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How can I hide the camera on my Macbook Pro when using FaceTime?

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On Apr 7, 2012, at 1:22 PM, chris hallsworth wrote:

> Wow, thanks for the information regarding not showing the local camera. Very 
> useful.
> 
> 
> Christopher Hallsworth
> 
> On 07/04/2012 14:58, Paul Erkens wrote:
>> I use facetime every day to talk to friends who have an iPhone or have a 
>> mac. Facetime is accessible, and I can confirm it because I use it so often. 
>> As soon as another friend of ours gets an iphone, we no longer use the 
>> regular phones anymore. Facetime sounds very good and it's a breeze to use.
>> By the way: if you have an iPhone, you use FaceTime and you don't want 
>> others to see you, although facetime is a video plus audio service, you can 
>> still turn off your local camera that sends your looks to the other party. 
>> Just press home on your iPhone. Facetime will continue to go, but from then 
>> on, you're only transmitting audio, and your receiving party will see a 
>> cross through his remote camera, which is you. It saves battery. To return 
>> to facetime, if you want to send video again, look in the status bar on the 
>> right. You'll see a button called: return to facetime. This also means that 
>> you can go to other apps, for example to look up an address for your friend 
>> if you like, and then return to facetime so you can later disconnect your 
>> call.
>> On the mac, I find the interface a little more difficult, but because 
>> facetime is on every mac and iphone, and on several other i devices, no 
>> configuration is needed. If your contact list on the phone or on the mac 
>> contains the mobile number and or the apple ID email address of your other 
>> party, then you're good to go.
>> Hth,
>> Paul.
>> 
>> On Apr 7, 2012, at 11:54 AM, chris hallsworth wrote:
>> 
>>> It also works with the iPod as well.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Christopher Hallsworth
>>> 
>>> On 07/04/2012 04:40, Pam Mathers wrote:
>>>> Hi.  Yes the person you are doing facetime with must have an Iphone or an 
>>>> Ipad.  They have to be a mac user of some kind.
>>>> On Apr 6, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Maxwell Ivey wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> hello group;  i was wondering if anyone has any experience with apple's 
>>>>> FaceTime.  it is installed on my new macbook pro.  does the person you 
>>>>> connect with have to be running the software too?  do they have to be an 
>>>>> iPhone user?  just wondering if i should try it or just skip it and 
>>>>> install Skype.  any help would be greatly appreciated.  thanks, max
>>>>> 
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