Intended for: Users of the Zoom video/web conferencing service
Scenario/Use case:
This article describes general Zoom settings on Macs.
Instructions:
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The General settings allow you to select Application, Content Sharing, and Instant Message settings:
1. For Meeting Option, you can select the following settings:
- Use dual monitors. Go to the Apple menu, choose System Preferences, go to the View menu, choose Displays, click Arrangement tab, and enable Mirror Displays in the bottom left corner.
- Enter full screen mode automatically when starting or joining a meeting.
- Enter full screen mode automatically when viewing screen shared by others. Whenever a meeting participant shares a screen, your screen will automatically go into full screen mode.
- Maximize Zoom window automatically when viewing screen shared by others.
- Scale to fit my Zoom window when viewing screen shared by others.
- Always display all the action buttons. In other words, show meeting control toolbar.
- Automatically copy Invitation URL to Clipboard after meeting starts. This makes the URL available for you to paste.
- Confirm with me when I leave a meeting. This will allow you to confirm you are leaving and even assign another host
2. For Instant Message, you can select the following settings:
- Show offline contacts.
- Play sound when I receive a chat message.
- Show floating notification when I receive a chat message.
- Bounce application icon when I receive a chat message. Select either Continuously or Once.
- Change my status to Offline when I am inactive for XX minutes. Select the number of minutes from the drop-down menu.