Unfortunately the above did not work for me so I went into Terminal and typed the following to get the exact process ID.Īfter that I realised that the Process ID (PID) was 46454 so I was able to run the following command to fix the problem:. Sudo killall AppleCameraAssistant sudo killall VDCAssistant
If you open “Terminal” which in “Applications” > “Utilities” This article showed me where it is but the command that they give didn’t fix my problem but it showed me the problem:. So obviously, the reason why your camera doesn’t work on Chrome or any of your browsers is because some stupid Apple plugin is running in the background and not something that can easily be fixed. Many resources online will tell you that you should look in “Privacy & Security” within Setting to allow Facetime Camera but for most people there isn’t a tab for “Camera” like me, the below is what I see:- Privacy & Security 10.11
