IMac :: Possible To Manually Turn Off ISight?

Feb 18, 2010

Besides putting a piece of paper over the iSight, is there a way to manually disconnect it so that no one can remotely login from the outside and view it? I am assuming that even a firewall would not be enough. This news story made me think about it: [URL]

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OS X :: IMac G5 17" ISight - Monitor Won't Turn On?

Jul 10, 2009

iMac G5 17" iSight
1.83GHz
2GB 667MHz SDRAM

My monitor has turned off and will not come back on. Clicking noises and a slow operating speed occurred a few days ago. I have tried this SMU Reset Process below:

from [URL]

1. Turn off the computer by choosing Shut Down from the Apple menu, or by holding the power button until the computer turns off.

2. Unplug all cables from the computer, including the power cord.

3. Wait 10 seconds.

4. Plug in the power cord while simultaneously pressing and holding the power button on the back of the computer.

5. Let go of the power button.

6. Press the power button once more to start up your iMac.

Upon completing step 6, the computer turns on only to feature the fans spinning at maximum speed and still no monitor display.

Is this a Logic Board issue? The iMac was purchased for $1700 in 2006. Would repair costs be so high that just buying a new iMac would be the better way to go?

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OS X :: ISight Light Won't Turn Off And IMac Freezes At Shut Down?

Jan 7, 2011

tonight I started having trouble with my intel iMac (running OSX 10.4.11). I'm having issues with two things (bolded for those skimming):

Out of seemingly nowhere, my iSight light turned on and now wont turn off. The only program I had open at the time was Firefox. When I try to open up PhotoBooth it says this:

There's nothing listed under USB High-Speed Bus in the system profiler either.

I've tried logging out of my user account, restarting, shutting down, unplugging and holding the back button for 5 seconds ...none of that worked. I tried resetting my Mac's PRAM and NVRAM. That didn't work either, and that's where a second problem appeared: when I try to shut my computer off, it freezes. I have to shut it off by holding the back button.

Is repairing the permissions and/or disk worth a shot? Or should I just take it straight into the Apple store? I hope it's not a hardware issue because I just recently had a new hard-drive installed after it broke down on December 15.

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IMac PPC :: G5 With ISight (A1145) Randomly Shut Off And Now Won't Turn Back On

Apr 17, 2012

I was using it like any other day and it just turned off. Now it wont turn back on even with switching outlets!

Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), iMac G5 w/iSight

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Jun 23, 2009

How can I manually turn my 2.53 uni-mbp fan on? It gets really hot on my lap.

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MacBook :: How To Turn Off Green ISight Light

Dec 8, 2008

I'm only posting this to continue my procrastination of starting homework which is due tomorrow. Ok, so recently I've been asking on these forums how to access my Macbook using my iPod Touch. Being able to fully access my Macbook when I'm 20 miles away at my University is a huge benefit when I realize I forgot an important essay or homework. I discovered I just have to open up port 5900, etc etc, to get into my Macbook from anywhere. It was too much trouble and now I just use [URL] which works as well, though don't think as fast. Well, this works wonders since I've already emailed myself 2 important Keynotes i've create and accessed them from my college and presented them without even having my computer on me.

Well, recently when I get home at night some times it smells strongly of marijuana. Odd since I don't smoke it but my cousin does. He has access to my place and I say he can head over, even if i'm not home and chill, but under any circumstances no smoking. Well, I wanted to use the iSight cam w/ Photo Booth while I'm at the college to see if he indeed was getting high in my living room but before I tested it, I need to get rid of the green light on my Macbook: Getting Rid of The Green Light. Ok, so we're not really turning off the green light here. I looked for hours on how to do this and instead ran into a lot of advice, especially on MacRumors forums, to just white out or tape a small white square over the dot when the green light comes through.

Don't attempt the white out. It'll just go through. As for the white small square...it's completely obvious so don't try that either. Instead, do this:
1. Get a thin card, like a debit card and gently remove the white frame from your macbook. Attached to the back of the frame will be a bunch of these little gray rectangles that hold that frame to the outer part of the macbook. You'll have to take these off gently from the frame and pop them back onto their corresponding places within the Macbook. Easy enough.
2. Then what you do it get a sheet of white paper, cut a super small piece and fold it many times over. Not too thick or the frame won't click back in that area normally.
3. Place it snuggly where the green light turns on and even suggest getting a piece of tape just as small to hold it in place.
4. Turn on Photo booth just to test out if the light goes through. It may but really test it by placing the frame over it, and then seeing if the light goes through.
5. If it doesn't great. Place the frame back on and you're set!

