No internal cam working on Maverick 10.9 Update

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.

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

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.

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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.

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!

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.

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)

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!

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.

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!!

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.

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!!!!! 😠

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!

Agreed.

Hi there,

Following a recommendation of the local Apple Customer Service, after they performed a 5min test and could not find any hardware issue on my MBA, what fixed the issue was for me to:

1) backup the MBA with Time Machine

2) perform an internet recovery (command+alt+R at startup) which reinstalled a fresh copy of the OS

3) reinstall the user accounts (I have found this site quite handy: http://pondini.org/TM/15.html)

In between steps 2 and 3, the camera was up and running with Photo Booth and now I have it all working smoothly and can do FaceTime etc...

Hope this helps.