Q: My iSight camera works at only one website (scratch.mit.edu) but, does not work on any Apple OSX software on my early 2008 MacBook PRO 17" - Mavericks 10.9.2, PLEASE tell me why?

iTMM wrote:

 

My iSight camera ... does not work on any Apple OSX software on my early 2008 MacBook PRO 17" - Mavericks 10.9.2...

Having "performed all of the iSight Troubleshooting", you have already reinstalled OS X, Firefox, and Chrome, updated all of them to the latest versions, uninstalled all third-party mirroring software, and tested in more than one OS X login user account.

If you now restart your Mac and launch only Photo Booth, does not the PB window now display the image your camera is viewing?

If the answer is no, even for the simple Photo Booth app, we are left wondering how scratch.mit.edu (a Flash-based web site) can find a working camera when using the Chrome browser.

If the answer is still no, my first suggestion would be to click the "Check Now" button in your  > System Preferences... > Flash > Advanced menu command.  If there is a later update, apply it, and test your camera again using Apple's iSight troubleshooting suggestions.

If you were already using the current Flash version, or if updating it does not change any troubleshooting results, I would try reinstalling OS X one more time in case you had a bad download or install on your previous try.  Then test again with Apple's troubleshooting suggestions.

Message was edited by: EZ Jim

Mac OSX 10.9

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