If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out these instructions. Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it: sudo lsof -Fc +D /S./L./F./././VDC.plugin sed '2!d' cut -c2- open -ef Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways: ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search.
Select it in the results (it should be at the top.) ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens. ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid. Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V.
I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting. You'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. You don't need to post the warning.
If you see a message that your username 'is not in the sudoers file,' then you're not logged in as an administrator. Log in as one and start over. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open. If the command produced no output, the window will be empty.
Post the contents of the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window), if any — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that. Dcohen76 wrote: It stays on even after I restart my computer, although I'm not using any software that uses the camera. Plus, this is creepy. I've got a 2-yr-old mac air running os 10.8.5 Here is how I would 'de-creepify' your Mac: (1) Check for login items that use the camera. Remove any you find. Then shut down your Mac.
Do NOT merely use the Restart. Menu command. (2) Power on the Mac. If the light still stays on, contact or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for service. If you get professional help, you can skip the following steps. (3) If you want to try one more thing on your own before seeking professional help, backup your data files and then use feature to zero your entire startup disk.
Writing zeros one time is sufficient to remove all files that could be causing trouble. This may take an hour or longer, so plan for some time. (4) If the camera light stays off now, reinstall any additional applications you need from their original sources. Do NOT restore applications or settings from a backup that may be contaminated. Now restore your data files from your backup. If the camera light stays on after reinstalling OS X, you likely have a hardware problem.
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Turn Off Webcam On Mac
Apart from being creepy. My webcam doesn't have that LED on it at all, so I keep the 'privacy shade' on it pulled down all the time unless I'm using it. I should probably just unplug it. Haven't used the damn thing in years. Lucky for you. I don't have an LED. I also don't have a privacy shade, and you know what is a real kick in the b.s?
It's built into my monitor. My Laptop's monitor, so I cannot de-tach it. It's alright though, I installed a program which changes the default webcam driver.
A driver which requires a program to be running, sending an output to the driver, from the actual webcam. Otherwise, I would have a dirty great big hole in my monitor. George Question about decompiling code? Read and don't bother posting the question in the forums. Be sure to read and follow the.AKA the AutoIt Reading and Comprehension Skills test.
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