Poor Quality Photo Booth Pictures on a MAC

I used to take great photos with my old MacBook Pro. I recently purchased a new one with the touchscreen and am running on 10.12.5. I have tried to take some photos, but they all come out incredibly grainy. How can I improve the photo quality?

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2016, 4 TBT3), macOS Sierra (10.12.5)

Posted on May 28, 2017 11:31 AM

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May 29, 2017 3:13 PM in response to RmKLA

Hello RmKLA,


Thanks for that info and choosing the Apple Support Communities. Based on what you stated, it seems you are having issues with the built-in camera on your MacBook Pro in Photo Booth. You can figure out if unexpected behavior is related to a user file or setting by trying to reproduce the issue from another user account. This process includes creating a new user account, logging in to it, and testing for the issue.


How to test an issue in another user account on your Mac


Next, use safe mode to start up your Mac so that it performs certain checks, deletes system cache files, verifies your startup disk, and attempts to repair directory issues if needed. Log into your user account and test the issue while in safe mode and then restart normally and test the issue again.


Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac
Limited graphics performance in OS X recovery or safe mode


Cheers!

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