Presenting with TV or Projector

I have worked out how to make presentations in four ways using Apple stuff.

iPad to TV

The iPad Photo app can use Airplay to stream photos/slides to the Apple TV.

There is some work involved to get the slides from Keynote on the Mac to the iPad or Apple TV:

- by exporting from Keynote to iPhoto, then syncing using iTunes via USB to the iPad,

- or by exporting the slides as JPEG (or PNG) files to a folder on your MacBook, then syncing them to the iPad Camera Roll using the wireless sync program PhotoSync,

A local network can be created by a MiFi, the iPhone or a MacBook to link the system together. What would be very good is if an iPhone with Personal Hotspot enabled could Airplay photos directly to the Apple TV, without the need for a separate WiFi network, but it cannot (Apple BIG upgrade needed).

As far as I can see it is no use transferring the Keynote presentation itself, using Mobile Me iDisk, to Keynote app on the iPad, as this cannot use Airplay nor save as images to the Photo app!!! (A BIG upgrade request to Apple)

MacBook to TV

Keynote on the MacBook cannot directly use Airplay (A BIG upgrade request to Apple). So the slides must be exported to iPhoto, and iTunes started. Then the slides can be found in the Photo album on the Apple TV and the Apple TV remote can be used to present them.

A network can be created by a MiFi, an iPhone or simply by the MacBook itself to link the system together.

MacBook to Projector

This is pretty simple, the projector will most likely have a VGA input, so a Mini DVI to VGA adaptor must be used to connect it to the MacBook. Then the slides can be shown from Keynote and use the MacBook remote to present.

MacBook to Projector, iPad remote

A variation on the previous setup is to Create a Network on the MacBook, join it with the iPad then use the Keynote Remote app to present to show.

You can use an iPhone in place of the iPad.