Why does my HD camera go offline (unusable) until I power-off for 5 minutes or more?
I have a MacBook Pro 13" Early 2011. I've had it for about a month.
After some use, the HD camera will go offline to all applications and doesn't show up in the USB tree:
https://skitch.com/pglombardo/f7yt9/macbook-pro
Facetime reports: "There is no connected camera."
PhotoBooth reports: "There is no connected camera."
Evernote just Hangs when I try to create an iSight note but occasionally says: "Camera Off/Plug in a camera to take a snapshot."
It appears that after the 4th or 5th time that the camera initializes for use (regardless of application) the camera goes offline and disappears from the USB tree.
The thing is that if I power down my laptop for about 5 minutes or more the camera returns to normal working order. If I do an immediate restart, the camera will not come back.
It's almost as if the power from the USB Bus has to completely drain for the camera to re-initialize.
I've read many other threads and have tried resetting the SMC which have had no affect on the symptoms or the work-around.
The only work-around that I'm aware currently of is to power down for 5 minutes or more.
Any help and input would be appreciated. Thanks.
Peter Lombardo
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I have a MacBook Pro 13" Early 2011. I've had it for about a month.
Which os did it come with? As far as I know, the newer Macs do not come with 10.6.7. Either they come with Lion or the last version of Snow Leopard-10.6.8.
Have you contacted the camera manufacturer to confirms it's compatible with the os that is installed on your computer? Any drivers you need to download and install?
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