Trusted Retailer Expercom is now offering the first cash discount on Apple’s just-released M2 MacBook Air. Sign-up for our newsletters and have our best offers delivered to your inbox daily. In addition to easily identify specific devices, try changing the order in which they are attached to your Mac (swap USB ports, bypass a USB hub).This offer has expired!Be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest deals and more. Often such problems happens with the use of USB hubs and other dongle solutions.

If none of that helps, contact the manufacturer to see if a known solution is available.

You should also update its drivers and other software, and apply any available firmware updates. When you do find the culprit, try leaving that device unplugged. Troubleshooting in this manner wil help you identify the specific device that may be the cause for the problem. Restart the system, and see if the problem continues. If any of the previous steps doens’t give you the wanted results, try unplugging all the USB devices (mouse, keyboard, etc.) from your Mac.

Plug the USB devices back in and try if the camera works again.

If that doesn’t help, restart your Mac while the third-party USB devices are disconnected, and try using your Mac’s camera.

Turn off (or unplug) the third-party USB devices.

If thinking that this is happening on your Mac, try the following steps, and check if the problem is fixed after each step. Most of the times this is just a temporary issue. However, sometimes the USB device itself is causing faults in your system. This ussualy happens if you use a third-party USB drivers. Another factor are the USB connectivity issues that may occur from an error that might have appeared with the drivers in your OS, or incopatibility with some third-party USB devices (Cameras, Keyboards, Hubs).

Apple mac facetime