Photobooth not working, can't take pictures/record videos!!! HELP!

Question

I wanted to record a video for a friend and it says to connect the camera but the built isight is not even detected and, I tried checking other applications that use the isight camera and none of them detect it...HELP PLEASE!

Answer 1

Welcome to  Discussions, ggMACuser88
If you get no better answer from iNtel Mac users, disconnect all peripherals (except your modem & router, if you use one,) restart your MacBook, and quit all apps but the ONE you are testing while trying to solve your problem. The try the following possible fixes:
(1) Try the easiest thing first. Test immediately following your restart to see whether your built-in iSight works now. Sometimes merely restarting your Mac will restore its function.
(2) If restarting does not resolve your problem, repair permissions using Disk Utility and test again to see whether that is the problem. If you have difficulty finding DU, use your Finder > Go > Utilities menu command to look in your "Utilities" folder.
For more details, search your Mac's Disk Utility > Help for "Repairing disk permissions" (without the quotation marks,) or look at this kBase article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1452
Repair permissions and then check to see if your camera works correctly.
(3) If you still have a problem, follow all of Apple's iSight troubleshooting recommendations:
 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
The "PMU reset" suggested there can sometimes resolve iSight problems.
(4) If the problem remains, you can try the following:
  • Backup all important files.
  • Repair permissions.
  • Download and apply the Mac OS X 10.5.6 Combo Update.
    http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_6_ComboUpdate
  • Repair permissions again immediately following the restart that completes the install.
  • Test your iSight again to see if it works now with more than one app.
Using the above process to apply the Combo Updater sometimes solves strange problems, especially if you normally use your Mac's Software Update... to update Mac OS.
(5) If your iSight works after propelry applying the Combo Updater, reconnect your disconnected peripherals and check again. (To eliminate the possibility of a conflict with one individual peripheral, I reconnect peripherals one-at-a-time, testing between each reconnection.)
(6) If your built-in iSight still does not work with any app or show as a USB device in your Mac's System Profiler utility, contact Apple or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for service.
One of the above will get your iSight working again.
EZ 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