Serious Lag issues with Photo Booth and iChat

Ever since I installed Leopard on my mac book pro, I have had terrible lag problems with the movie option in Photo Booth (sometimes even freezing my computer) as well as the video chat in ichat. With Tiger, lag was never a problem when I was on ichat. I have the 1.83 GHz Intel core duo, so I'm surprised this is happening. Any ideas would be very helpful! Thanks!

Welcome to Apple Discussions, Hoosier2010
As you correctly note, the iSight Updater 1.0.3 applies ONLY to Macs with iSight video camera that used OS X v10.3.7-10.3.9. All MacBook Pros came with a later version of Mac OS, and, therefore, cannot use the 1.0.3 Firmware update. That Firmware update is NOT your MacBook Pro's problem.
If your iSight problems began immediately after your MacBook Pro's drive was replaced, I would suspect a hardware problem left uncorrected during the service call. Contact the people who did the work and ask them to correct the problem that began at the time of hard drive replacement.
If the previous service work did not cause your problem, try Apple's suggestions for How to Troubleshoot iSight. If none of the suggestions that you can do to your Mac resolve the trouble, your problem likely is hardware. Hardware problems will require help from your Apple-Authorized Service Provider.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.1) External iSight

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Hello,
My iSight camera seems to be causing issues with Photo Booth and iChat. Both these problems emerged at the same time, so I believe that they're related.
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Photo booth ostensibly works fine in terms of taking regular photos and video recording, but none of the effects work; they appear as black screens. When you try and click on the effects, Photo booth crashes.
My computer otherwise recognizes the camera in System Profiler. I can also use the camera in GChat, via Gmail.
Any ideas on what's wrong?

Welcome to Discussions, bigtsez
The PMU reset suggested in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090 usually helps such problems for MacBooks.
If not, repair permissions and apply the 10.5.7 COMBO update:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_7_ComboUpdate
Repair permissions IMMEDIATELY again after the restart that finishes the installation.
Then test iSight again. Repeat the Troubleshooting suggestions if necessary.
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I'm pretty frustrated right now. I've been having this serious lag issue with my new iMac for the past few days. I think it may have started after I ran the last security update.
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Hello Matthew
Are you running any maintenance scripts on a regular basis?
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintscripts.html
I would manually run this script from The X Lab, and my load times would improve greatly. The problem was, I would forget to run them untill I noticed web pages loading slow or iTunes and iPhoto taking for ever. It wasn't untill someone here in discussions suggested Anacron that I saw the light. WOW what a difference Anacron has been making in my overall system speed. My iMac has not been shutdown for 11days 5hrs 34mins (sleep or use only) and opening new App's, switching App's and web pages load as fast or faster than after a fresh start up. If your system is operating properly and you are having only what seems to be a slow or sluggish issue Anacron will make a difference.
http://members.cox.net/18james/anacron-tiger.html
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Well, we plugged the camera into a 17" Powerbook and it works fine. Still no progress on the Macbook Pro. I believe it is the manufacter's software. Photobooth is not bugging out now, but we still get the "Connecting" then "Disconnecting" messages, one after another.
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and try a reboot.
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Delete the com.apple.ichat.plist and restart iChat
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My problem is a little different. I just took a couple of pictures with Photo Booth and it has the date almost correct.
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Isight works with photo booth but not in ichat or google talk or skype?

isight works with photo booth but not in ichat or google talk or skype?

Hi
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In iChat, in the Video Menu (This is to the right of Buddies and may read Audio) is Camera Enabled Ticked ?
If it reads Audio open the Connection Doctor from that same menu.
In the connection Doctor open the Capabilities tab
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Isight is not working on ichat and skype, however will work on photo booth and imovie.

My isight will not work on ichat or skype, saying that there is no camera connected. isight will work in photo booth and imovie. It shows up in the system profiler. Have tried resetting SMC. Help?

(1) Here is how I would proceed to isolate the underlying problem that requires corrective action.
• Shut down everything.
• Then restart modem and allow its self-test to complete.
• Then restart router or wireless access point (if you have them) and allow self-test to complete.
• Then restart Mac.
• Use  > Software Update... (Update your Apple software if not current.)
• Then test Photo Booth or iMovie with no other apps else running to ensure they still work.
• Then quit your test app and try iChat with no other apps else running.
• If iChat works, quit iChat and try Skype with no other apps else running.
(2) If iChat works but Skype does not,
• Verify that you are using the latest version of Skype that is compatible with your OS X (10.5.8) Mac.
• Update if necessary.
• Then test Skype again with no other apps else running.
• If Skype problems remain but your camera works with everything else, Skype's comprehensive support system should best be able to help you use their product with your system.
Start here: https://support.skype.com/
Or, click this link for help specifically related to Mac video calls.
You can also search or post for help with your problem in Skype's dedicated Skype Discussions for Mac. The Skype users who post there may have already solved the same problem.
If nothing else works, you can even sign in and ask for email help directly from Skype's Technical Support people.
(3) If you still have trouble with more than one app, you may need to use Disk Utility to:
• repair permissions,
• repair your disk,
• or even reinstall Mac OS.
If you reinstall OS X 10.5, use the Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update to return to the latest version in one update step.
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Duplication Issues with Photo Sync via iTunes/iPhoto and Photo Stream/iCloud (Detailed Scenario Given)

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All of us here are users just like you. We have no inside info of when Apple products or operating system updates/upgrades will be released. The next iOS may not even change the issue you have.
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