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« on: December 11, 2007, 10:43:10 PM »
Leopard seems a little tamer now but it's hard to get a cat to change its spots.
 A Toast update had me back to burning DVDs. I havent even tried to reinstall Photoshop (the one on the iMac wont initialize and gives Spanish as the only language). But right now the the only issue bugging me is that Photo Booth won't work. It comes up with i a line through a camera. This is reported on several Mac sites but I have not see a fix. This is a g5 iMac and i only have the built-in camera. It worked fine before Leopard.
THanks for al the help in getting me this far.
« Last Edit: December 13, 2007, 01:41:48 AM by hingyfan »

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« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2007, 09:55:24 AM »
I've never even opened Photo Booth until your post piqued my interest. And I certainly don't have a G6 to try it on. smile.gif

To me it looks like another interface to the camera features in iChat; same 'effects', just a way to take videos as well as single frame pictures. Anyway, have you tried the camera in iChat? There is a "Preview" menu item that should display what the camera is 'seeing.' If those lines appear in that display also, I'd suspect a hardware problem with the camera or it's circuits.

But if it's a widespread problem, it may be some kind of software conflict. What are your machines specs? RAM, cpu speed, disk space, etc.?

Is it possible to take the Mac to a reputable store? Is it still under the one year warranty?
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« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2007, 12:13:10 PM »
There are other uses for Photo Booth... superman.gif

Oh no, that was phone booth. Nowadays, the youngsters don't know what that is/was...
« Last Edit: December 12, 2007, 12:14:07 PM by Gregg »
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2007, 07:45:51 PM »
I'm running Leopard 10.5.1 on a MacBook Pro, and Photo Booth seems to work fine.  I don't use it, so my only experience is opening it and taking a few snapshots to see if it works after reading your post.  I am also using Photoshop CS3 with only a few nits.

My Leopard problems would be funny if not so annoying.  

1.  One such problem concerns not being able to arouse the computer from the sleep mode.  As background, Leopard was put on via a reformat and clean install of everything.  I then cloned the internal HD to an external firewire HD.  After a week or two of use, the internal HD installation suddenly would not awake from the sleep mode.  The computer was for all practical purposes dead.  I had to disconnect power and then restart the computer.  I put up with this for a day or two and then reformatted the internal HD and cloned the external HD onto the internal HD.  Copying a copy of the original back over the original solved the sleep problem.  I'll probably never know what caused the conflict.

2.  Another such problem involved the failure of the internal HD to boot.  A light blue screen appeared with the dreaded flashing question mark.  I booted using the install disk and the external HD, but the internal HD was no where to be found.  Disk Utility wouldn't recognize the internal HD.  I then booted using Restore Disk 1 that came with the computer, holding down D during boot to enter the Apple Hardware Test.  I used the extended test.  No errors or problems were reported.  I called AppleCare and the tech likewise concluded the internal HD had gone sneakers up.  A box was ordered to have the computer sent to Houston for repair.  The night before the box arrived, and, following a reboot of the external HD, the internal HD icon suddenly appeared out of nowhere.  The HD has worked fine since.  I don't trust it, but I can't send a working HD to Apple for repair!

3.  My current annoyance is the spinning beachball.  It will appear at any time and nothing can be done until it is tired of spinning and returns control of the computer.

My next step will be to reformat the internal HD again, and then either reinstall Leopard........or Tiger, depending how I feel at the moment.   Devilish2.gif

Dave
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« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2007, 01:58:06 AM »
I should not have mentioned the G6. They'll take it away now (I cant believe I let that sit there for a few days. You'll never guess what I do for a living).

Photo booth reappeared! I haven't done an Apple update since the day I got Leopard to work. Maybe other updates fixed a conflict.
It looks like most of Leopard's bugs will go away on their own.
Thanks for help.
« Last Edit: December 13, 2007, 01:58:53 AM by hingyfan »

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« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2007, 10:08:35 AM »
QUOTE
It looks like most of Leopard's bugs will go away on their own.
Or you might take them to work and do some 'test drives' on them! tongue.gif I think using a G6 would be enough! smile.gif
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