Photobooth fails to recognize external iSight camera after installing Leopard.
I rarely complain when something goes wrong with my mac. Maybe because it's rare for something to go wrong. Or maybe it's because I can figure it rather quickly, so there is no time for a rant. But ever since installing Leopard, I have not been able to use my external iSight camera in Photobooth. It would not recognize it. Just gave me a black background with a "Camera Off"message. Since I can use it for iChat and for the webcam, I knew this was not the case.
Sometimes I could make it work by restarting my mac. About 50% of the time. However, if I closed the application, it would not work when I re-launched. It was frustrating and it's been going on for months. Could not figure it out.
In researching an application that would allow me to color correct from within aps that use the iSight, I discovered iGlasses. It is only $9.95 and actually does other things I wanted, like rotate the image, for one. So I bought it, installed it and BLAMMO, now Photobooth works every time.
Go figure. I don't know why, and you shouldn't have to buy something to make it work. However, I'm just putting it up here so if anyone else is doing a search on the same problem, they might come across this and see how I fixed it. It was supremely annoying. I even wrote a complete and proper issue statement for my blog title. Hee!
Comments
Comments closed on older entries, whenever I get around to it, to avoid spam.My mac runs so fine most of the time that when something does go wrong, I tend to think the sky is falling.
After trying to help my dad with his cheap pc laptop, I am so happy that I went with mac. Those evil little windows machines are nothing but constant trouble.
I ended up throwing my hands up in the air and saying, ' there ain't nothing more I can help you with...' Even the help menu is hard to find.
Posted by: Pamplemousse | 28 mars 2008 11h25
My mac runs so fine most of the time that when something does go wrong, I tend to think the sky is falling.
After trying to help my dad with his cheap pc laptop, I am so happy that I went with mac. Those evil little windows machines are nothing but constant trouble.
I ended up throwing my hands up in the air and saying, ' there ain't nothing more I can help you with...' Even the help menu is hard to find.
Posted by: Pamplemousse | 28 mars 2008 11h25
To me the difference between Mac people and PC people is simply the truth....which is self-evident.
Mac works smoothly and frees your creative juices, all the time. PC is a struggle takes more steps and crashes causing you to loose your soul.
I think Macers are much like Dems. Open arms to all we believe in people first. PCers seem more like Republicans. Constantly caught up in their bottom-lines.
PCers often seem to be rude, harried, over-coffeed, don't-hold-the-door-for-you types. While Macers often smile have wicked humor and appreciate what they have.
I'm not sure why I said alll that but I simply feel better now that I did.
Thanks Jody for a great blog.
Posted by: Tim | 3 avril 2008 12h42