A while ago I installed the Zoom app for macOS and since then, I always first appeared in Zoom sesssions using a name, that I intended to use in a certain community only. That irritated people quite a little. I really, really wanted to change that. I searched, and searched, and searched, but I did not find the right way for quite some time – now I found a way. My problem was created through my preferred way to start a video conference.
My preferred way (“path a”) to start any video conference:
- switch to my running Chrome window (with quite a few open tabs),
- and open a new tab,
- enter the conference link within the search field;
- when offered the option to switch to the app: go for it!
But that way there is no step, that allows me to change my initial display name.
“Path b”: If I go to the Zoom app and press “Join A Meeting“, the app forces men to enter the session password, which I don’t need to enter, if I proceed using “path a” – but this is the advantage of using “path b”: the app allows me to enter an individual display name, and even more important: the app allows me to toggle the “Remember my name for future meetings” fields.
I am so relieved now.
BTW: I am certainly not the only one in the world with the “weird initial display name problem”: