Facetime and Photo Booth Cameras no longer work in OS V26.6.1. I know it's not my camera, because I tried both apps on my old Trash Can and the display camera worked. I checked and unchecked automatic camera selection to no avail. What am I doing wrong? I want to use FaceTime on my Mac Pro M2. FaceTime has been problematic since I upgraded to OS 26.
Mac Pro, macOS 26.6
Your Mac Pro M2 is likely experiencing a stuck camera daemon (VDCAssistant) or a background permission conflict introduced in the OS update, rather than a hardware failure. Because Apple Silicon Macs manage peripherals differently than your old Intel "Trash Can" Mac, standard background processes can hang and block apps like FaceTime and Photo Booth.
First make sure that there is no iPhone connected via continuity camera. After that try this
Ensure FaceTime and Photo Booth are toggled On. If they are already on, toggle them off and back on to force macOS to re-register the permission.
Your Mac Pro M2 is likely experiencing a stuck camera daemon (VDCAssistant) or a background permission conflict introduced in the OS update, rather than a hardware failure. Because Apple Silicon Macs manage peripherals differently than your old Intel "Trash Can" Mac, standard background processes can hang and block apps like FaceTime and Photo Booth.
First make sure that there is no iPhone connected via continuity camera. After that try this
Ensure FaceTime and Photo Booth are toggled On. If they are already on, toggle them off and back on to force macOS to re-register the permission.
First of all, thank you for the response. I went through all your directions. I went to system settings, then Privacy&Security. No camera is listed, nor is FaceTime or Photo Booth. I went to Screen Time>Content&Privacy>App&Feature Restrictions. There the camera was toggled on. FaceTime and Photo Booth still have no camera. Earlier versions of OSv26 defaulted to my iPhone Camera, but this version doesn't allow any camera apparently. I don't know if it's me not understanding something or the OS. Thanks again
FaceTime and Photo Booth Camera no longer work in OS V26.6.1
