Poll Everywhere for macOS releases
A detailed history of all app changes and dates they were released
We are constantly improving our apps with frequent releases, and we encourage you to stay up to date for the best performance. Our apps will update automatically by default, and you can find information about each release here.
3.0.1
Download | Released July 26, 2022 | Technical support link
- Fix bug that prevented file selector window from opening when attempting to upload an image for an activity
3.0.0
Download | Released June 13, 2022 | Technical support link
- Migrate from OSX WebView to WKWebView, app now requires macOS 11 (Big Sur) or above
- Poll Everywhere view no longer reverts when window is unfocused
- Fix an issue where logging out didn’t update the menu bar to say “Log In”
- Fix Menu Bar -> File options not activating properly
2.25.0
Download | Released November 23, 2020 | Technical support link
- Enable edit surveys.
- Poll Everywhere menu now shows on window focus.
- No longer preventing shutdown due to close prompt.
- New application icon.
- Reorganized status menu.
- Add What’s New under Help menu.
- Add dock menu options for adding, sync, clearing current activities in presentation.
- Add error suggestions when Contact Support menu item is clicked.
- Add preference to turn off status menu icon.
2.24.1
Download | Released May 4, 2020 | Technical support link
- Attempt to show activity even if we can’t detect the placeholder properly.
- Fix activity covering Zoom presenter controls when sharing your screen in a remote meeting.
2.24.0
Download | Released November 12, 2019 | Technical support link
- Updates contact support page. You can now upload your logs alongside your message.
- Fixes an issue where we’d ask for screen recording permissions on macOS Catalina even though they had been granted. In rare cases you might need to toggle the permission off and back on one last time. For more information see our new screen recording permissions documentation.
2.23.1
Download | Released October 8, 2019 | Technical support link
- Fixes issue with asking for screen recording permissions on macOS Catalina (10.15)
2.23.0
Download | Released September 30, 2019 | Technical support link
- New feature: Clear responses
- Fix Catalina insert problems
- Updates to activity url notes
- Gives users screen recording permission instructions
- Checks for invalid information from slideware notes
2.22.0
Download | Released July 16, 2019 | Technical support link
- Adds “Clear Cache and Cookies” item to the “Help” menu
2.20.2
Download | Released April 11, 2019 | Technical support link
- Fixed an issue where competition timers would not reset while navigating backwards through a presentation
2.20.1
Download | Released March 28, 2019 | Technical support link
- Fixed a bug where presentation windows would display wider than expected
- Slightly increased the app window size
2.20.0
Download | Released March 13, 2019 | Technical support link
- Adds Contact Support menu item to Application and Status menu
- Adds url security feature for inserting a video or website into presentation slides. Learn more
2.19.1
Download | Released February 7, 2019 | Technical support link
- Add insert join instructions to the menu to help train participants
- Update insert video and insert website in the menu
2.18.2
Download | Released November 28, 2018 | Technical support link
- Fix various scenarios where activity slides failed to properly display during a PowerPoint presentation
2.18.0
Download | Released November 13, 2018 | Technical support link
- Sync all Poll Everywhwere activities at once from the Sync -> All menu!
- Denied permissions to Keynote or PowerPoint? If you run into this, we let you know how to fix it.
2.17.0
Download | Released August 23, 2018 | Technical support link
- Competitions are now supported!
