Photo Booth in Yosemite

Few problems with this photo booth only out of Yosemite:
It appears to pause the video when not in use, also it appears to be putting my computer to SLEEP, after that.
Is there any way to disable this new "feature"?
Is there an alternative to Photo booth that is free?
This new "feature" is making the app useless for my purposes.
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In case anyone is interested in your screen flash not working in the Yosemite or Maverick photo booth application, I finally called Apple today and he kept insisting it was working on his - I asked him to take a pic with the screen flash enabled and then disable it and he said it came out the same. And rationalized that it was because he was in a well lit room. I kept telling him in my old photo booth from system 10.6.8 that my face was lit up and my husband had reflections from his glasses so we went from him wanting me to reinstall my software (I refused since both computers were having the same problem - one using Yosemite and the other using Maverick) to him finally going into HIS partitioned disk that has system 10.6.8 on it to discover that the flash there reflected off HIS glasses too. Bottom line is he admitted there has to be some flaw that prevented the photo booth flash from working for Maverick and Yosemite. Whew, finally validation!
Martha

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When I click on iPhoto I get the message " In order to open “iPhoto”, you need to update to the latest version. The version of iPhoto installed on this Mac is not compatible with OS X Yosemite. Download the latest version for free from the Mac App Store". I have tried upgrading iPhoto on the App store but get an error message "The item you've requested is not currently available in the U.S. store" .
Since I cannot even view my photos, I cannot store them elsewhere. Please, can someone help me resolve this problem!!!
For Photo Booth, when I click on it, it says "You can’t use this version of the application “Photo Booth” with this version of OS X. You have Photo Booth 3.0.3" - gives me no option to upgrade at all.
Would appreciate help for both iPhoto and Photo Booth issues described above, with iPhoto being the most pressing concern. Thank You.

The new app is called Photos. It's icon was added to the Dock. Both, Photos and iPhoto, are located in your Applications folder.
If you need to upgrade iPhoto, follow these instructions prepared by Barney-15E: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-8431

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I have noticed that the photo booth flash in Maverick on my Macbook Pro and in Yosemite on my iMac is not working Screen flash is enabled on both.
So this is happening on two different computers. Does anyone know how to fix this? All my photos are so dark on both of my computers using Maverick and Macbook Pro.
It works fine on system 10.6.8 though.
Has anyone else had this problem too?
Martha

In case anyone is interested in your screen flash not working in the Yosemite or Maverick photo booth application, I finally called Apple today and he kept insisting it was working on his - I asked him to take a pic with the screen flash enabled and then disable it and he said it came out the same. And rationalized that it was because he was in a well lit room. I kept telling him in my old photo booth from system 10.6.8 that my face was lit up and my husband had reflections from his glasses so we went from him wanting me to reinstall my software (I refused since both computers were having the same problem - one using Yosemite and the other using Maverick) to him finally going into HIS partitioned disk that has system 10.6.8 on it to discover that the flash there reflected off HIS glasses too. Bottom line is he admitted there has to be some flaw that prevented the photo booth flash from working for Maverick and Yosemite. Whew, finally validation!
Martha

Photo Booth not working - OS Yosemite- Macbook Air 11-Inch

Dear Apple Community,
Has anyone experience having problem with Photo Booth while on Apple OS Yosemite? I currently updated my OS on my MacBook Air 11inch and my photobooth Application cannot record more then 20 Mins, - Immediately after 20 mins the application crashes.
Went to my Apple reseller and technical staff said the same thing and cannot seem to identify why this is happening. So they advice me not to upgrade to Yosemite and just stay on Maverick.
Hope to get some feedback from the community on this.

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After I updated to Yosemite I can't see my Iphoto library in the attachments window. When I select Media - Pictures only my Photo Booth Library Comes up

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Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
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Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
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Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
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TD

Photo Booth Freezes after upgrading to OS X Yosemite Wifi drops, iMac lags!

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Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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Flash not working in photo booth.

The flash in photo booth on my iMac is not working. When I take a pic, the screen flashes but the pic is still dark. Was working fine yesterday. I did install the latest osx today. That's the only changes since then.

