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moazed
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August 16, 2021
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macOS: URL won't launch Zoom anymore after latest update

  • August 16, 2021
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I have no trouble running Zoom by entering the meeting ID, everything works just fine.

However, since I updated Zoom, I cannot join a meeting by clicking on a URL, for example a URL that is in a calendar invite. When I click on the URL I do get the pop-up asking "do you want to allow this page to open zoom.us.app?" and I click "Allow" and zoom app starts, but does NOT take me to the meeting. I can go to the meeting by copying and pasting the meeting ID (which is at the end of the URL), but it does not happen automatically anymore. I have made sure all the "Security and Privacy" settings are correct, and anyway, Zoom works fine if I enter the meeting ID manually, so the settings MUST be correct or it wouldn't work in that case.

Hope someone has a solution.

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      Nafi
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      Nafi
      Community Champion | Partner
      August 16, 2021

      Hi, 

      Did you try to use another browser for this kind of issue?

       

       

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      hforrow
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      August 30, 2021

      Hi

      I'm having the same issue - I'm using SAFARI - could this be the issue?

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        Bepike
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        September 10, 2021

        I'm also having a similar issue. I cannot launch meetings when I "allow" Zoom to do so. Then it gives me an option to use my browser (Safari) which I do. I remain in thumbnail for the whole session as there's no gallery option available, and my computer dims every 4 minutes (I realize I can reset this on my computer). Any fix for this? Uninstall and reinstall?

         

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          sfogg123
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          September 30, 2021

           I am also having trouble launching Zoom meetings, since the last release (I believe).  I'm using Chrome on a PC.   I get the same result whether using browser or from the desktop app.  The meeting seems to launch, then freezes.  I click on the X (exit), the message asking if I want to wait for the program responds or close appears.  I select Close, the dialog seems to close and the meeting launches and I'm in.  This happens consistently.

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          rchamann
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          January 17, 2022

          I'm having the same problem using Mac mini with Safari.  Is there a fix for this?

           

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          diamonds
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          March 8, 2022

          I too have just bought a MacBook Air and can eventually get into meeting but not automatically.  My problem is that there is no gallery button - how do I fix this?

           

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          ePatientDave
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          October 20, 2022

          Is there still no way to tell Safari to just open the freaking meeting from a URL, the way Chrome can??

           

          On my older MacBook Air, Chrome plus Zoom are a massive power draw, so I'm increasingly using Safari whenever I can.  Chrome would directly open the Zoom meeting, but with Safari, EVERY TIME I click a link in a calendar, Safari insists on saying "Do you want to allow this page to open zoom.us?"  I can't find any setting to say "YES, ALWAYS for heaven's sake." 

           

          Please tell me I'm missing some easy setting 🙂 

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