- Major performance improvements in presentations with many activities
- Keep Poll Everywhere slides up to date with the new Sync menu option
- All activity types can now be inserted with the Insert menu option
- Fixed a bug in PowerPoint and Keynote that briefly caused the wrong activity to activate when hidden slides are present
2.16.0
Download | Released April 17, 2018 | Technical support link
- Poll activation improvements
2.15.0
Download not available | Released March 12, 2018 | Technical support link
- Add Edit capability
- Various bug fixes
- Update app name to “Poll Everywhere”
2.14.0
Download not available | Released March 1, 2018 | Technical support link
- Update application and packages to 64-bit
2.13.0
Download not available | Released January 4, 2018 | Technical support link
- Various bug fixes
2.12.0
Download not available | Released October 25, 2017 | Technical support link
- Performance improvements for high resolution displays and complex monitor arrangements
- Various bug fixes
2.11.1
Download not available | Released May 16, 2017 | Technical support link
- Various bug fixes
2.11.0
Download not available | Released April 3, 2017 | Technical support link
- New look and feel
- Minor bug fixes
2.10.1
Download not available | Released January 31, 2017 | Technical support link
- No longer attempt to load URLs from non-LiveSlides
- Fix a slide insertion failure case
2.10.0
Download not available | Released December 19, 2016 | Technical support link
- Insert beautiful placeholders for your polls, with a glimpse of what it will look like when presenting
- Minor bug fixes
2.9.0
Download not available | Released October 28, 2016 | Technical support link
- Insert screenshots of your polls
- Prevent two copies of the app running at the same time
2.8.1
Download not available | Released September 21, 2016 | Technical support link
- Support Keynote 7.0 and OSX Sierra
- Support http protocol when inserting webpages
- Polls now insert at the correct index in PowerPoint
- Slim the app bundle: remove Appscript framework, strip unused architectures from Sparkle and OpenCV frameworks
- App bundle: 43.4 MB -> 18.6 MB, dmg: 16.5 MB -> 6.6 MB
2.8.0
Download not available | Released September 21, 2016 | Technical support link
- Can create clickable image polls
- Can add photos as backgrounds within viz
- Improve placeholder detection for the MacBook Air
- Create the “New” and “Insert” submenus, including inserting a Survey
2.7.4
Download not available | Released March 24, 2016 | Technical support link
- Liveslides functionality within the PollEv Presenter app.
- Forced monitor selection via Help menu.
- Hidden Slides no longer break functionality.
- New keyboard shortcuts, cmd+w closes our window when it has keyboard focus, cmd+n opens a new window if they have closed it and the pollev or liveslides apps are active.
- Better behavior when there’s no internet connection.
- page up and page down keys properly advance forward or backward.
- Fix bugs related to keynote and powerpoint running at the same time.
- Now works with Mavericks!
2.7.3
Download not available | Released March 18, 2016 | Technical support link
- Liveslides functionality within the PollEv Presenter app
- Forced monitor selection via Help menu.
- We no longer break when hidden slides exist in a deck during a presentation.
- New keyboard shortcuts, cmd+w closes our window when it has keyboard focus, cmd+n opens a new window if they have closed it and the pollev or liveslides apps are active.
- Better behavior when there’s no internet connection.
- page up and page down keys properly advance forward or backward.
- fix bugs related to keynote and powerpoint running at the same time
2.6.9
Download not available | Released October 21, 2015 | Technical support link
- Fixed insert slide for Keynote 6.6
- Fixed insert slide for slides containing double quotation marks
2.6.7
Download not available | Released September 4, 2015 | Technical support link
- Fixed insert slide for Keynote 6.6
- Fixed insert slide for slides containing double quotation marks
2.6.6
Download not available | Released September 4, 2015 | Technical support link
- Fixed copy-paste issues
- Fixed left and right arrow key use in presentations with animations
- Fixed El Capitan launch issues
- Fixed rare crash when entering presentation mode in slideware
- Added additional verification during insert slide
- Added show log button within help menu
2.6.0
Download not available | Released August 14, 2015 | Technical support link
- Insert slide for Keynote and Powerpoint now supported
- Insert Slide supports 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios
- Uses web_presenter for application back end
- Remove old black application window
- Fixed eventing issues for polling slides and background application
- Fixed some imagefind reliability issues
- Improves logging
- Faster imagefind
- Plays well with overlays from Skype, GoToMeeting, and other on-top window applications
- Update credits
2.3.0
Download not available | Released May 26, 2015 | Technical support link
- Upgrade version to 2.3.0
2.2.0
Download not available | Released April 25, 2015 | Technical support link
- Improves poll placement speed
- Improves poll placement accuracy
- Ignores overlays on top of presentation applications
- Greatly improved logging for error scenarios
- Improve imagefind for smaller placeholders
2.1.0
Download not available | Released December 29, 2014 | Technical support link
- Now supports Yosemite
- Support for Keynote 6.5
- Support for Powerpoint 2008
- Support for Powerpoint 2011
2.0.0
Download not available | Released August 11, 2014 | Technical support link
- Mavericks support
- Support for Keynote 6.5
- Support for Powerpoint 2008
- Support for Powerpoint 2011
- Remove copyfiles for scriptbridge
1.0.0
Download not available | Released April 15, 2014 | Technical support link
- Initial beta version - standalone mini presenter
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