iMac Camera Question

[e1g]

I just recently noticed my isight camera light does not turn on when i have photobooth or facetime running...i got the new 2012 iMac 27". Does it not have one?

 

[RRF985]

Mine has a little green light that come on when I open FaceTime.

 

[trustever]

mine has got a very small green led that turns on when the camera is on, I am afraid that you might have a faulty one

 

[e1g]

Is there a setting that maybe turns it off or anything i can verify before i take it into Apple?

Thanks

Dan

 

[rkaufmann87]

Is there a setting that maybe turns it off or anything i can verify before i take it into Apple?

Thanks

Dan

Dan, you have 90 days of free AppleCare telephone support, chances are it's just a setting you don't have correct. Give them a call, if you don't know their number (I don't know where you are located) you can start with:

www.apple.com/contact/phone_contacts.html

 

[benwiggy]

Is there a setting that maybe turns it off or anything i can verify before i take it into Apple?

There is no setting (for obvious security reasons). The light is hard-wired to the camera. When the camera is turned on, the light is too.

If yours isn't on, it's faulty. Should be covered by warrantee or statutory consumer rights.

 

[johnnnw]

Heh I would sketch out so bad if I saw that happening. I'd cover it.

I'd be worried someone was hacking it. I'm sure that's not the case but it's not unheard for that to happen on Windows PC's. I put a little piece of tape over it just in case