Many Mac owners complained about not being able to use their AirPods with Zoom.

Thats a major issue especially if you use Zoom for work-related purposes.

Maybe you cant use your Macbooks built-in speakers because other colleagues are working around you.

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Or youre discussing sensitive information and you want to prevent eavesdropping.

In this guide, well show you how you’re able to properly connect your AirPods to Zoom.

If your earbuds are connected to multiple devices, you may experience interference issues.

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The quickest way to do that is to simply suspend the Bluetooth feature on the other devices.

Connect your AirPods to your Macbook, and verify the pairing was successful.

Hit the pairing button on the back of the AirPods case.

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Wait until the light starts blinkings white.

This indicates Zoom to use your AirPods for rendering audio and capturing audio input.

Note: you’ve got the option to set Zoom to use two different devices for audio.

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Simply grab the devices you want to use under Speaker and Microphone configs.

Navigate to your OS permissions and let Zoom use your microphone.

It is worth mentioning that MacOS now prompts you to authorize Zoom to use your microphone and camera.

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Without these permissions, Zoom wont be able to access your mic and camera.

you could then set your AirPods to work as your microphone, just as previously described.

Select theLibrary go toApplicationSupport selectZoom.

Sometimes, that folder may get corrupted.

Deleting it should fix the problem.

But if the issue is still there, try uninstalling Zoom after you deleted that folder.

Download the program again and install it.

find out if you could now use your AirPods on Zoom.

There you go, one of these solutions should fix the AirPods-Zoom problem on your Mac.