Do you have an older MacBook Pro where your iSight camera (the built-in camera) does not work out-of-the-box? I cannot say anything about modern Mac`s, but this is the way to get it to work (and work permanently) for older ones like mine (6-7+ years):<\/p>\n
1. Get the firmware for the camera. You can it get from your Mac partition or a backup of it\u00a0(if you still have any of those\u00a0around), but\u00a0if you are too lazy (like me) just download it from here<\/a>. Unzip it and put it in any directory you like.<\/p>\n 2. Install the firmware extraction tool:<\/p>\n sudo apt-get install isight-firmware-tools<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 3. When asked, point the tool to the directory\u00a0where you put the firmware in pt. 1.<\/p>\n 4. (Optional) When your firmware is successfully extracted to \/lib\/firmware\/isight.fw you may totally remove the extraction tool:<\/p>\n sudo apt-get –purge remove isight-firmware-tools<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 5. The firmware needs to be loaded into memory EVERY TIME YOU BOOT, as the camera will not retain it. The small trick to\u00a0accomplish this is by creating a small startup script that sets the modification date for\u00a0it, to make sure\u00a0it will be ready again for your NEXT boot:<\/p>\n #!\/bin\/sh<\/p>\n touch \/lib\/firmware\/isight.fw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Save this script anywhere you like, just make sure it is executable.<\/p>\n 6. Add\u00a0your script with “Startup Applications”.<\/p>\n 7. Shut completely down, then reboot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you have an older MacBook Pro where your iSight camera (the built-in camera) does not work out-of-the-box? I cannot say anything about modern Mac`s, but this is the way to get it to work (and work permanently) for older ones like mine (6-7+ years): 1. Get the firmware for the camera. You can it … Continue reading