Use iCloud with Keynote

iCloud stores your documents and keeps them up to date across your iOS devices, the web, and your computers. You always have the latest versions at hand, no matter which device you used to make your latest edits. For seamless sharing and syncing of documents, you must use iCloud Drive, iOS 8 on your devices, and OS X Yosemite on your computers.

With iOS 8, you have the option to use iCloud Drive or iCloud Documents & Data. However, if you use Documents & Data on other devices or computers with earlier operating systems after you upgrade your iCloud account to use iCloud Drive, syncing won’t work in all cases. See this Apple Support article for more information.

Set up Keynote to use iCloud

To use iCloud, you must sign in with your Apple ID in Settings, and make sure iCloud is turned on in Keynote.

  1. Tap Settings on your Home screen, then tap iCloud in the list on the left.

  2. Sign in to your account using your Apple ID, or request a new Apple ID and then sign in.

  3. Tap iCloud Drive (or Documents & Data) and turn it on.

  4. Turn on Keynote.

    This setting allows Keynote to store presentations in iCloud.

  5. In the list on the left, scroll down to the apps at the bottom.

  6. Tap Keynote, then turn on Use iCloud.

When iCloud is turned off in Keynote on this device, edits you make or new presentations that you create aren’t saved to iCloud, and new or changed presentations on other devices or on your computer aren’t available in Keynote on this device.

Tips for managing presentations across devices

Here are a few things to keep in mind about using iCloud to manage your presentations across devices:

In addition to Keynote on your Mac, iPad, and iPhone or iPod touch, you can use Keynote for iCloud beta on the web. Keynote for iCloud beta is a web app you can use to create and edit Keynote presentations using a supported web browser on a Mac or Windows computer. You can access it by logging in to your account on iCloud.com.

Presentations you create using Keynote for iCloud beta are automatically available in Keynote on your Mac or iOS devices that are set up to use iCloud—and vice versa. If you create a presentation using Keynote on an iOS device or a Mac, the presentation appears automatically on the web in Keynote for iCloud beta. See Keynote for iCloud beta Help for more information.

To use Keynote for iCloud beta, you need to upgrade your iCloud account to use iCloud Drive.

See also
Share and edit a presentation with others
Move a presentation
Add a password to a presentation