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PowerPC :: How To Turn Off G5 (No ISight) Built In Display

Jan 28, 2010

I have an out-of-warranty 2005 iMac G5 running OS X 10.5 in my bedroom. The screen is very unreliable to the point where it stayed off all the time or gave weird colors and I had to purchase an external monitor (via mini-VGA). I have installed (successfully) spanning tools to allow both extended desktop (2 dual monitors) and mirrored display (2 monitors showing same thing).

However, after hooking up the external display, the iMac's bright display lights up my bedroom. I want to turn OFF my built-in display (i.e. no backlight) and have my external monitor act as my main display --- avoids having two displays eating electricity. Is this possible? (using any Terminal commands?) I don't want the computer to sleep, just to turn off the main display (even manually removing wires will work, if I can find a how-to guide on this!)

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MacBook Pro :: Turn On/off S/PDIF Optical Digital Audio Output Manually?

Jun 11, 2012

My sound card seems to be meesing up. It switches back an forth from "Internal Speakers" or "Headpohones" to "Digital Output". For some reason the optical source keeps getting flipped on and is really annoying. I tried blowing out dust to see if that was causeing the comptuer's confusion, but that didn't work. Until I can make time to go to the apple store, is there anyway for me to turn off that certain connection through terminal commands or something?

Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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IMac :: Using Gradient With IMac ISight Intel 2006?

May 8, 2009

Recently my iMac had been experiencing problems, I took apart and checked everything and put back together. Problems were gone but the screen suddenly started gradienting from brighter on the top to darker on the bottom. Brightness overall is also lower now.

My question is what can be creating this? The black tape that was around was ripped, I've heard it's creating static isolation, can that be it? Also I possibly pulled power cord too hard, can it be possible that display is not getting enough power?

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OS X :: Isight On Imac Not Working?

May 20, 2009

When i open photobooth, all i get is the camera logo with a line going thru it... When i open ichat, it says no camera is attached... There is no green light, in system profiler under USB TREE, the isight is not even recognized....

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IMac :: ISight Cam - Wont Come On

Jul 10, 2010

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Imac Isight Won't Power Up

Apr 8, 2012

i have a imac with i sight emc 2124 just went pop turned off and wont power up again ive removed case and look at logic board and all caps look ok no leaking or funny shapes.

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iMac

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Desktops :: G5 ISight IMac Shuts Itself Down (OS 10.5.8)

Apr 19, 2010

Have a 17" G5 iMac iSight (OS 10.5.8) that works normally for several hours and then the CPU temperature suddenly spikes and the computer shuts itself down. When I check the Temperature Monitor (application) history graph, it shows normal temperatures and then a spike. There are 3 fans and I don't know which is failing or whether there's something in the temperature sensing that's gone haywire. My only solution is to do a forced restart. By this time, things have cooled and it will work for several hours.

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IMac :: Using ISight On Facebook & Chatroulette - How To Fix It?

Nov 9, 2010

As of yesterday, I'm having problems with Facebook and Chatroulette not recognizing the built-in iSight on my iMac. The camera is recognized on Skype, Quicktime, Photobooth, iChat, etc.

Has anyone had the same problems and what did you do to fix it?

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PowerPC :: IMac G5 ISight Won't Start - How To Fix It

Feb 7, 2009

Have been searching all over for My 20" iSight G5 iMac won't start.

Already tried:Removing power cord Using other power cord Inserting power cord while holding down power button Holding power button for 6 secs+ Plugging cord to wall outlet Begging and praying to the mighty white apple.

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PowerPC :: Using IMac G5 With ISight Not Booting

Nov 4, 2009

I purchased the last generation iMac G5 when it came out a few years ago and I recently tried to sell it. I sent the item to the buyer and he said it would not start. The Apple logo or for that matter anything would not come up. He brought it to the Geek Squad at Best Buy and they said it was an issue that would most likely cost over $500 in repairs. I just got the computer back in the mail and all that happens when the power button is pressed is the white light on the front lower right hand corner comes on for a second, then the machine shuts down. You can also hear the machine begin to start for about two seconds, then it shuts down. Any ideas as to the problem and whether it is fixable without expensive repair costs?

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IMac :: Dead Pixels On ISight

Dec 30, 2009

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IMac PPC :: Where Are Diagnostic LEDs In G5 Isight

Apr 3, 2012

I have looked everywhere, including under the right speaker. Have removed the display ... they are nowhere to be found. But I know they're hidden here somewhere!

