WaxTrax! Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I finally got Leopard installed on my 20" Intel iMac, but the built-in iSight isn't working for some reason. At the initial setup where it asks you to either choose a picture for your account or take a snapshot, the camera came on and after about five seconds it faded to black. Now it doesn't work anymore. Any program that tries to utilize the iSight simply displays a black screen, even though the green indicator by the webcam indicates that it is on. Any ideas on this? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugazi Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Ok, do this go through the setup and then restart. It will work after you restart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaxTrax! Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 Simply restarting didn't fix the problem, however completely turning off the computer and back on again did fix it :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugazi Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Thats how I restart . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuantumByte Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 It's a beta...don't expect too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I'm having this problem too. Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingistech Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I did a full shutdown and startup and it fixed the issue for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingistech Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Noooo! After the shutdown and restart my iMacs built-in iSight works in Leopard but not in Tiger. When I boot into the Tiger partition and try to use any app with the iSight I get a message telling me that the camera is in use by another application. This kinda sux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Dimagio Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I also am having the same problem. iSight worked fine in Leopard, but now I am using Tiger and it says that it's in use by another application. I am going to shutdown then start back up. Glad I am a member of this site now! I will let you know what happens. The shutdown, then fresh startup on Tiger worked fine for me too. Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zampano Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Damn, had the same problem and was restarting for hours now...! The complete shutdown + restart solved it, thanks for this great hint !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtualball Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 All you need to do is not boot it up in safe boot lol Safe boot turns blue tooth, ethernet, sound, iSight, airport, etc off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verestiuc Vlad Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 I've had the same probolem with my mack book pro. I've solve doing a PMU reset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymac641 Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I have Leopard installed on a G4 1.5 gig Mac with 384 megs of RAM I am using a firewire connected iSight, when iChat launches everything looks o.k. until I test the video and all I get is a blue screen. The light on the camera lights but no video actually shows on the preview screen. Has anyone encountered and overcome this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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