Unable to access Webcam on MacBook after updating to macOS Catilina

i had no problems with any previous operatingn systems...till i upgraded to catilina

i tried the sudo killall stuff..nada

tried my time machine back up...when thru the steps of erasing mac and reinstaling fro time machine..but still no webcam...

i dont know what to do now...i love my mac...but if i buy another one i wont be updating just because i get a update msg...what a pain and no one seems to know how to fix it


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MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 25, 2024 10:26 PM

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Posted on Feb 26, 2024 1:21 AM

In System Report>Hardware>Camera, do you see something like this???


FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in):


 Model ID: UVC Camera VendorID_1452 ProductID_34065

 Unique ID: 0x1460000005*****


Depstech webcam:


 Model ID: UVC Camera VendorID_7135 ProductID_20576

 Unique ID: 0x11000001*******

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