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Saturday, June 8, 2013

Disabling the Macbook Webcam

Disabling the webcam:

Open Terminal via Spotlight.

Now Type the following commands and press <Enter> after each:
$ cd /System/Library/QuickTime/
$ sudo mkdir backup
$ sudo cp -rfv QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer.component/ backup/
$ sudo rm -rfv QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer.component/
$ sudo reboot

The sudo command will ask for your root password when executed first time in the session.

Enabling the webcam:

Execute the following commands:
$ cd /System/Library/QuickTime/
$ sudo cp -rfv backup/QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer.component/ .
$ sudo rm –rf backup/
$ sudo reboot


Disclaimer: Use at your own risk.