The camera is missing from FaceTime, and when checking the macbook Air (13 inch mid 2011) system config :hardware-> Camera, I see the statement "No Video capture device were found". The X YOS 10.10.3 was upgraded yesterday 23rd April from XY0S 10.10.2.
Kindly assist. Thank you.
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Try resetting SMC and/or NVRAM
Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support
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On Mac notebooks with non-removable battery
THanks Barney. Although I did not see the missing device as part of the description in both documents , i went ahead and reset the smc and the NVRAM anyway ( in that order and checking the result after each reset) as per instruction however the system stiill do not detect the onboard camera. It is stll missing from facetime and Photobooth.
To clarify my system config as follows:
MAcbook Air 13 " mid 2011
processor 1.8 G Intel core i7
Memory 4 Gb 1333 MHz Ddr
osx yosemite 10.10.3
Appreciate the lead and open to any other suggestions. Thanks.
Try restarting in Safe Mode. Some things don't work in Safe Mode, so it not working there may not be indicative. However, it does clear some caches and that might help. Restart normally and see if it works.
DOne the retart in safe mode, but problem still persist. Restart normally and the camera is still missing
RAn the apple hardware test, AHT, and no problem (0n hardware) was reported.
BOttom line the inbuilt camera is no found/activated/active on the yosemite upgrade.
Any other assistance./ hints to solve this.
THanks
This is a link to a discussion from a while ago, it may help you out.
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011) camera not working after Yosemite 10.10 upgrade?
Hi ER,
Nothing new on the link that Barney had advised me previously, tried it all and still doent work. note that The model reported is same as mine, but the upgrade version is dfferent. perhaps the bug mutated to a new strain. 😉
ANyway thanks for the link.
Camera missing after update to update to Yosemite 10.10.3 from prev version. How do I get it back?
