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Q: No internal cam working on Maverick 10.9 Update

Hello all, hope someone can help, updated my 2011 Macbook air to 10.9 today and the internal cam no longer works, when I open Facetime or photo booth it says there is no connected cameras, went into the settings under camera and it says camera not found...reset the smc still nothing re installed Maverick 10.9 a second time still nothing.......tried another sugestion by downloading skype and low and behold the cam worked with skype just fine but not with any other internal app......any help greatly appreciated........thanks

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9), Internal camera not found in 10.9

Posted on Nov 14, 2013 3:12 PM

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  • by Cupid Stunts,

    Cupid Stunts Cupid Stunts Nov 16, 2013 2:50 PM in response to jams1361
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    Nov 16, 2013 2:50 PM in response to jams1361

    I am also have the same issue. Same model and osx version. However Skype is not recognising the camera either.

    Again, any help greatly appreciated.

  • by richardg413,

    richardg413 richardg413 Nov 27, 2013 9:45 AM in response to jams1361
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    Nov 27, 2013 9:45 AM in response to jams1361

    same problem here macbook pro 15-inch, Mid 2010. re-installed mavericks and same thing. camera not detected. doesn't show in system profile.

  • by ludonline,

    ludonline ludonline Dec 3, 2013 9:52 AM in response to richardg413
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    Dec 3, 2013 9:52 AM in response to richardg413

    Same issue here. There used to be a workaround and then an update that fixes it in 8.5.1 but Maverick reproduces the issue. Please Apple let us know what to do.

     

    thanks
    L

  • by Robert Grossman,

    Robert Grossman Robert Grossman Dec 3, 2013 3:42 PM in response to jams1361
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    Dec 3, 2013 3:42 PM in response to jams1361

    Same problem here, but this is a brand-new MacBook Air, bought it on Black Friday last week.  Tried to use Skype and neither I nor the other party could see me. 

  • by GrgP,

    GrgP GrgP Dec 12, 2013 11:52 AM in response to jams1361
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    Dec 12, 2013 11:52 AM in response to jams1361

    Same here: a late update with Mountain Lion fixed the issue (here), but it is back again with Mavericks: Looking forward to a prompt fix from Apple. None of the softwares detect the camera (FaceTime, iPhoto, iMovie, PhotoBooth...), not even the System Report. Apple, please fix it soon!

  • by David Stamm,

    David Stamm David Stamm Dec 31, 2013 6:32 AM in response to jams1361
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    Dec 31, 2013 6:32 AM in response to jams1361

    Late 2008 Macbook Air. Same problem after fresh install Mavericks.

     

    Resetting Reset SMC or PMU solved the problem - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090?viewlocale=en_US

     

    Have iSight back.

  • by Gary Bonner,

    Gary Bonner Gary Bonner Jan 8, 2014 11:59 AM in response to jams1361
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    Jan 8, 2014 11:59 AM in response to jams1361

    Same here  IMAC Intel...installed Mac 10.9.1..bye bye I cam with Photo booth, Ichat video, Skype etc. TechTool Pro 7 shows cam and it works when tested by Tech tool Pro7, but in the applications?....Black screen with endlessly spinning icon.  One of the possible fixes is re-install Mac Mavericks but there are too many horror stories of bad things happening on re-install. Then there is a fix recommendation of  re-installing just the individual packages of applications like Photo Booth, but that requires a Hard Copy  which of course did not come with the download, so that is out. ANd Apple?? What about it Apple? (crickets chirping)

  • by taylord,

    taylord taylord Jan 14, 2014 12:39 PM in response to jams1361
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    Jan 14, 2014 12:39 PM in response to jams1361

    I've had same isight issues. A restart will fix it, but it seems a temporary fix becuase later on it will stop working again!

  • by Gary Bonner,

    Gary Bonner Gary Bonner Jan 14, 2014 2:24 PM in response to taylord
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    Jan 14, 2014 2:24 PM in response to taylord

    Did all the 'restart' recommendations..nada...zip  not even temporary.

     

    additionally, I use 'Witness' which links up my CAM to detect motion in my studio and turn on and begin tking photos of intruders....that is out too..so now my security is not working.

  • by sgreytak,

    sgreytak sgreytak Jan 17, 2014 1:32 PM in response to jams1361
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    Jan 17, 2014 1:32 PM in response to jams1361

    I am having the same problem.  My work uses Google Hangout for internal communications and now my camera doesn't work.  Worked fine before I upgraded to 10.9.1 - now - nothing.  Keeps telling me I have to allow the plugins, well the plugins are all marked 'allow'.  Screwed.  Hello, Apple!!

  • by JohnEunique,

    JohnEunique JohnEunique Jan 19, 2014 10:14 AM in response to jams1361
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    Jan 19, 2014 10:14 AM in response to jams1361

    I have same issue where Skype camera is not recognized (black screen) plus beachballing on a brand new MBA where we upgraded to 10.9 when transferring from old laptop.  Restart will allow skype camera to be shown in preferences, but as soon as I launch Chrome with hangout video chat starting in browser, camera no longer available.

     

    No idea to how to work around this.

  • by elijah286,

    elijah286 elijah286 Jan 20, 2014 5:48 PM in response to jams1361
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    Jan 20, 2014 5:48 PM in response to jams1361

    Same problem here on a new MacBook Air (13 inch mid 2013). Tried everything I can find, including reseting the SMC.  Nothing has worked!

     

    Apply is noticeably absent from the many forums on this issue. Very disappointing!!!!!

  • by ldartez,

    ldartez ldartez Feb 4, 2014 8:21 PM in response to jams1361
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    Feb 4, 2014 8:21 PM in response to jams1361

    I'm having the exact same issues. It'd be nice if Apple would would show that they gave a sh*t and told us what to do about this ridiculous problem with such an expensive piece of dysfunctional equipment!

  • by elijah286,

    elijah286 elijah286 Feb 4, 2014 8:22 PM in response to ldartez
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    Feb 4, 2014 8:22 PM in response to ldartez

    Agreed.

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