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    bschonhorst
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    FYI- I edited so hopefully it won’t just show up as a new thread…

    We purchased some new intel macs which come with a built in iSight camera. Currently there are at least 3 programs installed by default that directly make use of the camera – PhotoBooth, iMovie, and Quicktime Player. We do not want kids using the cameras but we will need to be able to use iMovie and Quicktime.

    I had heard that you could just remove the kernel extension to the camera (/System/Library/Extensions/Apple_iSight.kext) to disable it and after a reboot this seems to have no effect.

    sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions/Apple_iSight.kext

    I thought maybe the extension was just being cached so I tried touching the Extensions folder which supposedly causes the cache files to be recreated at boot:

    sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions

    and a reboot but no luck.

    Tried a bigger hammer and just removed the cache files:

    sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache
    sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.mkext
    sudo rm /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kernelcaches/*

    No luck this time either….my face keeps appearing in Quicktime.

    Anyone have any other solutions? I would prefer a software solution, rather than duct tape or super glue 🙂

    #366661
    bschonhorst
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    Someone else suggested removing the following Quicktime component:

    /System/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer.component

    This worked for us on our new iMacs. The camera is not available in Quicktime or iMovie now. I just removed PhotoBooth from our laptop image.

    Apparently the other file, /System/Library/Extensions/Apple_iSight.kext, is the driver for external isight cameras.

    #387181
    Blacklion
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    I thought maybe the extension was just being cached so I tried touching the Extensions folder which supposedly causes the cache files to be recreated at boot:

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