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From: Raja Kommula on 26 May 2010 16:32
I have a MacBook Pro. Is there any way to disable the iSight webcam
without hacking the system too much?
thanks
--Raja
From: nospam on 26 May 2010 16:38
In article
<43b22bee-b8db-4cb6-acc8-24172ad0ac32(a)e34g2000pra.googlegroups.com>,
Raja Kommula <rkommula(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a MacBook Pro. Is there any way to disable the iSight webcam
> without hacking the system too much?

black tape.
From: John McWilliams on 26 May 2010 18:35
nospam wrote:
> In article
> <43b22bee-b8db-4cb6-acc8-24172ad0ac32(a)e34g2000pra.googlegroups.com>,
> Raja Kommula <rkommula(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a MacBook Pro. Is there any way to disable the iSight webcam
>> without hacking the system too much?
>
> black tape.

Silver tape would be more aesthetic....

Raja- Why bother? Do you feel it's spying, or using too much system
resource? Is it active all the time?

--
john mcwilliams
From: Jolly Roger on 27 May 2010 09:49
In article
<43b22bee-b8db-4cb6-acc8-24172ad0ac32(a)e34g2000pra.googlegroups.com>,
Raja Kommula <rkommula(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a MacBook Pro. Is there any way to disable the iSight webcam
> without hacking the system too much?
> thanks
> --Raja

I imagine moving /System/Library/Extensions/Apple_iSight.kext out of
that folder would do what you want, but it may cause problems with
software related to cameras or imaging.

Why do you want to disable it, anyway?

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From: isw on 27 May 2010 13:11
In article
<43b22bee-b8db-4cb6-acc8-24172ad0ac32(a)e34g2000pra.googlegroups.com>,
Raja Kommula <rkommula(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a MacBook Pro. Is there any way to disable the iSight webcam
> without hacking the system too much?

Put a sticker over the lens. No software hack is going to circumvent it,
guaranteed.

(If you want to use the microphone, be sure to not cover the very small
holes near the lens.)

Isaac
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