Screen sharing with Apple Keynote 12.0

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April 29, 2022
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The instructions for sharing Apple Keynote slideshows on Zoom have changed. The latest version (12.0), no longer has the Preference option "Allow Mission Control, Dashboard and others to use the screen," which is one of the key instructions on this page: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362963-Screen-sharing-a-Keynote-presentation.

So, what do I do now to share my screen on Zoom?

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Arundel69

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Hello all,

For those who never managed to get it working correctly... there is another option to take into account. It's a rather obvious one, but I lost half an hour to figure it out, so I guess I could share my experience...

In Keynote, before launching the presentation (i.e. while still in 'editing' mode), the Play menu has an additional option, a checkbox that is, by default, In Full Screen. Check In Window instead.

This should separate Keynote in 3 windows: the editing window (where you were), the presentation window (which 'usually' is on a Full Screen, but now becomes a 'normal' window), and the Presenter Display window (!). From Zoom, when sharing windows, now you can just share the presentation window, and even have the Presenter Display open — it won't be shared via Zoom! — so you can keep track on the presentation.

Needless to say, this is after selecting the Keynote Preferences, Slideshow tab and enabling Allow app switching when presenting, as said above on this thread.

I have no idea if the issue about hiding/unhiding the extension still applies or not, but my guess is that it's not needed.