No Camera Available Error on macOS Catalina

Hello, Please I just realized that my macbook camera isn't working for my applications (Photobooth and Facetime) after I updated to macOS Catalina.


Kindly help me resolve this error.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 19, 2020 2:49 AM

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Posted on Feb 27, 2021 8:39 AM

I just had this error after upgrading to 10.15.7


After some stress, I fixed it by:


1) opening Screen Time in System Preferences, then adding my browsers, FaceTime, Zoom, etc, to the section "Always Allowed"


2) restarting


3) tested things starting with FaceTime (I figure Apple is going to be the most relaxed about their own software).


The camera and microphone worked as normal in all the apps. I also noticed whereas before in Security & Privacy, the Camera and Microphone sections didn't allow me to add anything, those areas were now behaving as one would expect.

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No Camera Available Error on macOS Catalina

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