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iMac, imac g5 isight

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Mar 1, 2012

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Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), I'm using OS Lion 10.7.3

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OS X :: IMac Remote Access / Use ISight As Surveillance Cam

May 9, 2006

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IMac :: ISight Cameras Use A USB Bus Connection To The System

Apr 30, 2009

According to the Guides section of the forum, the built in iSight cams use a USB bus connection to the system. Has anyone ever "harvested" the iSight from broken iMacs or MacBooks and wired them for external use? I would imagine that they'd make great fixed focus surveillance cams.

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PowerPC :: IMac G5 (iSight) Screen - Not Working

Dec 6, 2009

My mother's iMac G5 began this just two days ago. It turns on fine, but once is reaches the apple logo with the spinning wheel, the screen begins to exhibit what is shown in the pictures below. It first started when I opened an .AVI I received in an email from my uncle. When the file opened, the whole screen(within about 2 seconds) had discoloration and macro blocking spread from the center of the screen outward. After this I rebooted, tried again, and when I opened the file, it did the same thing. Now I can not even reach the log in screen. And after the screen has been in this state for a while, it may go blank and the fans run at full blast. I've opened the same file on a PowerMac G5 and a MacBook Pro with no problems.

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IMac :: Major Over Exposure With Built In ISight?

Jan 8, 2010

The iSight just won't focus properly. If I hold my hand right up close to it it picks it up fine, but just a normal face shot it's so bright you can hardly make out the face?

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IMac :: ISight Audio Recording Only Through One Speaker

Jul 8, 2010

I am running leopard on an iMac 24" and am having trouble getting my iSight camera to record audio on 2 channels. I have changed my audio input to line in (inbuilt input) in order to record using a better microphone than the inbuilt one in my iMac, and am running a Shure microphone into the input in the back of my iMac via XLR to 1/4" stereo jack cable and then through a 1/4" to 1/8" stereo jack adapter. However when recording video in Photo Booth, iMovie etc. the audio only plays back out of the left speaker. It is not a problem with the output because all of my other sounds (music from itunes for example) play fine out of both left and right speakers. I believe I have run everything into the computer just fine and I can get 2 channels when recording like this in Garageband and Logic.

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IMac PPC :: ISight Will Not Power Up Nad There Is No Screen Activity

Mar 14, 2012

I have a 20" G5 iMac with iSight that will not power up.  No chime or screen activity.  The first diagnostic LED is on which I assume means the power supply is OK, but the other LED's are off.  Can any recommend what trouble shooting steps to take next? 

Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

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Change PRAM Battery For IMac G5 ISight

Apr 3, 2012

How do you locate and/or change the PRAM battery in an iMac G5 (iSight)?

Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), PPC, 20", G5

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IMac PPC :: G5 (iSight) Upgrade To A SSD Hard Drive?

May 7, 2012

Im looking to upgrade my iMac G5 (iSight) 17" 2.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo to a SSD hard drive. How much speed can it handle, the available SSD hard drives have SATA speeds of 1.5Gb/s, 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s. I would like to get the 6Gb/s one but only if it can accept that speed.

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), G5 iSight 17" 2.0Ghz IntelCore2Duo

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IMac PPC :: ISight Camera No Longer Functions

May 14, 2012

the ISight camera no longer functions. It doesn't work with Skype or with Photo Booth.How do I turn it back on?

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May 25, 2012

I have a 20" G5 iSight iMac running OS X 10.4.11. The optical drive will not recognise any discs other than original audio CDs - it takes a long time to do this, and is very noisy whilst spinning. Any other DVDs or CDs (including ones burnt on the same machine) are just ejected after about 30 seconds of whirring and do not appear to be recognised anywhere by the computer. 

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iMac G5

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IMac (Intel) :: ISight Stopped Working Under OS X 10.9.4

Sep 7, 2014

The camera had been working fine with FaceTime, Photo Booth and Skype under 10.9.4 and then something happened. I run FaceTime and the camera screen comes up, but it's black with no sidebar. I had this happen once before when the serial number hadn't been put back after they replaced the motherboard. It's back in now and was working fine. I did have to install Google hangouts plug in, but FaceTime was working fine after that and I've since uninstalled it after FaceTime stopped working and it still doesn't work. 

I did have AirParrot and SoundFlower installed which the camera worked with, but uninstalled them as I saw something about a possible problem. I've reset SMU and PRAM, nothing. he mac sees the camera as being there so it shouldn't be a camera problem, but the apps while seeing the camera aren't getting any input [and no it's not blocked. ] 

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iMac (24-inch Mid 2007), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), 2.4GHz Core Duo/4Gb Ram/320 HD

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