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Browse Backgrounds2022-11-06 10:21 AM
I have been using Zoom for two years without understanding it and I need to ask the following:
1. is the personal meeting id what we always use to send someone so they can connect with me?
2. what is the host key and when and how do i use it?
3. is using zoom on macbook any different from iPhone? I Have meeting this week from my iphone and I am worried that connecting to my scheduled meeting with my personal meeting id will be somehow different to open.
4. Use Personal Meeting ID for instant meetings--what is this?
5. What is the purpose of a Passcode and why do I not see this in my profile?
Thanks for any and all help.
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2022-11-07 01:27 PM
Hi @ursprung
Yeah, that's the trick with instant meetings. Since its a random ID generated when the meeting starts, you would need to invite a contact or copy/share the invite through email or message during the live session, which can be a struggle.
If you just need to always start your PMI, enabling this would be the best option, as you can share your PMI link ahead of time and clicking the Start button will get you right into that meeting every time.
2022-11-07 10:39 AM
Hi @ursprung
Hope that helps and let me know if you have any further questions. Otherwise, make sure to mark the solution as accepted if this information is what you needed.
2022-11-07 11:38 AM
Thanks so much for this!!! All is clear to me except #4:
If I start a meeting, how will the other person know how to join me? What is the advantage to this over, say, a meeting with my PMI?
Thanks again!!
2022-11-07 01:27 PM
Hi @ursprung
Yeah, that's the trick with instant meetings. Since its a random ID generated when the meeting starts, you would need to invite a contact or copy/share the invite through email or message during the live session, which can be a struggle.
If you just need to always start your PMI, enabling this would be the best option, as you can share your PMI link ahead of time and clicking the Start button will get you right into that meeting every time.
2022-11-08 11:14 AM
Thank you so very much! I really appreciate this. I have been so busy since Lockdown #1 that I literally still don't eat more than once a day. You have saved me hours of reading. Thanks again.