Image problems with keynote dropbox

We are having massive problems with images not appearing correctly in our Keynote when saved via dropbox. Images appear swaped with other images, or at times, completely missing all together. This has completely crippled the work flow at our business and we are at all but a loss other on how we can continue to properly work in Keynote 6. What can be done to remedy this problem?

Keynote 6-OTHER, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 21, 2013 1:36 PM

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Dec 2, 2013 11:08 AM in response to numb3r

I have the same problem. I figured out how to fix it but it is a joke to have to do this. Keynote files are saved as a folder in dropbox and that folder has all the pictures and meta data in it. You have to revert every single image and file in the keynote "folder" back to a working date. For me this meant reverting 60 image files just to fix one Keynote presentation. Either Dropbox needs to be able to revert an entire folder or Apple needs to convert Keynote files to a single file before saving. THIS MUST BE FIXED!

Dec 17, 2013 3:54 AM in response to numb3r

This is a MASSIVE problem. Keynote autosaves every single small change. With multiple team members on multiple locations it's virtually impossible to know if someone even does 1 tiny change in the presentation, while someone else is doing the same. The autosave makes this almost a certainty to happen.


We had to do multiple reworks this weekend, because of this. It makes working with dropbox and Keynote virtually impossible. I asked around and all Agencies I know, having the same issue.


One change on two locations, even by accident means:


- Broken images

- Broken videos

- Mixed images turning on different locaties

- Mixed videos turning on different locaties

- Keynote versioning broke.

- No dropbox versioning because of the new file format,


Only thing that can save you is a local backup.....OMG!!

It feels like a viral outbreak, and nobody is realising it yet....

Jan 21, 2014 12:17 AM in response to numb3r

We have the same problem. Since Keynote 6 on Mavericks the images in our presentations are totaly messed up. It unbelievable how Apple managed to totally mess up Keynote 6. We're switching back to version 5.3.


Also we are working on Google Drive which seems to make things even worse. Google this: Mavericks Pages, Numbers, Keynote not syncing correctly.

Jul 24, 2014 8:50 PM in response to numb3r

Has thsi issue been resolved? This is plaguing me and I need a fix. I have to practically build a new presentation every time I show it as the images are lost or out of order. We use dropbox to sync our presentations and this is killing our time and screwing up our workflow. We tried using iCloud and it didn't seem to work any better.

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