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There is no connected camera

Hello guys,


Suddenly Built-in camera stopped working. 'There is no connected camera' error on Photo booth, FaceTime and all other video connected apps.


Tried this "sudo killall VDCAssistant" coomand on terminal and also Force quit “VDCAssistant” on Activity monitor - still doesn't fix the issue. How can I fix this ?


System Info : MacOS Catalina version 10.15.4


Thanks

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Apr 7, 2020 6:37 AM

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Posted on May 28, 2020 4:51 PM

Sorry, it's not hardware. Spent hours trying to resolve this issue and being told to reset xy&z doesn't work - neither does safe mode/new account... check this is a parallel discussion on the issue: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251186757?answerId=252724128022


This issue is well know to Apple: last update 10.15.5 includes" Resolves an issue where the built-in camera may not be detected when trying to use it after using a video conferencing app" but it's far from resolved.


It's affecting built-in cameras on both new and old MBPs, as well as 3rd party webcams. It appeared with the intro of Catalina, and right now, if you have a Mac that has 'lost camera', forget video conferencing at the moment. There is nothing wrong with your USB ports - for sure all work perfectly with anything else plugged in, and there is nothing wrong with the external cameras - bet they work fine on Windows and anything pre Catalina!


I have 4 minis, server, 2 IPh11 +++ / Mbp 2012+2015 / 3 ipads / 5 windows10pcs +++ on my network ... and have been an apple customer for over 30 years. I've given up trying to fix it, now checking discussions so you don't waste your time!


My fix - thanks to link above, duped my mpbs back into Mojave, time machined them to feb - before the issue started to become apparent - have current work on minis, on network, so can access on mbp. It's ugly,but it works

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