Although the causes of the bug were unknown, the company has now fixed it. Thanks to a new privacy feature introduced with macOS Monterey that shows an orange dot in the menu bar when an app is using the microphone, users were able to immediately notice that there was something wrong with the Zoom app.
According to them, the Mac’s microphone stayed active even after ending a Zoom conference – which certainly raised privacy concerns.
Since December last year, a number of users have been complaining about this bug in the Zoom Community (via The Register). Luckily, according to the company, this was just a bug that has now been fixed. Under Who can share?, select All Participants and click Save.Popular video conferencing platform Zoom this week released an important update to its macOS app following user reports about the microphone not being disabled after ending a conference.
On the Meetings tab, scroll down to the Screen Sharing heading. Click Settings on the left-hand side of the screen.ģ. Visit, click Sign In, and log in with your University Computing Account username and password.Ģ. Under Who can share?, select All Participants.Įnable Participant Screen Sharing for All Meetings by Defaultġ. Within the Zoom meeting, click the arrow next to Share Screen and select Advanced Sharing Options.Ģ. Steps to Enable Participant Screen Sharing for a Single Meetingġ. You can enable screen sharing for participants on a per meeting basis, or you can change your settings to enable participant screen sharing by default for all meetings. This setting helps prevent uninvited attendees from disrupting meetings by sharing inappropriate or offensive material-a practice known as “Zoombombing” that has affected Pitt and other institutions. Screen sharing for Zoom meeting participants is disabled by default.
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