What is this moving black circle that appeared in iTunes?
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MellowPine42
A strange black circle suddenly appeared on my screen while iTunes was open. It had shifting "eyes" and moved slightly, but it didn't respond to input or show up as a separate app in the taskbar. The only way to make it disappear was to force-close iTunes. I'm worried it might be related to my webcam or a graphics problem. Has anyone seen this before?
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It’s probably not the webcam. The fact that force-closing iTunes made it disappear points strongly to an iTunes visual effect or graphical glitch rather than anything accessing the camera.
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This sounds like iTunes’ built-in Music Visualizer. It can display animated shapes and figures over the screen, and it may have been enabled accidentally. Check iTunes’ View or visualizer settings before assuming it’s a driver issue.
MellowPine42: That was exactly it! I found the visualizer setting and feel a lot less terrified now.
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MellowPine42: The webcam crossed my mind because its cover had come off earlier, but thankfully it wasn’t involved.