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Q: Is there a way to turn off and On the isight camera or app to do it ?????

Hi

Does anyone know either of a Simple way to Turn off the isight camera on a Macbook pro (3.1 model with Snow leopard) or a simple program or Widget to do this ??

I have already Googled this but cannot find much - except disable certain files, or a Applescript by Techslaves.org called isight disabler , which seems great except I have to run applescript each time run this script, put in password, then select !
SO is there a Basic app or even a Way of making the isight disabler work like a simple app - or a way to do with Mac's settings ??

Any help is Appriciated
Thanks Mark

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7), 2.4ghz , 1gb ram

Posted on Feb 17, 2011 6:11 PM

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  • by EZ Jim,

    EZ Jim EZ Jim Jan 9, 2016 10:07 AM in response to tlm550
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    Jan 9, 2016 10:07 AM in response to tlm550

    tlm550 wrote:... turn off (that means DISABLE) their webcam for all applications...  I was also seeking an answer to this question

     

    Barring some unusual circumstance, there should be no need to disable your webcam because YOU decide when to use your webcam.  Mac webcams are only turned "on" when the software application program that uses the webcam is launched.  Quitting the application turns the webcam "off" again.

     

    Some software application programs such as Apple's Messenger (and its predecessor, iChat) allow you to enable and disable the webcam from menu commands.  As a non-Apple example, Skype > Preferences has a setting that lets you disable Skype video as follows:

      skipe.gif

     

    However, if you REALLY want to disable all internal and external USB webcams, scripts like http://techslaves.org/index.php?page=62 can easily disable and enable them for Mac OS X versions before 10.11.x.


    If you use Mac OS X 10.11 and cannot find a disabler script that works, you can manually disable your built-in webcam by removing the "QuickTimeUSBVDCDIgitizer.component" file from your computer's HardDriveName > System > Library > QuickTime folder and restarting your Mac. Your USB webcam should no longer work with any app.  If you do not know how to do this for Mac OS X 10.11.x, I offer three safe alternatives:

     

         (1) Don't try to disable the camera for all software application programs.

              Instead, turn your webcam off by quitting applications or using the

              application's software menu choices to disable video for individual applications.

     

         (2) Retreat to Mac OS X 10.10.x or earlier so you can use

             a disabler script that works with your chosen Mac OS version.

     

         (3) Contact an Apple-Authorized Service Provider and have him remove the file safely.

             (Backup your Mac and deauthorize iTunes before tendering your Mac for this service.

     

     

    Message was edited by: EZ Jim

     

    Mac OSX 10.11.2

  • by ScriptMyJob,

    ScriptMyJob ScriptMyJob Jul 14, 2016 3:53 AM in response to EZ Jim
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    Jul 14, 2016 3:53 AM in response to EZ Jim

    Unfortunately this did not work for me.  I created a backup of this folder to my home directory and can easily restore this in terminal.  Would you suggest another directory?  I was thinking that QuickTimeIIDCDigitizer.component was looking promising but I wanted to touch base and get some feedback first.

     

    Mac Shell: ~/>$ ll /System/Library/QuickTime/

    total 0

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 ApplePixletVideo.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 AppleProResDecoder.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 AppleVAH264HW.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 QuartzComposer.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 QuickTime3GPP.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Sep 16  2015 QuickTimeComponents.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 QuickTimeFireWireDV.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 QuickTimeH264.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 QuickTimeIIDCDigitizer.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 QuickTimeImporters.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 QuickTimeMPEG.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 QuickTimeMPEG4.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 QuickTimeStreaming.component

    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug 22  2015 QuickTimeVR.component

    Mac Shell: ~/>$

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