Hi,
Camera not working on MacBook Air (mid 2012).
Tried typing sudo killall VDCAssistant - no changes
Tried typing sudo killall AppleCameraAssistant - also no good.
The response was consistently “No matching processes were found”.
Help?
MacBook Air 11", macOS 10.15
Thanks. That's very helpful. You are welcome to try examining System Information > Hardware, but I am nearly certain it's going to indicate no FaceTime camera is installed.
There have been a number of substantially identical reports following the most recent macOS update, and an even greater number of alleged fixes. Most of them strike me as voodoo (such as the ones you tried) and none of them have resulted in a permanent fix.
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Rather than waste time chasing alleged fixes the only suggestion that makes any sense to me is to reinstall macOS from Recovery: Reinstall macOS - Apple Support. Unfortunately no one has yet followed up with a report of either success or failure. It's harmless enough to try though.
I have reason to believe it's a bug in that recent macOS update. If that's the case we will just have to wait for Apple to fix it.
Short of that you can restore a Time Machine backup of a system that predates that macOS update, but considering it was released over a week ago you may need to restore a lot of work created subsequent to that time.
Open the FaceTime app. Does the green FaceTime camera LED illuminate?
Thanks for responding.
No lights at all... =(
Camera not working on MacBook Air (mid 2012)
