"We purchased some new intel macs which come with a built in iSight
camera. Currently there are at least 3 programs installed by default
that directly make use of the camera - PhotoBooth, iMovie, and
Quicktime Player. We do not want kids using the cameras but we will
need to be able to use iMovie and Quicktime...."
*Identical* scenario in our labs! Took awhile for me to figure it
out, but you *can* use System Preferences to turn off applications
for "managed" user accounts:
Accounts > (Choose Account) > Parental Controls > "Turn on family
controls...." > Finder *& System...
[x] "This user can only use these applications"
^^^ check the box...
Go through the list and disable the apps that use the camera in a way
you do not want it to.
"...I had heard that you could just remove the kernel extension to the
camera (/System/Library/Extensions/Apple_iSight.kext) to disable it
and after a reboot this seems to have no effect.
I thought maybe the extension was just being cached so I tried
touching the Extensions folder which supposedly causes the cache
files to be recreated at boot:
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
and a reboot but no luck.
Tried a bigger hammer and just removed the cache files:
