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Use iSight Disabler to quickly turn on/turn off your built-in Intel Mac USB iSight with a handy AppleScript.
iSight Disabler is an AppleScript that automates the process of disabling and enabling the iSight USB driver(s) via modification of the read permissions for said driver(s). Disabling the iSight removes read access while enabling the iSight restores read access.
iSight Disabler is an AppleScript that automates the process of disabling and enabling the iSight USB driver(s) via modification of the read permissions for said driver(s). Disabling the iSight removes read access while enabling the iSight restores read access.
What's New
Version 4.0:
- Includes support for Mac OS X 10.7. Version 4 should also work for all previous supported versions of OS X back to Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4), however this has not been comprehensively tested. Please report any problems (under Lion or otherwise) to techslaves.org.
Requirements
- Intel
- Mac OS X 10.0 or later
- USB/Built-in iSight
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Use iSight Disabler to quickly turn on/turn off your built-in Intel Mac USB iSight with a handy AppleScript.
iSight Disabler is an AppleScript that automates the process of disabling and enabling the iSight USB driver(s) via modification of the read permissions for said driver(s). Disabling the iSight removes read access while enabling the iSight restores read access.
iSight Disabler is an AppleScript that automates the process of disabling and enabling the iSight USB driver(s) via modification of the read permissions for said driver(s). Disabling the iSight removes read access while enabling the iSight restores read access.
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Kenneth Lister reviewed on 26 Jul 2011
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The iSight patch stopped working when I updated the iMacs to 10.5.8. When the kids eventually discovered PhotoBooth was back, I returned to techslaves.org and found the 3.5 update for 10.6. Another user discovered the 10.6-specific update worked for 10.5.8.
I modified the “os_version” check to include both 10.5.8 and 10.6+ and then created an AppleScript app to install on the library iMacs. The librarians can now turn the iSights on or off.
Here’s the updated AppleScript file & app:
http://www.joyofmacs.com/downloads/iSightDisabler351.zip
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Michael Haeusler reviewed on 21 Aug 2010
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Thanks a million!
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Ward reviewed on 10 Dec 2009
iSight Disabler is a perfect solution. I saved the AppleScript as an application, put it in the Utilities folder, and dragged it to the Dock. Now the librarians, using the administrator account, can easily easily enable & disable an iSight camera.
I would call up Apple support and ask how to best run an AppleScript with ARD 3.
I know you could just copy the file to each machine and run it that way but I would think there's a better way with ARD's management features. From a quick check it looks like the "Power Copy" feature in ARD 3 would work.
directory anymore?
Search your system for a file named "QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer".
The script wouldn't just delete any files or directories. It does nothing that would remove files. It simply changes permissions on the USB iSight driver so programs can't access it.
I have a 2GHz Macbook with 10.4.8 and all the latest updates as of this comment and the script works without issue.
If you really don't have that directory anymore, you also don't have the USB iSight driver anymore which means you need to replace that to get your iSight working again. Whether or not this script had anything to do with your problem I don't know but based on what you said and the script itself, I'd be very surprised to find out that it is related.
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Good scripting!
Thank you!
This version fixes the authentication issues addressed by the first reviewer. It now asks for authentication with the standard OS X authentication dialog before performing any action.
My isight quit working and I'm trying to get it back up. The usual PMU and PRAM resets have done nothing.
Running 10.4.8 on a black Macbook 2ghz
Thanks,
Scott
Pipkin rated on 04 Feb 2012