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In the last few years, I haven't encountered this problem on the new MacBook. But sometimes friends write to me who haven't updated macOS for years. So I made a note in Notes that I use as a snippet solution to this problem.
Usually, the webcam issue appears right before a call. So this bug is quite unpleasant. On my old MacBook Pro, I did the following:
I forcefully terminated the VDCAssistant and AppleCameraAssistant processes.
Open the terminal and kill the processes with the commands:
sudo killall VDCAssistant
and
sudo killall AppleCameraAssistant
You will need to enter your user password.
After that, you can refresh the Google Meets page or restart the Zoom app. The green light will turn on, and the camera will work.
Another standard method:
Turn off and turn on the computer. It's important - do not restart, but turn off and turn on (so that all processes start again).
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