With the Conferences i/o Mac App, presenters can embed live content slides (polling, Q&A, trivia battle, or team battle) into PowerPoint and Keynote presentations on a computer running MacOS.
Note: The Conferences i/o Mac App is in public beta. While the app has been tested by many customers, there can still be quirks or bugs that have not yet been ironed out. If you are using the Mac App and see any strange behavior, please email support@conferences.io.
Download and Installation Steps
Using the Conferences i/o Mac App for Presentations
System requirements
- MacOS 10.11 (El Capitan) or later
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One of:
- Keynote
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 2016 or later
Download and Installation Steps
- Download the latest version (1.4.0)
- Locate the downloaded file conferencesio-mac-1.4.0-catalina.zip
- In most cases, the ZIP file is located in the Downloads folder. Open Finder and select Go > Downloads.
- In most cases, the ZIP file is located in the Downloads folder. Open Finder and select Go > Downloads.
- Double-click the file to unzip it
- Double-click the conferencesio-1.4.0-catalina app to launch
- If prompted, click Open to confirm launch
- When open, the Conferences i/o Mac App appears in the menu bar
Video Tutorial
Using the Conferences i/o Mac App for Presentations
1. After downloading, open the Mac App
- For more information about opening applications, see the Apple user guide.
- When running, the Mac app appears as an icon in the menu bar as shown below:
2. Launch your presentation software, either PowerPoint or Keynote, and open your slide deck
3. Add live content slides to the slide deck.
4. Start presentation mode in your presentation software:
- For more information about presentation mode in PowerPoint, see Microsoft's user guide
- For more information about using presenter mode in Keynote, see Apple's user guide
5. During the presentation, the live content slides will be replaced with live content from Conferences i/o.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I create live content slides on one computer and transfer them to another?
Yes, as long as the destination computer is a Mac and has the Conferences i/o Mac App installed.
What is the App doing?
Will these slides work on Windows?
Slides created using the Conferences i/o Mac App will work on Windows computers, provided that the computer has the latest version of our Windows PowerPoint Add-In installed.
Will these slides work on Keynote?
As of early 2017, we are working to resolve an issue with the automatically generated PPTX file when you try to open it directly in Keynote. If you try this, you will see an error message indicating that Keynote cannot open the file "for some reason". If you have PowerPoint available on the Mac, you can open the file in PowerPoint, save the file, and then try opening in Keynote. This seems to fix the issue with opening in Keynote.
Note: Not getting the results you intended? Check out Troubleshooting Problems with the Mac App.
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