Facetime App Not Responding Mac

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Mar 28, 2020  Problem 3: Phone Calls or Contacts App Not Showing FaceTime Button What really happens here is that when you go to Settings, you will notice that FaceTime options are available. However, when you go to your contact screen or your phone calls app, you will not see the FaceTime option. This means that you cannot initiate a call using FaceTime. Jan 24, 2020  Than use Spotlight Search on Mac Command + Space , Type FaceTime and open it. Or use Launchpad, Search Spotlight in App Search box. When you filter and found click on it to open FaceTime on Mac. Once you launched it on Mac, FaceTime Required your FaceTime Apple ID that you are using on your iPhone/iPad or iPod Touch.

Check the camera indicator light

If the camera indicator light next to the camera flashes green on your Mac notebook, contact Apple.

Update your software

Check Screen Time settings

If your Mac is using macOS Catalina and you use Screen Time, make sure your camera is turned on and apps that use the camera have time available.

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Screen Time.
  2. Click Content & Privacy in the sidebar, then click Apps.
  3. Make sure the checkbox for Camera is selected.
  4. Click App Limits in the sidebar. If you need to use your camera with an app in the list, make sure the checkbox for Limits is not selected.

Give apps permission

If your Mac is using macOS Mojave or later, choose which apps can use your built-in camera:

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Security & Privacy.
  2. Click the Privacy tab, then click Camera in the sidebar.
  3. Select the checkbox next to the apps that you want to use your camera in. You might be prompted to quit and reopen an app before it can use your camera.

Try another app

Try to use your camera in another app. For example, if you can't use your camera in FaceTime, open Photo Booth.

Reset the SMC

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If you still can’t use the built-in camera on your Mac, resetting the SMC might help. Learn how to reset the SMC on your Mac.

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Facetime App Not Responding Macbook

If you can't connect to FaceTime, learn what to do if FaceTime isn't working on your Mac.