Web Cam Light Went Out--Now Get Message that No Camera Found
A few weeks ago while shutting down my computer, a message came up that said "no camera found." Since then the web cam light has not come on. I was reading through the support discussions which suggested opening Photo Booth and looking for the camera. However, when I open Photo Booth all I get is a gray screen with a diagonal line over what looks like a camera window. Thank you.
Carol Jean wrote:
A few weeks ago while shutting down my computer, a message came up that said "no camera found." Since then the web cam light has not come on. I was reading through the support discussions which suggested opening Photo Booth and looking for the camera. However, when I open Photo Booth all I get is a gray screen with a diagonal line over what looks like a camera window. Thank you.
Hello Carol Jean
For any iSight problems, first try restarting the Mac. If the problems persist, try all relevant suggestions from:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
If your iSight problem still occurs in more than one app and more than one user account, the reset suggested there often restores proper function of inbuilt iSight.
However, if your built-in iSight still does not work after carefully following all the suggestions in the "How to Troubleshoot iSight" article, and if iSight does not show as a USB hardware device in your Mac's System Profiler utility, yours is most likely a hardware problem. In that case, contact Apple or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for service.
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