Overview
While meetings can be started and scheduled from the Zoom Website, you can also schedule/start meetings directly from the Zoom application. It is also important to access the Zoom application to set certain in-app settings, including Virtual Background, Audio/Video settings, as well as other options.
Prerequisites
- Downloaded and installed the Zoom desktop client
Instructions
Opening Zoom
- Find the Finder icon
in your Dock.
- Right-click on the icon, then click New Finder Window.
- In the new window, click Applications. Find zoom.us in your apps list and double click the icon to start the app.
Note: If Launchpad is on your dock, you can click that to access your applications list, and open Zoom from there.
Saving Zoom to Your Dock
- Once the Zoom client is open
- Right-click on the Zoom icon in your Dock.
- Hover your mouse over Options, then click Keep in Dock.
Windows 10
- Click the Windows icon
in the taskbar.
- In your apps list, scroll until you get to the Zoom folder.
- Click on the Zoom folder.
- Double click on Start Zoom, to launch the application.
Windows 8
- Click the Windows icon
in the taskbar.
- Click the down arrow, in the bottom left corner, to access All Apps.
- Scroll to the apps until you see Zoom, then click Start Zoom.
Windows 7
- Click the Windows icon
in the taskbar.
- Click All Programs.
- In the programs list, click on the Zoom folder.
- Double click on Start Zoom.
Note: On all versions of Windows, you can pin the Zoom desktop client to your taskbar, by right-clicking on Zoom desktop client, and then clicking Pin to Taskbar.
- Swipe up from the bottom of your screen to the top. Alternatively, tap on the All Apps icon
, tap it.
- Tap Zoom.
- Go to the Home Screen.
- On the Home Screen tap Zoom.
- Using the VDI client is recommended for all virtual environments. This includes environments that use media extensions which Zoom does not currently support. Using the standard desktop client in a VDI environment is not supported or recommended. Click here to view the VDI download page.