{"id":45264,"date":"2022-02-10T16:05:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T16:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/33090\/Use-Zoom-On-A-Mac-You-Might-Want-To-Check-Your-Mic-Settings.html"},"modified":"2022-02-10T16:05:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T16:05:24","slug":"use-zoom-on-a-mac-you-might-want-to-check-your-mic-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/use-zoom-on-a-mac-you-might-want-to-check-your-mic-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Zoom On A Mac? You Might Want To Check Your Mic Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple Mac users running the Zoom meetings app are reporting<\/a> that it’s seemingly keeping their computer’s microphone on when they aren’t using it.<\/p>\n

The issue appears to affect the native app running on the current macOS release, Monterey, in which Apple has implemented a visual cue to alert users that an application or device is accessing their microphone or camera \u2014 via an orange or green dot in the Menu Bar, respectively.<\/p>\n

Users began complaining that the mic seems to be left active after Monterey was released late last year, and on December 27, Zoom Inc put out an update<\/a> that was meant to address the bug, stating that version 5.9.1 (3506) “resolved an issue regarding the microphone light indicator being triggered when not in a meeting.”<\/p>\n