Camera on a Mac, fixed in plain English.
7 fixes for macOS 26 Tahoe and macOS 27 Golden Gate.
Show your Mac screen on a TV or Apple TVScreen Mirroring sends your display to an AirPlay-capable TV or Apple TV on the same Wi-Fi.Your Mac's camera is allowed but the picture is black or frozenAnother app is holding the camera or the camera software got stuck.Your Mac says there is no connected cameraA system service that runs the camera got stuck.How to turn on your Mac's cameraThere's no camera switch: the camera turns on by itself when an app uses it, and the green light shows it's on.An app is missing from the Camera list in Privacy & SecurityApps only appear in the Camera list after they first ask to use the camera.Use Center Stage on your Mac to keep you in frameCenter Stage keeps you in frame; it's in the Video menu in the menu bar while an app uses the camera.Choose which camera an app uses on your MacApps choose their own camera and may have picked the iPhone or another webcam.