Here’s an obscure one, about as far from Frequently Asked as you can get, but if it can help but one stumbling interneter then it was worth the typing.
If you’re getting getting an error on your Mac whenever you try to use the built-in iSight camera complaining that “Your camera is in use by another application“..
and you’ve made dag-nabit sure there’s no other iSight hogging app running…
and you’ve rebooted…
and you’ve cmd-opt-P-R-ed…
and you’ve Software Updated…
and you’ve tried every hair-brained tip from every far-flung forum that comes up in Google…
Try taking a peek in System/Library/QuickTime and see if you’ve got a wee file by the name of Video905c.component looking all innocent and sheepish. Delete it.
Apparently there is an OS X driver used by generic brand digital keychain cameras that doesn’t play nice. At least that’s how it ended up on my MacBook Pro after an unsuccessful attempt to get a door-prize camera working under Not Windows.
File gone, iSight happy. Back to PhotoBooth distortion hilarity.
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