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How to find which app is using iSight (the iMac camera)
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How do I find out which application has the camera open on an iMac (Running Leopard)? The green light is on indicating the camera is in use as well as photo booth can't connect to the camera. The only other apps running are Safari and Finder (as best as I can tell), neither of which seem to be usin…
Error Output
lsof | grep "USBVDC"
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My best guess would be that iChat Agent was running in the background. If not, then try: In previous versions of OS X (before Yosemite), this should be used:
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