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Camera not working in Big Sur

Hey Apple,

After updating to OS X Big Sur my camera has stopped working. This goes for every application, including FaceTime, Zoom, Teams etc.

I have tried rebooting to no avail.

Can you please help?

Regards,

Jacob

-MacBook Pro 2016

-OSX 11.0.1

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Dec 6, 2020 8:12 AM

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Posted on Dec 18, 2020 7:16 AM

This worked for me:


Route 1 - verify that "camera is allowed" for your user account:


System Preferences (window)

Screen Time (icon)

Content & Privacy (left panel)

Apps (tab)

Allow (section): Camera


Route 2 - Update to Big Sur 11.1


Tip: update in Safe Mode (hold Shift key while booting). Don't rely on the "15 minutes install time", it will take 1+ hour, if you have an encrypted disk, be patient :-)

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Camera not working in Big Sur

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