Lion and Keynote Problems

I downloaded the patch a few days ago and since then have tried and tested it. Pleased to say that it seems to have worked. You may notice that due to the auto-save function that closing a file or making a major video change is perhaps not a slick as it was but I think that as long as you have your final presentation ready the night before you present then it should be no problem and it will give you peace of mind. I may look at some of the preferences to see if I can get it a little slicker. Interestingly the Apple iWork team actually e mailed me for some disgnosis after I posted a recent message, pleased to have that contact. Thanks Apple for finally looking at this issue.

I've been using 5.1.1 fairly heavily for several days - multiple presentations open simultaneously, substantial video content - and so far all is OK. I'll hold on to my downgrade files for a while though.

I was hesitant to undo the "downgrade", since it was working OK. But, based on the experiences here, I gave it a shot, and I can also report succcess with the 5.1.1 update. I have opened and worked with several presentations (file sizes 300-500MB) that were unusable with 5.1, and they all seem fine with 5.1.1 - no delays, spinning beachballs, etc.

I'd like to give a few props to the participants of this discussion thread. A workable "fix" was found (thanks fuzzydog!) and helpfully summarized several times along the way, useful information was exchanged, and given the frustrations and the seriousness of the problem, there was a minimum of the melodrama that sometimes characterizes these long discussion threads. And now people are even taking the time to report back on things working properly. This was a support discussion thread as it should be. Nice job people. 😀

William, I could not have said it better. As a newbee to forums, and having a strong desire to keep adult students interested in class material by learning the power of Keynote, I was really lost when the hours of work in a presentation was failing each class. Thank you all for your help along the way. Doc.

i've updated Keynote to 5.1.1 and still not working. beachballs, spinning, long waits and freezes.

what now?

mrobmsu wrote:

what now?

First thing you could do is share a bit more information about your Keynote document(s).

Is this just one file, or all files? Is this a very large file, are there movies embedded? What OS are you running, and is the OS updated to the current version? Are all other Software Update updates updated? ::grin::

This info should help track down your issue.

Ciao. Joel.

running 10.7.2

large Keynote slideshows stall if I try to change anything on a slide

there are movies embedded

all software updates installed

i've had to completely switch over to PowerPoint after many years of running Keynote--not happy

thanks for any help!

Other updates might be related to Perian, VLC, Flip4Mac. I'd check those too. I know there have been several updates for these since Lion's arrival.

How old are the videos? Do they play in QuickTime? Do they play in quick look? Can you re-render them in a modern format, or from a modern application?

I did have several videos when I first updated to Lion that wouldn't play in quick look mode in the Finder. Although they were not in Keynote documents, I'd think those would be more likely to cause problems in Keynote.

Best wishes. Joel.

i just removed all of the videos and saved a version of the file. fingers crossed.

i do have a PP version of the same slide show that includes the movies--am trying to open that PP show from inside Keynote and getting the spinning wheel of death. do i need to remove all video from Keynote now?

Update 5.1.1 does not work for me. Never ending beach ball, hangs and freezes are still a major problem. Nothing has changed.

iMac 27", 12GB mem, ALL software up to date. Keynote file size 4.7GB.

I followed Fuzzydog's post instructions and reverted back to v. 5.0.5 (thanks Fuzzydog). Keynote worked like a charm, not a single issue.

I then decided to take another shot at updating to 5.1.1. Following update, I ran permissions, unchecked "Back up previous version"and checked "Save new documents as packages" in Keynote sys pref. Also hand-copied the keynote file to a new file.

None of this made any difference, my keynote file is simply still impossible to work with.

Back to 5.0.5...one more time!

My sincere thanks to all of you for sharing your thoughts and experiences.

Here's a thread that may help clarify why large keynote files are having problems working in Lion.

http://www.zengobi.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=4918

Having the same nightmare....at 40,000 feet with only a bit of battery left.

Lion's new autosave is HORRIBLE, another example of infantilizing users. I'm perfecty capable of managing versions and want to give them names I understand. I have a 2.5GB Keynote file and want to remove some big movies inside it. But apparently the geniuses who created Lion want to back up every keystroke so there's no way to jettison anything.

I have to give a major presentation and need to get this cancerous Lion OS off my computer as soon as I land.

Apple: Wake up. Some users actually have brains. It's ok to give them just a bit of control over their lives.

Appalling, really. Steve would never have let this happen,

Anyone have any luck with either an upgrade to Mountain Lion or an upgrade to iWorks 9.2 (or both)?

I've come awfully close to accidently doing the automatic software update.