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Zoom is a Mac program that offers high-quality video calls and remote conferences. Not only that, but this app has all kinds of calling options, whether you're making or receiving a call. Install the Zoom app on your Mac Before you can start using Zoom, you'll need to sign up for a free account and download the macOS app. It's not currently available in the App Store, so you'll need. Launch “Zoom” on your Mac and host or join a meeting. Once you’re in an active meeting, click on the “Share Screen” option from the bottom menu, as shown in the screenshot below. This will open a new window on your screen. Here, you’ll be able to choose your desktop for screen sharing. On Mac OS 10.15 Catalina, screen recording will also need to be authorized. You will also be prompted to allow the Zoom desktop client to allow others to remotely control your desktop. You can click OK during the initial request and you will be able to use your microphone and camera in Zoom.

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Zoom is one of the leading tools, with a cloud-based platform for video and audio conferences, meetings, and webinars. With its help, users can work on projects, record sessions, leave comments, and share screens across many devices.

According to the 2019 State of Video Conferencing report by Owl Labs, Zoom users love it most often for its simplicity and ease of use. No wonder you want to download the Zoom app for Mac. In this article, we’ll dig into everything you need to know about the Zoom installation. Let’s get started!

What you need to download Zoom for Mac

Zoom runs smoothly on macOS 10.7 or later. To install it on your Mac computer, you may need to modify Security and Privacy settings. All you have to do is to allow downloading apps not only from App Store but from identified developers as well.

Zoom 3.6 is still compatible with Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6.8), but it comes with limited functionality.

Follow the steps below to give installation permission:

1. Launch System Preferences from the Apple menu.
2. Go to Security & Privacy > General.
3. Tap the lock icon in the bottom-left corner.
4. Enter your password, then click Unlock.
5. Check ‘App Store and identified developers’ under ‘Allow apps downloaded from’
6. Tap the lock icon again to keep the changes.

How to optimize your Mac for Zoom

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Online conferencing apps like Zoom are fairly memory-heavy. Video calls demand your Mac resources, so you need enough RAM and hard drive space to make them with no issues and glitches.

Your computer may be pretty full of junk that overload CPU, especially after a year or two of use. Getting rid of all temporary and surplus files can speed up your Mac a lot. Manual cleanup is too time-consuming. But getting a little help from a third-party app is the way to go.

My favorite junk-cleaner, and anti-malware tool as well, is CleanMyMac X by MacPaw. The app has proved to be a powerful performance booster. ProductHunt even called it ‘Marie Kondo for your Mac’ referring to the Japanese organizing guru.

Here’s how to make your computer run as good as a new one:

1. Download CleanMyMac X — get it here for free.
2. Head over to the Maintenance tab.

From there, you can pick the needed commands and hit the Run button to enhance memory and file processing on macOS. One of those is ‘Free Up RAM’ designed to check and speed up memory usage. Fire up this tool every time you feel that your computer or apps run more sluggish than usual.

Choose Run Maintenance Scripts to makes your Mac’s performance smoother. This feature deletes all temporary files, rearranges system databases, and copes with other technical tasks familiar only to developers.

Now that your computer is prepared for video conferencing, let’s see how to download Zoom for Mac.

How to download Zoom app on a Mac computer

Ready for your first Zoom call? Only a few steps left:

1. Visit the Zoom Download Center.
2. Click Download next to Zoom Client for Meetings.
3. Open the downloaded PKG file in the Downloads folder.
4. Click Continue in a pop-up window to run the installer.
   
5. Once done, click Join a Meeting to get in a meeting-in-progress right away (if you got a Zoom invitation before).
   
6. Choose Sign In to start or schedule your own meeting.
7. Use your Zoom, Facebook, or Google account to sign in. You can also opt for Single Sign-On (SSO).
   
8. Click Sign Up Free if you don't have your Zoom account yet. You’ll be redirected to zoom.us/signup.

That’s it! Now that you know how to download Zoom on Mac, you can make the most of it. Happy conferencing!

To set up zoom, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Accessibility. Click Zoom in the sidebar, then select any of these zoom features:

Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom

After selecting ”Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom,” you can use these key combinations to zoom:

Zoom in

To zoom in, press these three keys together: Option, Command, and Equals sign (=).

Zoom out

To zoom out, press these three keys together: Option, Command, and Minus sign (-).

Toggle zoom

To switch between no zoom and your last amount of zoom, press these three keys together: Option, Command, and 8.

Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom

After selecting ”Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom,” you can press and hold the Control key while scrolling with your mouse or trackpad to zoom. Use the ”Zoom style” menu to choose from three zoom styles: full screen, split screen, or picture-in-picture.

Enable Hover Text

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After selecting ”Enable Hover Text,” you can press and hold the Command key, then move your pointer over an item to display a larger, high-resolution version of that item.

Use the Options button in the Zoom pane to set the size, font, location, and color of this text. Learn more about Hover Text.

Enable Touch Bar zoom

After selecting ”Enable Touch Bar zoom,” you can touch and hold the Touch Bar on your MacBook Pro to display a larger version of the Touch Bar onscreen. Learn more about Touch Bar zoom.

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Learn more

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• Learn more about how to make it easier to see what's on the screen of your Mac.
• Many apps have their own keyboard shortcuts or other features for zooming or making content bigger. For example, learn how to zoom in on webpages in Safari.