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Turn off Center Stage on macOS with Apple Studio Display

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amalchandaria
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‎2022-09-26 01:22 PM

Hi there,

 

I'm running Zoom 5.11.11 on macOS Monterey 12.5, and have an Apple Studio Display. I've noticed the Center Stage feature is on when I'm in Zoom meetings (the camera tracks you as you move around), however I can't find any setting to turn it off. It seems that this setting does exist on iOS/iPad OS, but not on macOS. Is there a way to turn this off on Zoom on the Mac?

 

Thank you!

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Shazoom
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In response to mikehalloran

‎2024-12-26 06:44 PM

I searched and searched for the answer to "How to turn off Center Stage on a Mac". Eventually I figured it out. I’m on an iMac (not a Studio Display). Since we can’t upload a screen capture here, I’ll describe turning off the Center Stage feature in detail.

With Zoom open, at the very top of the Mac screen (in the area Apple calls the "Menu Bar")… For me, the date & time is the furthest to the right. To the left of the date & time, is an icon for Control Center, icon for Spotlight search, icon for WiFi, icon for Bluetooth (your icons may vary depending on your System Settings). Then, the Zoom icon (a little blue circle with ZM in the center). To the left of THAT is an icon that represents a camera — it has a green background and a graphic that's supposed to look like the side-view of an old-fashioned movie camera facing to the right… a white square with a small white triangle on the right side. THAT is the green camera “button” people have been referring to here. When I click on it, a drop-down menu appears. At the top is the Zoom logo with zoom.us next to it. Below that is a thumbnail of whatever your camera is viewing (probably your face). Below that are the words "iMac Camera". And below that are menu choices with icons:

Center Stage

Portrait

Studio Light

Reactions

Background

Desk View…

If you click on the icon to the right of the words “Center Stage”, it turns off (and on) the Center Stage feature. I hope these details help someone.

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Ray_Harwood
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In response to UKLondonPR

‎2025-02-25 07:33 AM

Welcome to the Zoom Community, @UKLondonPR.

 

Just a reminder that Center Stage is a MacOS feature, not a Zoom feature. See this.

 


Ray -- check out the GoodClix website or the Z-SPAN website.
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mikehalloran
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‎2025-02-25 07:32 AM

Yes, turning it on or off will remain set for the next time.

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UKLondonPR
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In response to mikehalloran

‎2025-02-25 07:42 AM

It didn't but then I must have done something wrong. I also have to reset Original Sound every time I log into a new Zoom meeting. I need original sound on with most of my meetings, so I've always found this is enough to think about when I log in

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akirby
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‎2025-04-07 01:09 PM

Okay y'all, turing off center stage was SOOOO BEYOND ANNOYING and took WAY too long. But on a macbook, the way I figured it out was not ACTUALLY through the Zoom app. Listen up, there are no settings in the app itself (Zoom, take note, you're pissing people off..) but on the macbook control center bar itself, on the top right hand side of the computer, when you're using zoom or your camera it will show a Green Camera looking icon up on that bar. I was able to click that and then see all of the options for video including turning off center stage. That has got to be one of the most annoying settings of all time. Hope this helps someone else! 

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