Camera on MacBook Pro issues

Thank you Chief! Sorry nothing "software" has worked to help with the issue. If you wish, you could run Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac for hardware issues:

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac – Apple Support

Re: "I will probably resort to an external camera from here on"

Apple support's "how to" info:

Use an external camera with Mac - Apple Support

Choose an external camera on Mac – Apple Support

Cheers :-)

Hi Gumshoechief

welcome to the Apple (user-to-user) Community.

Re: "My camera on my MacBook Pro stopped working and FaceTime can't find it. Is there anything I can do from the keyboard to fix?"

Apple support have an article online (link below) that will likely help troubleshoot your MacBook Pro camera issue:

What to do If FaceTime isn't working on your Mac

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More support, if needed:

(There is a "Get Support" link (online chat, phone, Mail etc) at the bottom of both websites below)

FaceTime - Official Apple Support

or

MacBook Pro - Official Apple Support

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Phone Contact to Apple for support and service

See a list of Apple phone numbers around the world.

Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support 

If your country is not listed: 

Apple Assistance:

Choose your country or region - Official Apple Support

All the best :-)

Thank you for replying, Chief.

You might want to check a couple of settings:

(They may or may not be relevant to the way you use FaceTime )

Camera can be set to Ask / Allow / or Deny

Eg: Safari > Preferences (or Settings) > Websites > Camera

and

Control access to the camera on Mac – Apple Support

(NB: FaceTime has access automatically, so won't be listed)

says

"Choose Apple menu  > System Settings, then click Privacy & Security  in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)

Click Camera.

Turn access to the camera on or off for each app in the list.