Reset smc. Often works for me. >From my iPhone
On 14 Feb 2011, at 22:19, Toby Leighton <[email protected]> wrote: > ah, workgroup manager is part of osx server, so unless you use your computer > in an office environment the chances are it wont apply to your situation. It > can be used by evil administrators like me to tie down machines in an office > to prevent mounting drives, give certain default printer etc. boring office > stuff. It can be used to disable the webcams, for offices who are sensitive > about such things. > > So it probably doesn't apply to your situation, but i suppose does illustrate > that it could be a software error thats stopping your camera from working. > > somewhere else that you can try looking for clues would be to go to the > system profiler application in the utilities folder. expand the tree to show > usb devices and see if the theres anything about the camera in there. The > webcam is presented to macosx the same way as any other usb peripheral. If > it doesn't show up in there the chances then are the hardware could be kaput. > (but... I don't know if it would appear in there or not if it had been > disabled) > > On 14 February 2011 21:22, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't see where to change any of this, apart from parental control. Can you > guide me, Toby? > > Ranulph > > > > On 14 Feb 2011, at 18:34, Toby Leighton wrote: > > > It is possible to administratively disable the camera, using > > workgroup/domain policies, or family parental controls. So it may not > > necessarily be broken... > > > > Sent from a tiny predictive keyboard > > > > On 14 Feb 2011, at 17:52, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> We have lost the camera in a white macbook just under 2 years old, core 2, > >> 2Gb, OS 10.5.8. > >> > >> Can't get it through ichat, photobooth or skype, all of which say there's > >> no camera. There is one, but it's not working. > >> > >> (I've checked the prefs for each app, in case the camera has been turned > >> off, somehow. Also systems prefs.) > >> > >> Any ideas, or does this need another visit to Mac Hospital? > >> > >> Ranulph > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
