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I found it annoying to open/close CameraControl manually or having both CC and the actual camera using app running. So there is this workaround, tried on 10.9.1:
Install Proxi, version 1.5.4 -- not the current 1.6.0 that will do nothing but crash. On other OS versions the 1.6.0 might work.
In the Editor window create a trigger that watches for the launch of camera-using apps (those that would require CC) launching.
Assign it a task that runs this applescript...
...and replace "/Applications/PATH_TO/CameraControl.app" with the actual path to your CC.
In the Preferences window, enable "Start at login", and, if you like, "Hide dock and menu bar" (which means that Proxi doesn't show up there, not that Dock and menu bar are gone...). Hiding the ugly icon of Proxi 1.5.4 in the 10.9.1 menu bar doesn't work, though.
That's it. Launching a watched application now gives it a moment to get active, then launches CC, which is closed after that moment that it needs to tickle the camera.
dg
EDIT: I switched to the marvellous Keyboard Maestro that can do the same as Proxi and much more.
Install Proxi, version 1.5.4 -- not the current 1.6.0 that will do nothing but crash. On other OS versions the 1.6.0 might work.
In the Editor window create a trigger that watches for the launch of camera-using apps (those that would require CC) launching.
Assign it a task that runs this applescript...
Code:
delay 2 (* <== increase delay if CameraControl produces no image in the other apps *)
do shell script "open /Applications/PATH_TO/CameraControl.app"
delay 2 (* <== increase delay if CameraControl produces no image in the other apps *)
do shell script "killall 'CameraControl' "...and replace "/Applications/PATH_TO/CameraControl.app" with the actual path to your CC.
In the Preferences window, enable "Start at login", and, if you like, "Hide dock and menu bar" (which means that Proxi doesn't show up there, not that Dock and menu bar are gone...). Hiding the ugly icon of Proxi 1.5.4 in the 10.9.1 menu bar doesn't work, though.
That's it. Launching a watched application now gives it a moment to get active, then launches CC, which is closed after that moment that it needs to tickle the camera.
dg
EDIT: I switched to the marvellous Keyboard Maestro that can do the same as Proxi and much more.
