But if the issue persists, pursue the troubleshooting solutions below. Restarting your Mac after updating Zoom should fix the problem for most users. This problem usually occurs shortly after installing the latest Zoom updates.

As always, we recommend users make sure their Zoom client is updated to the latest version.Many Zoom users complained the app sometimes gets stuck on “Connecting…” when starting or joining a meeting. Zoom has determined that this bug did not result in audio data being transmitted back to Zoom's platform. 'The Zoom client for macOS 5.9.3, released on January 25, 2022, fixed a bug involving the failure to properly terminate the microphone use post-meeting. Update: Zoom statementĪfter this story was first posted, Zoom sent us this statement, in full: If you're interested in more Zoom security and privacy issues, we've got you covered. That's as opposed to a 'prompted' update which will either update automatically when the Zoom client is started, or prompt you to start the update. Zoom's release notes (opens in new tab) indicate that this is a 'manual' update that users will have to download from the Zoom site (opens in new tab) and install manually. The only issue is that the update to version 5.9.3 may not be automatic. We at Tom's Guide tried it out on a test Mac and can confirm that the orange light does go out now after a Zoom meeting ends. The complaints dropped off after that, although no one volunteered to confirm the good news. In any case, a Zoom moderator wrote in the support thread that version 5.9.3 fixed the issue for real. We don't really think Zoom is trying to spy on Mac users, despite some of the more heated discussions in the support thread and a related discussion on Y Combinator's Hacker News forum (opens in new tab). Very frustrating,' wrote user apireno on the same thread, who said that the update made no difference. 'Staring at the orange dot now while not on a Zoom meeting. 27 to update the Mac desktop client to version 5.9.1 and fix 'an issue regarding the microphone light indicator being triggered when not in a meeting on macOS Monterey.' But that didn't seem to work.

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