Remote for Keynote not working in iOS 8.2

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Remote for Keynote not working in iOS 8.2

I have an iPad (4. Gen) and iPhone (5S) which I both updated to iOS 8.2. On the day after I wanted to start my Keynote with the remote as usual... but my phone couldn't find my Mac (where the Keynote is on). I tried following things, none worked:

1. I tried it on my iPad with my Mac

2. Remote on iPhone and Presentation on iPad

3. Set up own WiFi on Mac, connect to it with iPad/iPhone

4. Reconnect MacBook with iPhone Remote in Keynote app

5. Reinstall Keynote on iPhone

(maybe I missed something)

It only worked when I took an iPhone (5S) from someone else who wasn't running iOS 8.2 (I can't tell which version, I guess 8.1) and it worked perfectly. This let me come the conclusion that it might have to do something with the iOS version.

iPhone 5s, iOS 8.2

Posted on Mar 19, 2015 10:44 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 23, 2015 6:09 AM in response to Apple-Custome

Edit of original post: It does work within a LAN but if I create a Computer-to-Computer Network an my Mac and connect to it with my iPhone it won't work. Here are three reasons why it has to work:

1. The network is shown on my iPhone and recognized as a Device-Network

2. It is an Apple Device and I expect Apple Devices to work with each other

3. It has worked before

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Answer 2

Apr 4, 2015 2:43 AM in response to Apple-Custome

The iWork team contacted me – thank you again.

This solved the problem:

1. Restarting both devices (Mac and iPhone)

2. Turning of cellular on my iPhone

After that I could control my presentation on my MacBook via my iPhone while being in the same Computer-to-Computer Network, created by the MacBook.

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