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superpan · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Location: Daegu

Hey. I've searched every corner in Korea and can't find a mac compatible webcam. I'm running OSX 10.3.9. Let me know if you have one for sale.

Thanks.

Trevor · Joined: 16 Nov 2005

What kind of mac do you own? Most of the newer ones have a web cam built in.

midiman · Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Location: Seoul

youre in luck, i have an apple isight camera im looking to sell. if you dont know what it is, google it. they dont make them anymore. i cant pm so send me a pm and we'll work something out

superpan · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Location: Daegu

muffintop · Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Location: SK

I don't find anything on my laptop..bought it in 2007 new

SHANE02 · Joined: 04 Jun 2003

so you can't just plug a USB cam into a mac?

swigs · Joined: 20 Apr 2008

You should be able to use just about any webcam I would imagine. Unless the webcam is from 10 years ago, but any recent webcam should be plug and play on Windows, Mac, and Lynux; even if it does not say so on the box.

get a high res one.

NaD00D00 · Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Location: Gimpo

Try Elecom webcams. Its a Japanese company. I found their products in a store called Linked In (I think that's what it's called) in COEX, if you're near Seoul. Mine works pretty well and no drivers were needed.

ppcg4 · Joined: 16 Oct 2008

Man you should at least upgrade to Tiger. Really.

You should be able to use any webcam if you download a program called macam. It worked for my old G4 PowerBook.

http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/

wshgu · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Location: SEOUL

I would be very careful paying money for Mac accesories. I went to the A shop in Coex and bought a microphone/headphone set made by Elecom. It didn't work . I had to bring it back and got a refund.

As for Mac Webcams. You need to look for UVC class cams. They need USB 2.0.

Go to this website. There are loads of info. Then try to source it from Gmarket or an equivalent site.

http://www.mac-compatible-web-cam.com/

Good luck in finding the right webcam.

wshgu · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Location: SEOUL

My apologies, this is a bit off topic.

If you are using your Mac to surf, you will be unable to load gmarket properly to search for your webcam. The english version only works with internet explorer. So you may need to use a PC. The same applies to the Seoul Bus route website. Even Firefox on a PC does not work.

A good bet for webcams will be logitech, and that only applies for a few models.

Macam works but if you want it to work out of the box, buy the models they list on the above website I mentioned.

cj1976 · Joined: 26 Oct 2005

I bought a cheap Korean generic webcam that works on both PC and Mac. It cost around 20k from Yongsan. I can't remember the name right now but I know it uses the Sonix chipset, which has mac drivers available.