Using Apple iSight and other web cams in Parallels Desktop virtual machines

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Apple iSight and most all other cameras on Mac® OS X® are now shared with Windows virtual machines by default if the corresponding option is checked.

They should be available and work fine in Windows without any additional settings. If you prefer to keep your cameras separate between macOS/OS X and the Windows virtual machine, go to your virtual machine's configuration > Hardware > Sound & Camera and uncheck Share Mac camera with Windows:

 

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