Anyway to have an iSight camera take video of the desktop rather than you?

bitten · by **bitten** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:10 am

I'm trying to get help from my boyfriend installing a program on my mac. He needs to see what I'm doing on the screen so he can help. Is there anyway to do that with my iSight on my iMac?

gaynor · by **gaynor** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:20 am

An iSight camera wont work.

You need a screen capture program:

http://www.pure-mac.com/screen.html

amery · by **amery** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:35 am

No.You need to download Hyper Cam....You just press record and it records what ever you do until you click the stop button.....Hope I Helped!. Here's the link to download it: http://download.cnet.com/HyperCam/3000-13633_4-10720967.html

lawly · by **lawly** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:37 am

No.You need to download Hyper Cam....You just press record and it records what ever you do until you click the stop button.....Hope I Helped!. Here's the link to download it: http://download.cnet.com/HyperCam/3000-13633_4-10720967.html

No, your iSight camera cannot do it, but there are many free programs which can - try searching for "Mac Screen Recorder". Alternatively, you could use Skype, which has an option for sending your screen instead of your iSight.