: Applications. Click the Disclosure triangle so it faces down. Select the PhotoBooth app then click: Continue.
    After all software updates or installations, repair disk permissions.
    Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
    Carolyn

  • Photo Booth green screen

    I tried tonight to open photo booth but it has just a green screen. When I takea photo the camera button is red abd although it goes into countdown it take a green page as the photo. camera is working as it looks fine in ichat. I have trashed the photo booth prefs but to no avail.
    thanks
    Dave

    Check http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2034 and
        http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2095 , too.
    One of those suggestions there may help you.
    Jim
    G5 DP 1.8GHz w/Mac OS X (10.5.6) PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11)   iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9)  External iSight

  • Photo Booth's Camera ONLY Works When All Apps Quit?

    Hello all.
    I was trying to take a picture with Photo Booth but the camera "was dead", i.e. not active/turn on
    - Safari, Mail, MSN Messenger, EyeTV and FeedTicker were on
    I have to quit all other apps, relaunch Photo Booth to get it working.
    Is any one of them interfering with the camera function? (perhaps MSN Messenger?)
    Thanks and cheers

    Here's a long shot: Sometimes camera weirdness can be fixed by resetting the PRAM.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
    charlie

  • IChat/Photo Booth "Green Screen" Effects not entirely working.

    They kind of work, but it looks like I have lots of holes in me, and the background has some holes in it too.
    Anyone else having this problem?

    My Photo Booth effects all suck big time. In well lit areas wearing colors with a different color background, no matter what effect I use, all look horrible. I've tried all white background with dark clothing and vice versa with 100% crappy results. No other apps running. I have a MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Core 2 Duo with 3 GB RAM. Everything else runs fantastic. Photo Booth *****. I've tried it with several friends over iChat Video and it's not viewable at all. Been thru a dozen different lighting scenarios and as many clothing changes, nothing seems to help.
    Anyone have any other suggestions ?

  • Photo booth says camera not connected help!

    yo yo! my photo booth says that the camera is not connected. can someone help me? can my camera work anytime soon because i have to use it a soon as possible!!!!!!!!! PLEASE HELP

    Same with me. Have you rebooted? That fixed it for me.

  • My MacBook Air is not allowing me to see others or myself during gchat but the green camera light above my screen is working. The pictures worked earlier today and all of a sudden they're no longer present.

    My MacBook Air is not allowing me to see myself and others during gchat. The little light beside the camera goes green, so it's working but I still cannot view anything. I have used the camera and computer for gchatting with no problems previously. Thanks!!

    Then, out of the blue, the original ID for my AE shows up on the iMac and phone and when I selected it my Wi-Fi worked, and is working.
    My first thought is that the AirPort Express is normally good for 4-5 years on average, so you may be getting some signals in that regard.
    The AirPort Express reset itself back to factory default settings. The big question now is if you re-configure it again whether it will hold those settings.  Not likely....my opinion.
    The other problem that you have is that Mountain Lion operating system no longer supports the older version of the AirPort Express that you have.
    Oh, and incidentally, my AE was cutting off a lot about a year ago and I took it into an Apple Store and they did something with the software in the device and the cutting off improved but still would occur at least twice a week
    It's really time for a new AirPort Express, which will offer much faster reliable performance....and it will be compatible with AirPort Utility on the Mountain Lion operating system.

  • My MacBook Air green camera light is stuck on!

    Hi!
    The green light next to the inbuilt Facetime camera is stuck on and as a result applications such as Facetime, iMovie and iPhoto say "no camera connected"... I don't know what to do! Help would be greatly appreciated!
    Thanks,
    Winnie!

    Please read this whole message before doing anything.
    This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
    The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, or by corruption of certain system caches. 
    Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled on some models, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
    Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and  Wi-Fi on certain iMacs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
    The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin. Test while in safe mode. Same problem? After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

  • IChat, Photo Booth, FaceTime camera not working

    Upgraded to Lion, waited for the update.01.  Camera is not working in any program.  Tryed the SMU reset with no effect.

    Hi,
    You list two machines in your specs that are not Intel Macs and do not list a computer that can run Lion.
    Does the camera appear in System Profiler (Hardware > USB) ?
    Is Blue Tooth On ?
    Any other potential USB internally connected item that may be drawing too much power ?
    Any External USB device that is Unpowered ?
    Try the equivilant of the Firewire Port reset.
    Unplug all external devices.
    Power down for 15 minutes using Shut Down  (Unplug Power as well if Laptop)
    Start up with no external devices.
    Try Camera (App).
    Start adding back external devices.
    9:46 PM      Sunday; August 28, 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)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
    "Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

  • Photo Booth..can I reverse the picture? I want to show a document and it is reversed...

    SEE the question

    Edit, Flip Photo.
    On screen will still show reversed, take shot, click on photo and then set for flip photo.

  • Photo Booth says "Camera not connected"

    How can I connect my camera?  It was working perfectly fine before? Anything will help..

    Hope info from this article is helpful.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
    Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
    Choose the method for:
    "Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
    Best.

  • Photo booth has low light

    worked the first 3 days, now it so dark, all pix turn out black. nothing's changed in my room. any suggestions?

    This is the only application that can make your iSight brighter:
    http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iglasses/
    But if it did work before well and now in exact the same conditions not then it is also possible the iSight is damaged. Maybe you can contact Apple Care for a replacement if you have still warranty.
    Hopefully this is helpfull or solved your problem. Consider rewarding some points!
    Please see the "helpfull" and "solved" button's on top off this message! Apple: Why reward points?

Maybe you are looking for

  • Help plz! Character Display

    hello. I have a question plz I have a vector, say v[], with several elements (Strings), and i write elements in a file (it works propertly).           try{                int j=0;                FileWriter file=new FileWriter("WriteSource.txt");     

  • AMC PO for an Asset

    Dear Experts, We are a mining company, where we have lot of Vehicles and Equipments (ASSETS) which are under AMC. We have individual ASSET CODEs for each Asset. In the AMC PO, we want to mention ASSET CODE of the Asset, so that, the system to notify

  • Activate document splitting

    Dear Experts, I am working on SAP 5.0 version. I have made all the settings for new gl accounting. But when I am looking at the following Activate document Splitting I am not able to see any splitting method or check box for activating Splitting. IMG

  • JDBC Datasource creation via ANT doesn't expose the JNDI name

    I'm using the wlconfig ANT task to create a Datasource (& JDBC connectionpool) on the weblogic server. The datasource is created fine, and I can test it using the console. The problem is that the provided JNDI name isn't exposed in the JNDI tree. Thi

  • To update service contract Item data

    Hi Experts, I have to create the new Item number in the customer contract, for that I am using the FM 'BAPI_CUSTOMERCONTRACT_CHANGE'. But this fm is not sutable for my requirment. Except the above function module is there any available to update the