
You will need OS administrator access for the computer. Note: If you upgrade your Zoom Rooms macOS to Mojave or Catalina, keep the keyboard and mouse connected to the computer until you open Zoom and authorize access to the camera and microphone.
Prerequisites for granting permissions on macOS
Permissions for the Zoom desktop client. If your security permissions allow it, you can click OK during the initial request to grant the permission. If you do not allow Zoom access during this initial prompt for the camera, microphone, screen recording, or remote control, access becomes disabled and you will need to go into your OS System Preferences to allow access. On macOS version 10.15 Catalina, screen recording will also need to be authorized to allow screen sharing. If you want to allow others to remotely control your desktop, you will also be prompted to allow the Zoom desktop client that access. I compared iGlasses to Ecamm live and while iGlasses was easier to setup, Ecamm has a better quality picture.Due to increased security and permissions with macOS versions 10.14 Mojave and 10.15 Catalina, you will be prompted to authorize the Zoom desktop client and Zoom Rooms client to use the microphone and camera. In Zoom select the virtual cam as the camera input. Enable ‘virtual cam’ so that this video signal is made available to Zoom. Open the app that allows a ‘virtual cam’ and select your computer camera as the source camera. One piece of software that does this is ‘Ecamm Live.’ A cheaper and simpler solution is iGlasses. This app then needs to become a ‘virtual camera’ that you can select as an input in Zoom. The trick is to send your camera output to a different app that can zoom and pan. You can zoom your camera by using a ‘virtual camera’. The good news is that there is a way to do it. There are no settings in Zoom itself to control the level of zoom on your MacBook built-in camera.
I haven’t found a way to zoom or pan the built-in MacBook camera when you are using it as a camera in the Zoom meeting app. Sometimes when I’m in a Zoom meeting I am a little far from my camera and wish that I could zoom in closer to my face without having to move the computer.