The last thing you need when you're preparing to give a presentation, is an extra thing to worry about. That's why we've kept Presentation Remote super-simple to set up and use. It's not just easier to learn — it also helps banish the nooks and crannies where problems like to lurk.
Computers will be computers, though. If you do run into difficulty, check this list of tips:
Remember, Presentation Remote requires:
Note: Wooji Presentation Remote is not compatible with Keynote for iPad.
Your Macintosh computer can act as a temporary Wireless Access Point. Simply turn AirPort on and select Create Network... from the network menu. (For more details, see the this guide on setting up a local Airport network.)
Presentation Remote displays what Keynote thinks are the slides' titles. If this doesn't match what you see on screen, make sure what you're seeing in Keynote are actually titles! There are a couple of ways of doing this:
Ah, that's because this isn't actually a message from Presentation Remote. When you create a new presentation, Keynote sets its title to "Double-click to edit" (to encourage you to set one, presumably). Since Presentation Remote displays the title in various places, if you haven't set one, Presentation Remote will faithfully pass this message on. You can set a title by going to the first slide of your presentation in Keynote. If you don't see the "Double-click" text, see the instructions above for editing slide titles.
In order to see thumbnails, you must include a preview in your presentation. The easiest way to ensure all your presentations contain previews is to enable this option in Keynote:
If you have an existing presentation, and want to add a preview to it, use "Save As..." and enable it there.
If you receive a message saying that Presentation Manager has been corrupted when you try to launch it for the first time, and you're using OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, the chances are this is a false alarm due to your security settings. If you change the Gatekeeper setting to "Allow applications downloaded from anywhere", then Presentaiton Manager should launch fine. You only need to do this the first time — once Presentation Manager has launched successfully the first time, you can change the Gatekeeper setting back to "Mac App Store" or "Mac App Store and identified developers" (whichever you had it set to before) — and we recommend you do put this setting back the way you found it, for increased security.
When Keynote saves documents to iCloud, it uses a file format which is different from the one it uses to save documents to your computer's built-in drive. Presentation Remote is currently not compatible with that file format, so if you want to use a presentation with it, you will need to save it to a local drive instead of iCloud. If your document is already in iCloud, simply duplicate it and save the duplicate to your local drive.
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“A great tool for those who use Keynote often” — Forbes
“The clear winner — it’s miles ahead of Keynote Remote’s limited features” — Macworld
“This handy application will have you looking like Steve Jobs himself” — AllBusiness
“If you use Apple's Keynote presentation program [...] the perfect companion” — Mobile Gear Reviews
“Don’t faff about with PowerPoint, conduct powerful presentations from the palm of your hand” — ElectricPig