I have a Logitech camera connected to one of the usb ports of my Mac mini. I want to unmount it (without disconnecting) so that my virtualization program can take hold of it to be used by another OS. Is there a way to do this? Thanks.
Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
If you have the image of the camera on the desktop, drag it to the trash.
Ralph:
Thank you for answering. Sorry, there's no image of the web cam on the desktop. I know that it is recognized and activated when I do [This Mac -> More Info -> System Report] where it shows on the USB devices my Logitech web cam connected on one of the USB Hi speed busses. But, I don't know how to either unmount or unattach it from the Mac OS so that my virtualization program may take hold of it.
wp
WP, what do you have checked in Preferences under Finder on the menu bar? Besides Hard Disks and External Discks, do you have CDs,etc., checked?
I cannont find a way to eject a camera when connected to a USB port other than just unplugging it.
Ralph:
In the preferences for Finder everything is checked. I tried disconnecting the camera, started my virtualization app, booted the guest OS and then plugged the camera again, but still, the host OS mounted the camera. I was expecting that Mac OS-X would have something similar to the Windows Device Manager, where you can install, uninstall, enable or disable a device, but apparently there's no such thing.
How to unmount a usb web cam
