After my Macbook Air (2012) has been asleep for a while, upon turning back on, no application can use the in-built Facetime camera. I've tried resetting the PRAM and SMC and this problem still occurs. If it's only asleep for say 10 mins it seems to be fine, it's just after long periods e.g. overnight. Restarting fixes teh problem but sleep mode shouldn't be breaking the camera. Currently running Mountain Lion.
MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion
Have the same issue.
Camera not availalbe after sleep (so it affects facetime as well as iChat - or any app using the built-in camera).
Restart always fixes it, but that's obviously no long-term solution.
Also 2012 MacBook Air (13).
10.8.1
No solition yet either 😟
Exactly same problem here. Air 13'', mid 2012. Currently running OS X 10.8.2 (12C54), but I had this issue since I got the machine, which came with OS X 10.7. All subsequent upgrades did not solve the issue.
I should also add that the thing is not deterministic. Sometimes the machine goes to sleep and everything is allright when it wakes up, but most of the times the camera won't work after waking up. Rebooting always solves the problem, so I would say that it is most likely a SW problem.
Unlike the original post, I don't think that there is a relation between the length of the sleep and the problem showing up or not. I am pretty sure that I had it happening after both long and short sleeps.
Pls. try to uninstall the "Android File Transfer" Application if you install that.
That solved my problem.
I think it is the incompatibility causing that.
Hi Jacksonwang,
Thank you so much, it seems like removing Android File Transfer indeed solved the problem. How did you discover this weird interaction?
Thanks a lot!
Daniele
LoL, I am a test engineer.
Well I cannot see it is a solution because I still need the android file transfer...
@erdin23: You should file a bug with Android File Transfer, then, as it does not seem to be a problem with the camera or OSX.
I am having this issue now. I do not want to restart my Mac air (early 2015) every time this happens, that defeats the purpose of sleep mode. Also, i do not have the android file transfer app.
I have removed the android file transfer app, but still have the problem.
Facetime Camera Problems After Sleep
