Having Problems Using Yahoo Messenger with your MacBook’s iSight?

Posting this one just in case you’re having the same problem too.

I have not been able to use my webcam with YM ever since I got my MacBook. I’ve asked my supplier about it once or twice but never really found a solution to my webcam problem. Which sucks, especially since having a long-distance relationship REQUIRES a webcam. LOL. I mean, you can just imagine the tantrums my boyfriend throws my way everytime my webcam shuts down on him every after 15 seconds. Boo.

I thought it was my Mac’s iSight that has problems, and I was all set to take my laptop to an Apple center to have it checked. Turns out, it’s not the iSight that has problems, it’s the Yahoo Messenger.

So yup, if that’s your problem too — YM webcam shutting off every after 15 seconds and you have to re-invite the person you’re chatting with to view your webcam every 15-friggin-seconds — don’t fret, you’re not the only one.

Interestingly, I found out a way around this little problem of mine through a thread at PhilMug (a local Mac users group here in the Philippines). The thread presented several alternatives, and all of them includes ditching your YM altogether, that is, if there’s a need to use your webcam regularly.

• Use AIM in iChat
• Use Skype
• Use aMSN

I tried all three and settled with aMsn.

Works great for me.

And teh boyfriend? He’s smiling from ear to ear. Boo.