#Photo booth mac video format install

#Photo booth mac video format install

deleting the ~/Library/Preferences/ file, reinstalling PhotoBooth from the OS X 10.6 app from the OS X Install DVD via Pacifist (which is a GREAT utility BTW!! Highly recommended! )

I had previously tried all the usual steps in trying to fix this iSight problem, ie. Cute, but I suspected something was amiss as I had plugged in a USB SanDisk flash drive to transfer a file (totally unrelated to this topic but bear with me here.) to her desktop.īefore I could do that, all of a sudden the flash drives' icon disappeared from the desktop and I got the early disconnection warning, yada yada yada. In her case, she had recently purchased a non-powered Hi-Speed USB 2.0 hub that was in the shape and coloring of a ladybug insect. In trying to fix this very same issue on my girlfriend's 20' Intel iMac, I discovered something interesting:Ī.

The choice as to which, depends on your needs and wants. Should I install my OS onto it and let it be a startup disk or just backup to it as it is?' - both are valid options. 'a LaCie 250 GB HD to backup my internal HD to. Attempt to reinstall the (downloaded) 'Mac OS X 10.4.8 combo update' (you will have to remove the 'MacOSXUpdate10.4.8.pkg' file from the '/Library/Receipts/' folder), reboot the Mac, launch (open, run) 'Photo Booth'. Do you see yourself in the camera view area?Ġ2. Launch 'iChat' and select 'iChat, Preferences.', and click on the 'Video' toolbar icon button. With 'Photo Booth' not launched (open, running), move its '.plist' file ('' ?) to the 'Desktop'.Ġ1.

Are we to assume you updated your unknown model Mac to MacOS X 10.4.8 via the 'Apple, Software Update' menu item interface (or the 'System Preferences' 'Software Update' utility)? If so, consider a different approach - go to ' Apple Downloads' for the respective installer application(s).Ġ1.