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. This time you should get a pop-up window showing that you are up to date and running the latest version of the application.Zoom pushed out a patch Dec.When the installation process is completed, Zoom will automatically close and re-open itself.Select in the upper left corner, then select Check for Updates. from the menu that appears.Search for ' Zoom' in the pop-up window that appears, then double-click the application to open it.Select the magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner of your screen.If you do not get the message that you are up to date and instead see that there is an update available, go through the update process until your Zoom application is up to date.This time you should get a pop-up window showing that you are up to date.Make sure to verify that the update has been successfully installed. It may take a few moments for Zoom to update. The application will close, and you will see this loading bar.

(Note: This update window may pop up on its own without needing to check for updates. Click the blue Update button if it appears. Zoom will tell you if there are updates available.

Click on your user portrait/icon in the top right of the Zoom Application, then select Check for Updates.

Go to the Start Menu, type in Zoom, then click the Zoom App Icon. Skip down to the directions for the type of operating system you use:

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