Today I had a friend ping my Twitter account with a direct msg. I about the likelihood of success with PC webcams working on a Mac Pro. Well, I did a little checking and sure enough, there is an open source project that can help Mac users do what I can do in Ubuntu out of the box. Okay, that last comment was a jab at my wife, the Mac user who enjoys making fun of my platform every so often. Moving on.

The project is called Macam and it basically supplies the drivers Mac users need to run most popular webcams designed to work on the PC. Which webcams are supported? You can get the general idea from this list here. Of those listed, you will find some work with Macam while others just work with OS X out of the box.

• QuickCam Communicate STX (works with Macam)
  
• QuickCam Communicate Deluxe (not with Macam, but just in OS X 10.4.3 and later)

So there you have it, many PC webcams working in OS X without a lot of headaches. Macam provides you with both an app and the drivers needed to get things working if you have experienced troubles with some PC cameras.