fixed : need to use Keynote on PC

Posted on 26-01-2018 by MacManus.nl

Question :

I have always been using Macs, and I am enthusiastic about it. But now my employer wants me to work on a Windows-PC, I have no option…

On my Mac, I am a vivid user of Keynote to make my presentations. But now I, on Windows, I can only make presentations in MS PowerPoint…

PowerPoint can’t handle my home-made presentions made in Keynote.

Isn’t there a solution for that ?

Answer :

Apple has recently introduced iCloud web-based versions of the Apple iWork-suite including Keynote, Pages and Numbers. So now you can work in Keynote through iCloud online.

All you need on your PC is Windows 7 (or newer) and a supported webbrowser : preferably Google Chrome 50 (or newer). Internet Explorer 11 (or newer) is also an option, but then Keynote-transitions and Chinese/Japanese/Korean language are not fully supported.

Then go to icloud.com and login (if you don’t have an account, you can create one for free)

In the web-interface, open Keynote and start working.

If you have ‘iCloud file syncing’ switched on on your Mac at home, you can start working on your Keynote-presentation immediately. If not, you can upload the .key-presentation you want to work on.

Note #1 : the Safari webbrowser can only be used for iCloud online from Mac-computers ; any Mac with OSX 10.9 Mavericks and Safari 9 (or newer) is suited. Safari 7 and 8 are only partially supported.

Note #2 : other webbrowsers are only partially supporting iCloud online on Windows : Google Chrome 35 (or newer), Firefox 27 (or newer) and Microsoft Edge (all versions).

enjoy !

fixed : “Your iCloud Account Settings Are Out Of Date” error in Windows 10 Mail app

Posted on 11-12-2017 by MacManus.nl

Question :

I have installed the iCloud application on my PC running Windows 10, and added my iCloud email-address to Windows Mail.app (or Outlook) without a problem, but now I keep getting an error message saying “Your iCloud Account Settings Are Out Of Date”… when I click on it, I get an option to have this fixed by Windows 10 itself, but then nothing happens… the problem remains, and I am not receiving any eMails in my iCloud mailbox…

I have checked on iCloud.com and my PC is listed as a registered device, and there is no error showing in the iCloud application on Windows either…

What can I do to fix this ?

Answer :

Somewhere during 2017 Apple has changed the security settings of the iCould services : it is now obligatory to enable two-factor-authentication on your iCloud account if you want to connect from any non-Apple device : from now on you will need to generate an application-specific password for Windows Mail.app (or Outlook)…

Here’s how to do that :

setup two-factor-authentication on your iCloud account as outlined here
then, make sure you have the iCloud for Windows application installed on your PC ; if you need to reinstalled it, you can download it here
then, make sure you have the iCloud for Windows application setup properly ; open the iCloud for Windows application and make sure there is a checkmark at “Mail” (and at “Contacts”, “Calendars” and “Tasks” if you want to sync those also)
then, make sure you have added your iCloud mailbox to Windows Mail.app (or Outlook) ; if it’s not listed, add it (again)
then, generate an application specific password as outlined here
then, make sure that you input the application specific password you have just generated as the password for your iCloud mailbox in the Windows Mail.app (or Outlook) Settings

That’s it !

NOTE : do NOT use your regular iCloud-password for Windows Mail.app (or Outlook) any longer, it won’t work.

enjoy 😉

fixed : wrong location listed when trying to login into iCloud.com

Posted on 30-11-2017 by MacManus.nl

Question :

Today, I needed to use iCloud.com from my computer, but when I opened iCloud.com in Safari on my Mac and tried to login, I got a message that I had two way authorization switched on, and had to verify my login attempt from one of my registered devices. I immediately got a message on my Mac and on my iPhone, that “someone is trying to access my iCloud account from a location near…”, but the place mentioned was not my current location, it even was a place I haven’t visited ever…

What should I do ?

Answer :

Since the inlog attempt notification pops up on your Mac immediately after you try to access iCould.com yourself, you have a near-100% insurance that this occurs because you are trying to login yourself, even if the location isn’t displayed correctly. But for security-reasons, this is not your best option.

