I would n’t have even think of Apple ’s new Apple TV as a presentation tool — Apple build up the twist to stream movies and iTunes content , not expose PowerPoint or Keynote slides . And yet , a act ofMacworldreaders have asked us if such a thing is possible .
The answer is , “ With a bit of work . ”
You ’ve in reality got two ways to make it happen . The first approach — which work with both Keynote and PowerPoint presentations — puts your presentation on the Apple boob tube by converting your slideway to image :
To see your “ presentment ” on the Apple TV , you select the synced record album from the Apple TV ’s Photos menu , and thenimmediatelypress the Play / Pause button to pause playback ; you’re able to then use the Back and Forward clitoris to pilot your slides . However , take down that this approach lose transitions ( for both Keynote and PowerPoint ) and builds ( for PowerPoint ; Keynote gives you the option of exporting each build as a separate image ) . The other downside to this method acting is that , because it work through iPhoto , you’re able to’tstreama presentment from a Mac to an Apple TV ; because Apple video take that photos be sync to its severe cause , you must synchronise the iPhoto album to the Apple television set first .
The second method puzzle out only with Keynote presentations ( or PowerPoint presentation imported into Keynote ) but converts your slides to a motion picture filing cabinet — which allows you to stream a Keynote display to an Apple video from any Mac ( or , of track , to synchronize the presentation to an Apple television from its syncing - partner Mac ) . To so so , follow these step :
To view your presentation on an Apple TV , choose it from the Movies menu — the Apple TV ’s Movies menu if you ’ve sync the movie , or the Movies menu from any other networked Mac via the Sources menu — and , again , as soon as it start playing , immediatelypress the Play / interruption button to pause playback . you may then use the Forward and Back buttons to navigate between “ slides ” in your presentation . ( Assuming you have a sensible routine of playground slide , the Apple TV will use a 10 - second skip sentence , as described in our Apple TV Q&A , for your presentation movie . Since you set your build and slide durations to 10 seconds , these skips should be timed absolutely . )
The vantage to the moving picture approach is that , since movies can be streamed , you could stream your presentation to any Apple TV from any Mac .
