you can vc on ichat and use photo booth
you can vc on ichat and use photo booth
You cannot use the program iChat. However, you can use other instant messenger clients such as Pidgin to chat, even with people using iChat.
iChat uses the AIM network so to talk to people without iChat they will need to be on the AIM network. (See links below) .
You can only do this of you have a mac with ichat
iSight is simply the built-in camera on the Mac. In order to use the iSight camera, you will need to open an application that involves the use of the camera. Some programs include iChat and Photo Booth.
"You cannot use ichat for Windows. Ichat is used with Mac, but you can use AIM with Windows and comunicate with Ichat on Mac. You will also need internet."
Most digital camera's come with a USB cable that plugs into the Mac and the camera. Once the camera is connected it is usually (with most brands of camera) recognised by the Mac and you use either the iPhoto or Image Capture applications (or any other suitable application you may have installed) to download the images from the camera to the Mac.To use the built in iSight camera you need to run an application that can make use of the camera. These include (in the Applications folder) PhotoBooth, iChat and iMovie.
The built in camera needs some software to control it. Try PhotoBooth, iMovie or iChat in the Applications folder as they can all use the camera.
Apple does not make iChat for iPad. But if you have an iPad 2 or newer, you can use FaceTime which is very similar to iChat.
It switches on automatically when the Photobooth or iChat apps are opened.
The question suggests that some other application (iChat?) is not releasing the camera. Check that iChat and any other camera using software is not still running in the background. Shutdown the computer and then restart it. If still not working the PMU may need resetting (See links below).