This inaccurate location problem is probably caused by the fact that for some reason your ISP (internet service provider) has routed you to a datacenter in the location mentioned and they are connecting you to the Internet from there.

Even though there is no apparent reason to expect any problems if you click OK on the warning asking if you are currently at that far-away location, it would be more secure to click DENY and then click on “resend verification code via SMS”. Then way a second or two and use that code to login on iCloud.com.

That’s is – enjoy !

fixed : people can’t iMessage me on my phone no.

Posted on 14-01-2014 by MacManus.nl

Question :

Recently, people have started complaining that they can no longer send me iMessages. They get a message that their iMessages have to be re-sent as regular SMS… and when they get iMessages from me, they appear to be sent from my iCloud-account…

…I tried to find anything to adjust on my iPhone, but in the iMessage settings, both my phone no. and my iCloud-account are listed, but… only the iCloud-account is in black and has a checkmark in front of it, the phone no. has been greyed out and doesn’t have a checkmark… and I can’t seem to activate the phone no. as I can’t find a way to get a checkmark in front…

Note : I’m not sure when I first encountered this problem, it could have started after upgrading to iOS 7, or due to having to temporarily switch phone carriers when I went abroad.

Is there any way to fix this ?

Answer :

Yes.

There is a relatively simple fix for this :

1- on your iPhone, go to “Settings”, then to “Messages”, and then switch off “iMessage”

2- then, back in “Settings”, go to “FaceTime”, and switch off “FaceTime” also

3- then shut off your iPhone by pressing the (physical) ON/OFF-button top-right on your iPhone

4- then switch your iPhone back on, go to “Settings”, then to “Messages”, switch “iMessage” back on, and wait for the “Send & Receive” to display “x Addresses”

5- then click on “x Addresses”, and you will see a list of the “YOU CAN BE REACHED BY IMESSAGE AT” starting with your phone no. with a checkmark in front of it – if it’s greyed out, that’s no problem… if there’s no checkmark, wait a few moments for it to appear… if it doesn’t, then redo the entire OFF&ON-switching process of both iMessage and FaceTime

6- then go back to “Settings”, then to “FaceTime”, switch “FaceTime” back on, and wait for the list of “YOU CAN BE REACHED BY FACETIME AT”-list to display, again starting with your phone no. with a checkmark in front of it

…again : if it’s greyed out, that’s no problem… if there’s no checkmark, wait a little… and if there’s still no checkmark after that… redo the entire OFF&ON-switching process of both iMessage and FaceTime

7- if you still don’t get the checkmarks to appear after a second attempt, redo the entire OFF&ON-switching of both iMessage and FaceTime again, but this time, make sure you switch off iMessage first and instead of just simply shutting down your iPhone, do a restart by pressing both physical buttons on the iPhone simultaneously (both the Menu-button below-screen and the ON/OFF-button top-right on the housing), and then wait for the white Apple logo to re-appear…

That should be it !

Enjoy !

fixed : iTunes Home Sharing not working with iTunes account

Posted on 08-02-2013 by MacManus.nl

Question :

When I tried to turn on iTunes Home Sharing on my new AppleTV today, I got a message that the iCloud account was not recognized. I tried a few times, but I keep getting an error message that either my login or password is incorrect.

What else could be wrong ?

Answer :

You may have turned on iTunes Home Sharing long time ago using an old @mac.com-account, and not an @me.com-account.

In iTunes 11, your best way to resolve this is to recreate your iTunes Home Sharing using your @me.com-account. To do so, do this :

– open iTunes 11 on your Mac

– go to File in the menu bar, and choose Home Sharing and Turn Off Home Sharing

– then do the same on all other Macs on your home network that are using Home Sharing (no more than 5 Macs in total)

– then in iTunes on your primary Mac, go to File, choose Home sharing and Turn On Home Sharing

– in the window that opens, log in using your @me.com-account and password

– wait for the setup to finish and when the page refreshes, click Done

– now go to your AppleTV and log into Home Sharing using your @me.com-account there

– then make sure you also change the iTunes Home Sharing settings on your other Macs to your @me.com-account

…that’s it !

…enjoy !

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fixed : need to use Keynote on PC

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