mhgaedeke
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Q: Keynote Remote APP on iPhone not working in latest iOS 7 Keynote on iPad

I'm trying to control a Keynote presentation on my iPad via the iPhone's Keynote Remote App.

 

This worked fine with the "old" Keynote - but not anymore with the newest Keynote released with OS X Mavericks / iOS 7.

 

Is this a bug, or am I missing something in the setup?

 

The instructions in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3325 are not working.

 

(it worked perfectly with MacBook Pro and iPhone - but the functionality seems to be missing on the iPad Keynote App)

 

Any ideas?

iPad 2, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Oct 25, 2013 11:59 AM

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Q: Keynote Remote APP on iPhone not working in latest iOS 7 Keynote on iPad

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  • by CToddy,

    CToddy CToddy Nov 14, 2013 4:07 PM in response to mhgaedeke
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    Nov 14, 2013 4:07 PM in response to mhgaedeke

    That would be because the functionality has been removed. This is a BIG deal for me. I used it all the time. Used being the operative word.

  • by mgaedeke,

    mgaedeke mgaedeke Nov 14, 2013 4:47 PM in response to CToddy
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    Nov 14, 2013 4:47 PM in response to CToddy

    Actually - I ended up being able to find the setting in the new keynote App on iPad - but the iPhone Remote App seems to have a problem with the screen not resizing properly to make it work...

  • by DaanK,

    DaanK DaanK Nov 26, 2013 1:19 AM in response to mgaedeke
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    Nov 26, 2013 1:19 AM in response to mgaedeke

    Could you share your solution? I cannot get it to work.

  • by Stephen D. MD,

    Stephen D. MD Stephen D. MD Dec 6, 2013 7:19 AM in response to mhgaedeke
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    Dec 6, 2013 7:19 AM in response to mhgaedeke

    Not sure if this will be helpful, but I had a similar problem, so I'll share my solution:

     

    I was linking my iPhone 5 and/or iPad (1st Gen) to my 2008 MacBook Pro (still running Snow Leopard) via an "ad hoc" WiFi network--i.e., no central router, just a direct WiFi connection between the two. Worked great. Could control Keynote on my Mac with no problem.

     

    Once upgrading to iOS 7, it seems iOS no longer recognized the ad hoc network. I could select it under "settings", and it would seem to connect. It would even temporarily work, but then it would drop the connection very quickly, despite repeated attempts to reconnect to the network.

     

    Solved the situation by bringing in an old Linksys 802.11g router to create a more "normal", centralized network, and connecting the MacBook Pro & iOS devices to it. Works fine now.

     

    I think iOS 7 doesn't like using ad Hoc networks, as it kept giving me a message saying "this network does not have internet access. Do you want to connect anyway?" Even though I said yes, I think it keeps disconnecting, looking for an internet connection. At least that's what it seems like. Why it doesn't seem to care that there's no internet connection when hooked up to the Linksys router, I don't know. Maybe just because it's a more "traditional" kind of network connection.

     

    BTW, I didn't/couldn't upgrade my iPad 1st gen to iOS 7--I traded up to an iPad Air. But my iPhone worked fine, until i upgraded it to iOS 7.