photobooth video fail

I have a MAcBook Air, with the latest Monterey 12.4. And now photo booth doesn't record videos. it delivers the following image at the end of trying to record. I have seen this type of error being reported over the last 6 months but have not seen a solid answer to fix it. Please help!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jun 4, 2022 9:30 AM

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Drew_7

Community Specialist

Jun 5, 2022 11:38 AM in response to shufflebottom1979

Hello shufflebottom1979,

The best step to isolate issues with default apps on macOS will be to test in safe mode. Complete guidance to using safe mode can be seen here: How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

This article also contains next steps if the issue does or does not persist in safe mode.

Best regards.

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