I have a mac computer and at the top we have a built in web cam i was wondering how do i get that to work?

Question

like i want to use it to make a youtube video.

Answer 1

If you have Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, open up iChat or PhotoBooth.

Answer 2

Any software that can use a webcam should use it automatically. The Mac OS comes with iChat AV, which works best if you're chatting with somebody else on another Mac. If you want to do video chat with somebody on a PC, your best bet is probably to download and install Skype on your Mac.

EDIT: You can use the iMovie program that comes with your Mac to record and upload videos to YouTube. Here are some tutorials on how to use iMovie:

http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#im...

In particular, look at "Other Ways to Import Video" and "Sharing to YouTube".

Answer 3

when you go to iChat someone, which is the same thing as AIM, you will have a camera shaped button at the bottom, near the add a person button, hit the camera button once you have clicked the person you want to talk to.