Propresenter Version
Ellington Walford
Before installing the older version of ProPresenter7 on your Mac, you will first want to remove the current instance of the application to avoid confusion. The application is typically stored in the "Applications" folder on your Mac. Navigate to that folder, right click (or ctrl+click) on the ProPresenter App and choose "Move to Trash". This will NOT delete any data the application references, but will only delete the application itself. If the application is not in the Applications Folder, it may be in Downloads. Please be sure to check there as well.
After removing the previous instance of the application, you will want to navigate to our download page here and then click on the "Version History" button on the Mac download and then choosing version the version number you'd like to download that version.
Click here go to the Download page to download the latest version of ProPresenter for Mac and Windows. We also have a Version History section at the bottom of that page where you can download earlier versions of ProPresenter.
Click the blue Download Now button below the version of ProPresenter that you need. This will download the installer file to your computer. The Mac file will end with .dmg and the Windows version will be .zip. After the file finishes downloading, locate the file in your Downloads folder and double-click on the file.
Both installers will guide you through the installation process and may require you to enter your administrator user name and password to complete certain steps. Follow each step shown on your screen to complete the installation. Once ProPresenter has finished installing, you can begin using the program.
To access the Import options inside of the program, go to File>Import in the menubar and select one of the options from the submenu. You can also drag files from your computer folders into the Library, Media Bin, or Audio Bin in the program to start this process.
If you select a ProPresenter file to import and you have multiple Libraries, you will be prompted what Library you wish to put this presentation into. If you only have a single Library, the file will begin importing automatically.
This option uses the same import options as Import File, but allows you to copy text from a website or a file such as a PDF or other file type not supported by ProPresenter and import it into a Library and Playlist.
ProPresenter makes it possible to import PowerPoint files. However, there are some limitations that you will need to be aware of before you get started. It's important to remember that importing from a third-party like PowerPoint is not a simple process and we are often limited in what we are able to support or something may stop working unexpectedly following an update from Microsoft.The biggest limitation is that the Windows version of ProPresenter 7 is only able to import PowerPoint files as images. If you have used ProPresenter 6 on Windows or ProPresenter on Mac, you're familiar with the other options that are available.You will need to have a full version of PowerPoint installed in order to import presentations. We recommend Office 2019 or Office 365 on both Mac and Windows. Office 2016 may still work, but due to changing support policies and timelines for this version from Microsoft, it may not work reliably. PowerPoint Viewer may still work on Windows, but since it is no longer supported by Microsoft we are not recommending it or supporting it anymore.
Videos in a PowerPoint will not import on Windows or Mac. They would need to be added into ProPresenter separately. Transitions or animations setup in PowerPoint will also not import into ProPresenter. To create similar effects you would use slide builds. You can learn more about slide builds here
To see this option you will need the Show House of Worship Integrations is checked in the General tab of ProPresenter Preferences. You will be prompted your first time searching in the QuickSearch window for Multitracks to login. You can also login via the Services tab of ProPresenter Preferences by selecting the login button.
Choosing this option loads the QuickSearch window already in the SongSelect tab. SongSelect is owned by Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI). If you are an active license holder of a CCLI license for your church or organization then you have the option of purchasing a subscription to SongSelect.
If you have access to SongSelect, ProPresenter can store the registration information for you and provide direct access to SongSelect through the program. This makes it easy to get songs from SongSelect without having to leave ProPresenter.
To use SongSelect, please make sure that the Show House of Worship Integrations option is enabled in the General tab of ProPresenter Preferences. You will be prompted to login to your account upon first searching in the QuickSearch window or by going to the Services tab of ProPresenter Preferences and clicking the Login button under SongSelect.
ProPresenter allows you to search for songs from SongSelect in the QuickSearch window. To do this, click on Search in the toolbar or go to File>Import>SongSelect... to access this window. You can search here by title, author, keywords, or CCLI number.
Songs downloaded from SongSelect are also stored in a CCLI Reporting file. You can access this file in the General tab of ProPresenter Preferences by clicking Reporting in the bottom right corner of the window. This file can be exported and/or reset at any time and shows the date the file was downloaded, title of the file, author, publisher, copyright year and CCLI number for the song.
Copyright information is also downloaded from CCLI and there are ways to send this to your Screen when that presentation is triggered. More information on this is found in the Copyright Display section here.
This option will load a finder or file explorer window where you can search for the media files you wish to import. Navigate to the media file you wish to import and select it. The file will be added to either the Audio or Media Bin depending on its file type and will be added into whichever Playlist is currently selected in the respective Bin.
This area allows you to import any previous ProPresenter6 libraries and migrate them into the program. You will see a window showing any Library from Pro6 that is currently able to be located on your machine provided ProPresenter6 is installed on your machine. This will allow you to select a library to import and convert to ProPresenter. Importing these files does not affect your previous files, so you can import the files while you are getting ProPresenter configured without affecting the previous version. More information on this is found in the Migration section below.
To access the Export options inside of the program, go to File>Export in the menubar and select one of the options from the submenu. Or right click on the file you wish to export for various export options, depending on the file type.
Bundles are used to gather Library files and media files together into a single package that can be opened in ProPresenter on another computer. If you select multiple songs in the Library, they will all be included in the same bundle along with the media. Importing a bundle file will prompt you to add the documents to a Library
This option will export all slides in a presentation as a JPEG or PNG image. The JPEG image will include any slide background color you've selected, while the PNG will not include the slide background color.
You can also choose whether you wish to include thumbnails of your Media Actions or not. Once you click Save, a folder will be created in your file's destination with individual images of each slide inside.
This option will export the selected playlist. When you export a playlist you can choose to include the media with the playlist if you want. Importing a playlist on another computer will rebuild the playlist exactly the way it is on the original computer. Playlists can also be exported by right-clicking on the playlist name and choosing Export.
ProPresenter makes it easy to export Themes to be used on another computer. Instead of having to search through the computer folders to find these files and manually add them on another computer, you can export specific Themes to a single bundle file.
Simply check the box next to each of the Themes you wish to export. You can also use the All or None options to select these Themes from the list on Mac. To do this on Windows simply check or uncheck the checkbox at the very top of the list of themes. By default, all Themes will be selected when you open this window.
There are a few different types of Migration that may occur with your ProPresenter files. This would include migrating from a previous ProPresenter version or migrating to a new computer with your current ProPresenter installation. We will describe options for both of these here.
When you initially launch ProPresenter, you will see the Welcome to ProPresenter series of screens that allow you to do a quick/initial setup of the program. In this window is also an option to migrate existing ProPresenter 6 data into the ProPresenter program. You can also access this setup process by going to Window>Welcome to ProPresenter in the menubar.
Here, you will see your existing ProPresenter 6 Libraries that are found on the computer provided ProPresenter 6 is installed on the machine. You will also have the ability to enable migration of Library Playlists, the Media Bin, the Audio Bin and various Settings/Support Files here.
Migrating via the File menu is similar to migrating through the Welcome to ProPresenter window, but is simply accessed differently. To open this migration window, go to File>Import>ProPresenter Library.