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Keynote on dual monitors during Zoom
11/03/25
My dissertation defense is tomorrow on Zoom, which includes a slideshow presentation. I realized that if I connect my laptop to my monitor, which allows me to see everything better, my slides don’t always advance properly, especially the ones that use the “appear” animation function within slides (on Keynote). Can you think of a solution? It’s not a do or die situation, but would definitely enhance my experience if I could get that to work.
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First thing I would consider is which display the slide show presents on. Check if you are mirroring both monitors or do you have separate monitor set ups. You can try a few variations of monitor set ups.
Closing the laptop and only using a bigger monitor
Keeping the laptop open and just having the exact same screen on both (yuck)
Keeping the laptop open and having double the screen space (Yay!)
So then playing the slideshow on a different monitor may produce different results. Keep in mind that when using Zoom with multiple monitors, you need to let Zoom know if you are sharing only the left one, only the right one, or both. Sharing both monitors via Zoom results in the viewers seeing a way smaller space however.
Hope that helps. And of course you may want to practice switching zoom sharing between monitors. Good luck. Defend!!!
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First thing I would consider is which display the slide show presents on. Check if you are mirroring both monitors or do you have separate monitor set ups. You can try a few variations of monitor set ups.
Closing the laptop and only using a bigger monitor
Keeping the laptop open and just having the exact same screen on both (yuck)
Keeping the laptop open and having double the screen space (Yay!)
So then playing the slideshow on a different monitor may produce different results. Keep in mind that when using Zoom with multiple monitors, you need to let Zoom know if you are sharing only the left one, only the right one, or both. Sharing both monitors via Zoom results in the viewers seeing a way smaller space however.
Hope that helps. And of course you may want to practice switching zoom sharing between monitors. Good luck. Defend!!!
Why is my screen being recorded?
12/08/21
I just had this message pop up on my screen when logging in. Upon a quick Google search, I can’t tell if it’s a problem, a scam, or what. Figured it’s important enough to get your insight.
Any suggested next steps?
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That absolutely does sound scary but here's most likely what's going on…In Apple's attempt to try to bring our privacy to the forefront, they are revealing/exposing potential security issues of which you may not be aware. However in their blunt fashion, they tend to overstate what's actually going on. My guess is that this statement should actually read something like "zoom has permission to record your screen the next time you are in a zoom session and you click to record your screen because you gave zoom permission to record your screen."
If that is the case, go into system preferences/security and privacy/accessibility/screen recording/ then uncheck any services you feel you don't need to grant access. You can always just flip it back on.
If it's not in Screen Recording, try Accessibility. That should do it.
Any suggested next steps?
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That absolutely does sound scary but here's most likely what's going on…In Apple's attempt to try to bring our privacy to the forefront, they are revealing/exposing potential security issues of which you may not be aware. However in their blunt fashion, they tend to overstate what's actually going on. My guess is that this statement should actually read something like "zoom has permission to record your screen the next time you are in a zoom session and you click to record your screen because you gave zoom permission to record your screen."
If that is the case, go into system preferences/security and privacy/accessibility/screen recording/ then uncheck any services you feel you don't need to grant access. You can always just flip it back on.
If it's not in Screen Recording, try Accessibility. That should do it.
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