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An iSight is the physical camera on a MacBook, MacBook Pro, or iMac. FaceTime is an application in OSX (Mac Computers) and iOS (iPhone, etc) that allows users to place video calls. As of recent, Apple has updated the iSight to support HD video, and it is now referred to as a "FaceTime HD Camera."

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How do you turn on your isight camera?

The Mac's iSight camera is controlled by software. Launching software that uses the camera will turn it on. Standard software included with the Mac that uses the camera includes Photobooth, iMovie, iChat. Other camera using software such as FaceTime Skype or MSN (or other chat clients) can be downloaded.


How do you enable the isight camera on a MacBook pro?

Once you start any application that requires the use of the camera it will automatically come on. Applications like FaceTime, Photo Booth, etc. You will know it is on by the tiny green light beside the camera.


How do you find isight on your iMac?

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.


How to turn on your isight camera in the mac os x?

To turn on your iSight camera, open an application that uses a webcam, like "Photo Booth". Your iSight should turn on when an application requires it to do so.


Does the new iMac from Apple have a camera?

Yes it does. Also has a built in microphone and speakers.


Which one is the better web camera for Mac book air?

The MacBook Air has a built in iSight camera. To add another camera you would need to specify what you wanted to achieve that you could not with the iSight.


How many megapixles are on a iPod 5 camera?

The iPod Touch 5th iSight camera is a 5 megapixel camera.


How do you turn your mac camera off?

The built-in iSight camera on Macintosh computers is offby default; the green indicator LED will illuminate when the camera is activated. The built-in applications Photo Booth, QuickTime, and iMovie have direct access to the camera. Some third-party applications can also access the camera (for example, Skype and some Flash browser plugins that support video recording or chat). To turn the camera off you will need to either Quit the application that is using the camera or use the controls, available in some applications, to turn the camera off/on.


How do you turn on your camera on your MacBook Pro?

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.


What is the name of the MacBook Air built in camera?

The camera built into current Macs (including the iMac, the Macbook, the Macbook Air, and the Macbook Pro) is known as the iSight


Do apple sell official external iSight web-cams?

Yes, Apple did sell an external iSight camera, but it's no longer available, except at places like eBay. The cam came with several types of mounts including stand-alone and laptop edge clamp. That iSight came with a firewire cable and would only plug into firewire. ...Tom of Mac.Skagit


How many mega pixels is the iPhone 4S front camera?

Video recording, HD (720p) up to 30 frames per second with audio5-megapixel iSight cameraVGA-quality photos and video at up to 30 frames per second with the front cameraTap to focus video or still imagesLED flashPhoto and video geotagging