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I disabled my camera via the command line file permission technique on my 2018 13" MBP when on it's original macos High Sierra I think. Now, reversing that procedure doesn't work as the files no longer exist after software updates. The camera is visible as USB on the T2 Bus, but has a serial number of ? Product ID 0x8514 and version numbers are there and correct. The camera is not visible to software or visible in the camera section of hardware.

One thing I see is that there's no QuickTime directory in /System/Library/ (should there be in Monterey?)

I'm sure this is a software/missing drivers problem as I can see the camera on the USB T2 Bus, although I have done a factory reset and re-install Monterey.

Can anyone help?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Oct 30, 2022 09:31 AM

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Oct 30, 2022 09:54 AM in response to m.w.harbottle

this is the output of "ioreg -p IOUSB -l -w 0" if that's any help

FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)@80200000 <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x10000043d, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (0 ms), retain 13>

{

"kUSBSerialNumberString" = ""

"bDeviceClass" = 239

"bDeviceSubClass" = 2

"iSerialNumber" = 3

"Bus Power Available" = 250

"Built-In" = Yes

"AppleUSBAlternateServiceRegistryID" = 4294968347

"iProduct" = 2

"USB Serial Number" = ""

"USB Vendor Name" = "Apple Inc."

"bNumConfigurations" = 1

"kUSBProductString" = "FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)"

"IOPowerManagement" = {"DevicePowerState"=0,"CurrentPowerState"=3,"CapabilityFlags"=65536,"MaxPowerState"=4,"DriverPowerState"=3}

"kUSBVendorString" = "Apple Inc."

"USB Product Name" = "FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)"

"iManufacturer" = 1

"idVendor" = 1452

"Device Speed" = 2

"kUSBCurrentConfiguration" = 1

"idProduct" = 34068

"bcdDevice" = 513

"non-removable" = "yes"

"USB Address" = 5

"sessionID" = 945975769

"UsbUserClientEntitlementRequired" = "com.apple.ibridge.control"

"IOCFPlugInTypes" = {"9dc7b780-9ec0-11d4-a54f-000a27052861"="IOUSBHostFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBLib.bundle"}

"IOClassNameOverride" = "IOUSBDevice"

"PortNum" = 2

"bDeviceProtocol" = 1

"locationID" = 18446744071564165120

"IOGeneralInterest" = "IOCommand is not serializable"

"bcdUSB" = 512

"bMaxPacketSize0" = 64

}

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