Turning Off Green Recording Isight Light on a Macbook (sorry if in wrong section)

[Laco]

I would like to turn off the green Isight light on my Macbook could someone please tell me how. I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section! thank you for your helpt.

 

[tMac85]

i dont think you can...

 

[GimmeSlack12]

Piece of electric tape over it? Yeah use Google and let us know what you find.

 

[arkitect]

I would like to turn off the green Isight light on my Macbook could someone please tell me how.

Just curious why you would want to do that.

 

[Laco]

Just curious why you would want to do that.

haha....well for example, once i was chatting with my woman during a lecture and i turned on skype so she could see me typing and i didn't want the guy talking or someone else to know that it was on....

 

[bigjnyc]

oooooh someone wants to get some hidden camera action going lol


a little well cut piece of black electric tape should do the trick.

 

[squeeks]

haha....well for example, once i was chatting with my woman during a lecture and i turned on skype so she could see me typing and i didn't want the guy talking or someone else to know that it was on....

piece of sticky tack

a little well cut piece of black electric tape should do the trick.

or if its a white macbook they have white electrical tape too

 

[Laco]

thank you everyone for the suggestions!

 

[krye]

You actually mean to tell me that someone around you is going to know that the green light on means you're in a video chat? I'm lucky if I bump into someone at work who even knows what OS X is.

 

[mreg376]

You actually mean to tell me that someone around you is going to know that the green light on means you're in a video chat? I'm lucky if I bump into someone at work who even knows what OS X is.

Good point. Plus, wouldn't you want to know if somehow someone remotely turned the thing on and was watching you?

 

[krye]

Good point. Plus, wouldn't you want to know if somehow someone remotely turned the thing on and was watching you?

Yeh, like that would happen.

 

[mreg376]

Yeh, like that would happen.

You're saying it can't?

 

[izibo]

You're saying it can't?

Yes, that is exactly what he is saying. Unless you are dumb enough to install some sort of malware/trojan that allows access to your camera than the likelihood of this happening is one in a trillion. If you have the firewall turned on, you have a better chance of your laptops battery exploding and dying in the flames.

 

[otep1760]

you can do it with iphone remote

 

[Laco]

You actually mean to tell me that someone around you is going to know that the green light on means you're in a video chat? I'm lucky if I bump into someone at work who even knows what OS X is.

there are so many people with macbooks especially white ones....i noticed that where i live it is by far the most popular notebool!