> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.screenshepherd.live/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# ProPresenter

> Letting ScreenShepherd read your slides and move them.

ProPresenter will not talk to anything until you switch its network setting on.
It is off when ProPresenter is installed, so this is a step you have to do.

<Steps>
  <Step title="In ProPresenter, turn the network setting on">
    **Settings → Network**, and switch it on.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Note the port number">
    It is on the same screen. Usually **1025**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="In ScreenShepherd, open the setup tab">
    Under **propresenter** there are two boxes: **address** and **port**.

    **Leave the address alone** if ProPresenter is on this same Mac. Put your
    port number in the port box, and save.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Look for connected">
    A small badge shows **connected** when it has worked.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## If ProPresenter is on a different Mac

Put that Mac's address in the **address** box instead — something like
`192.168.1.50`. You can paste it with `http://` on the front if that is what
you copied; it is tidied up for you.

To find the address, on the Mac running ProPresenter: **System Settings →
Network → Wi-Fi → Details**. It is the **IP address**.

<Warning>
  The first time, macOS asks whether ScreenShepherd may find devices on your
  network. **Say yes.** If you say no it will never connect, and nothing on
  screen will explain why — you have to turn it back on in **System Settings →
  Privacy & Security → Local Network**.
</Warning>

Both Macs must be on the same network. A guest wifi network usually blocks
machines from seeing each other, so use the same one for both.

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="It says it can't reach ProPresenter">
    The message names the address it tried. Work through these in order:

    1. Is ProPresenter actually open — on that machine?
    2. Is **Settings → Network** still switched on there? It can get switched
       off, especially after a ProPresenter update.
    3. Does the port here match the port ProPresenter shows?
    4. If ProPresenter is on another Mac: are both on the same network, and did
       you allow local network access?
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="It says it LOST ProPresenter">
    Different problem: it was working. Usually the other Mac went to sleep, or
    dropped off the wifi. It reconnects by itself once that machine is back.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="It says reconnecting…">
    Give it a few seconds. It does this by itself and usually sorts itself out.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="It connects, but the slides never move">
    That is almost always the microphone rather than ProPresenter. Go to [The
    microphone](/setup/audio) and use **check the microphone**.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="It was working and now it is not">
    If ProPresenter was reinstalled or updated, check the network setting is
    still on and the port has not changed.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>