OK, so no takers yet. How about this? I was looking here Fixing Camera Error on Mac OS. Rebooting does nothing. Under the heading: Force quit AppleCameraAssistant and VDCAssistant it uses terminal. I have been cautioned about terminal use here, so what do you think? Should I try it?


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