Here, you’ll see a number of options for signing in to Zoom – we’ll be using the Sign in with SSO option on the right side of the screen. To start signing in, click the Sign In button. While we’re here, let’s go ahead and sign in – this way, Zoom will be ready for us whenever we want to join a meeting. At this point, the application will look and behave similarly on both Windows and Mac computers. When it’s finished installing, Zoom will open and prompt you to either join a meeting or log in, just like it does on a Mac. On Windows, the Zoom desktop client will automatically start installing after you double-click the file. When it’s done, it’ll open Zoom automatically.

In Mac OS, double-clicking the file will open the Zoom installer, which walks you through the process of installing Zoom. At this point, depending on your operating system, the Zoom installer will behave a little differently. Once the file is done downloading, navigate to where it’s located on your computer – for me, that's on the desktop – and double-click the Zoom installer to start it. For today’s demonstration, I’m using Firefox, and it’s asking where I want to save the file – I’ll save it to my desktop. Your web browser will start downloading the file. On this page, to download the Zoom client, under the heading Zoom Client for Meetings, click the Download button. To start the process of installing the Zoom client, open a web browser and go to /download.

In this video, I’ll walk you through downloading and installing the Zoom desktop client, as well as how to check for updates. For the best experience in Zoom, you’ll want to make sure you have the Zoom desktop client installed and kept up-to-date on your computer.

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