In case anyone is interested in your screen flash not working in the Yosemite or Maverick photo booth application, I finally called Apple today and he kept insisting it was working on his - I asked him to take a pic with the screen flash enabled and then disable it and he said it came out the same. And rationalized that it was because he was in a well lit room. I kept telling him in my old photo booth from system 10.6.8 that my face was lit up and my husband had reflections from his glasses so we went from him wanting me to reinstall my software (I refused since both computers were having the same problem - one using Yosemite and the other using Maverick) to him finally going into HIS partitioned disk that has system 10.6.8 on it to discover that the flash there reflected off HIS glasses too. Bottom line is he admitted there has to be some flaw that prevented the photo booth flash from working for Maverick and Yosemite. Whew, finally validation!
Martha

In Photo Booth are the video back drops copyrighted?

I am creating a DVD for my students and would like to use the Yosemite waterfall clip in a relaxation segment
of the production.
Is it copyrighted by Apple?
If it is, then I won't use it.
If this is not the best community for this question, could someone please point me in the right direction?

I am not a lawyer, and I do not know the answer to your question.
However, if I were contemplating doing what you describe, I or my attorney would make initial inquiry beginning at Apple's media.help email address shown in this Apple Legal page: http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/copyright.html
Photo Booth and its components are part of your Mac OS, so your attorney may be able to determine whether the End User Software License Agreement for your Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) software is relevant to your questions about the Yosemite waterfall clip.
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Photo Booth effects didn't work properly

so i was using photo booth in my MBP '13 mid 12 and noticed that the pop art effect didn't work properly.
it kept telling me to step out of the frame after that the frame went freeze i don't know how to fix this any idea?
i have upgrade to yosemite but i think it doesn't work either
here is the example pict
thank you

I have the same problem with MBP 13" late2013. Would be nice to use pop art filter, but it is impossible 'cause of this.

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I just watched a tutorial on using the video for iChat.
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Since upgrading to Maverick the flash of Photo Booth flashes without result. All pcitures stay dark! Does anyone know why?

In case anyone is interested in your screen flash not working in the Yosemite or Maverick photo booth application, I finally called Apple today and he kept insisting it was working on his - I asked him to take a pic with the screen flash enabled and then disable it and he said it came out the same. And rationalized that it was because he was in a well lit room. I kept telling him in my old photo booth from system 10.6.8 that my face was lit up and my husband had reflections from his glasses so we went from him wanting me to reinstall my software (I refused since both computers were having the same problem - one using Yosemite and the other using Maverick) to him finally going into HIS partitioned disk that has system 10.6.8 on it to discover that the flash there reflected off HIS glasses too. Bottom line is he admitted there has to be some flaw that prevented the photo booth flash from working for Maverick and Yosemite. Whew, finally validation!
Martha

Problems Recording Video with Photo Booth

Macbook Details:
OS X Yosemite
Version 10.10.2
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)
Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Photo Booth: Version 7.0 (724)
Some background: It all started going downhill for my laptop when I got a "Service Battery" warning back in December. Thought it could possibly be a glitch from the new OS. In any case, they told me to wait it out till the Full Charge Capacity reaches the 2000s. It's currently at around 4225 and slowly steadily decreasing. I can't keep many applications open at one given time.
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Is there anything I can do??

You can't record video with PhotoBooth, you can record video with iMovie, or you can record with Quicktime if you have the Pro version. I would suggest using iMovie, create an MPEG-4 project, record your footage, drag your recorded clips into the timeline, then choose the Share menu and choose Email.
Baby footage will be on its way to the grandparents in no time!

Photo booth cannot detect camera on 10.10 (MBP later 2011)

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I reboot my mbp, the camera was detected. I think maybe it has some problem with woke up from sleeping mode.

Photo Booth has a black screen!!

Every time i go onto my Photo Booth it just comes up with a black screen and the clock constantly. I've tried restarting my computer etc. but it does nothing. I was thinking of taking it in to be fixed however I realised that my Face Time, Skype etc. still work as well??? Help!!!!

Howdy livmp,
It sounds like you are trying to use PhotoBoot on your computer but the camera doesn't seem to be showing anything at all. I'd recommend you reset your SMC, then your PRAM in that order with these articles and then test it out again:
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