Facetime Camera suddenly not working on any applications. Won't even show up/be recognzied.
I own a 15 inch Macbook Pro Retina, Mid 2012
and recently when I try opening facetime, photobooth, or even skype my mac won't recognize the camera. It acts as if I don't have a camera.
This issue was going on with Mountain Lion, so I installed Mavericks. Still not working.
I've already tried resetting my default keychain, updating to Mavericks, typing in some stuff in the terminal, restarted and shut down MULTIPLE times, going to disk utility and verifying/reparing utilities and the disk, nothing seems to work.
PLEASE HELP ME
Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional—ask if you need guidance.
If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
Apple also recommends that you deauthorize a device in the iTunes Store before having it serviced.
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.
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