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Q: 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, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 21, 2013 1:36 PM

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Q: Image problems with keynote   dropbox

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  • by catnemip,

    catnemip catnemip Nov 22, 2013 9:27 AM in response to numb3r
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    Nov 22, 2013 9:27 AM in response to numb3r

    Yeah, having same issue as well. Also using dropbox as reponsitory for files. Slide thumbnails are intact, but clicking the thumnails brings up corrupted images Always fun scrambling to get a deck finished for a meeting and having it corrupted at the last minute?

  • by numb3r,

    numb3r numb3r Nov 22, 2013 10:01 AM in response to catnemip
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    Nov 22, 2013 10:01 AM in response to catnemip

    We've reverted back to iwork 09 as you'll soon find out at type of collberative work over dropbox will result in pain. The only solution to collaberate appears to be with iCloud. However, this poses additional hurdles as you can only share keynotes from iCloud using a registered iCloud mail account.

  • by ragain,

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

  • by catnemip,

    catnemip catnemip Dec 2, 2013 11:26 AM in response to ragain
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    Dec 2, 2013 11:26 AM in response to ragain

    Yeah, its been painful. An interim work around is to work locally on your keynote decks. Once complete, zip the keynote and copy to dropbox folder. Requires a change in behavior which leaves room for failure (especially in larger teams), interrupted workflows etc. Sitll it helped me crank some timely stuff out.

  • by maximizor,

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

  • by Alfonskb,

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

  • by Mattbo,

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

  • by Chad Grant,

    Chad Grant Chad Grant Dec 16, 2015 8:15 AM in response to numb3r
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    Dec 16, 2015 8:15 AM in response to numb3r

    This is what seems to be working for us.  We are changing ALL files to Package instead of SingleFile.

     

    Save documents as a package or a single file in iWork for Mac - Apple Support