By . Published on March 23, 2020
This FAQ has been developed for use by the Bates College Community
To ensure a pleasant experience with your first Zoom Meeting, we highly encourage individuals to download and install the Zoom Application beforehand.
To download and install the Zoom Application:
Downloading Zoom for Mac is quick and easy. Zoom is a great telecommunications platform – one of the leading enterprises in video communication. It can be used to conduct remote meetings through audio and video conferencing, webinars and all that with an easy invitation system which will help engage others without much effort. 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. Zoom is one of the leading modern enterprises in video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars. So no wonder you will get an invitation from a colleague. In this tutorial, I will show you how to download, install, sign up and make your first call with the Zoom for Mac.
- Go to https://zoom.us/download and from the Download Center, click on the Download button under “Zoom Client For Meetings”.
- This application will automatically download when you start your first Zoom Meeting.
- Once the download is complete, proceed with installing the Zoom application onto your computer.
If you experience any problems with performing the Zoom Client for Meetings installation, please contact the Bates College IT Help Desk.
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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 (=).
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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
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 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.