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The software supplied with the Intel Play USB microscopes was only available for Windows PC. No drivers or support were made available from Intel for use on the Apple computers. Fortunately, there are a few ways to setup the Intel, Celestron, & many other USB microscopes to work with the Apple MAC OS computers: 1. You will need a Mac running OS 10.4.9 (Tiger) or higher. Your Mac will automatically recognize the microscope, so you won't need to use the included CD (which only has Windows software). Instead, you will use your USB microscope through Apple's pre-installed imaging programs, either Photo Booth or iChat. 2. Make sure your Mac is powered off, and plug the microscope into a port on the computer - not the keyboard port because a keyboard does not deliver enough power to run the camera. 3. Turn on your Mac, locate the imaging software (we recommend Photo Booth), and open the program. Select the “Camera” tab in the program’s window. Select “xxxxx Microscope” (with xxxxx being the name of the microscope manufacturer, such as "Celestron Microscope") as your camera. The microscope should now be transmitting an image to the Photo Booth screen. Note: When using your microscope on an Apple Mac comuter with a native imaging program like Photo Booth, the shutter button on the top of the microscope (if it has one) is disabled. To take a snapshot or video, click the proper icon in the program with your mouse. Note: If iChat does not recognize your USB microscope then installing iChatUSBCam may help. Another option is to download the macam USB camera driver for Apple Mac OS X. macam consists of an application and a component: 1. Run the macam application to verify whether your microscope works with your Mac and your USB setup. 2. The component is the actual driver that allows other applications to access the video-stream. Note: If iChat does not recognize your USB microscope then installing iChatUSBCam may help. |
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