Can I install proclaim on a machine with no internet?

Our church does not have an internet connection. I was hoping that I could download proclaim on a thumb drive and install it at church. However, the file that I download from the proclaim website when I click download is merely a small download program, and not the full setup file.

Will I have to bring our church computer home and connect it to the internet to install proclaim or am I missing something?

And now that I think about it...I guess I'll have to log in (hopefully just the first time) from home so that I can add my group to the machine and not be working off of the free trial?

I found the ability to "backup" my presentations...which I was planning to save to thumb drives and import them at church. I assume I'll be able to use the software in this fashion without an internet connection?

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Spencer McKimson

Will I have to bring our church computer home and connect it to the internet to install proclaim or am I missing something?

You will have to do so; An internet connection is required to install Proclaim. Also, you will need an internet connection to log in for the first time. However, after you have logged in one time, you will be able to start Proclaim without an internet connection.

I found the ability to "backup" my presentations...which I was planning to save to thumb drives and import them at church. I assume I'll be able to use the software in this fashion without an internet connection?

Yes, you can use Proclaim without an internet connection; however there are some setbacks you can read about here.

Jonathan Mack

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/687002#Comment_687002

Sweet, thanks for the quick reply.

I clicked the link, and actually had another question on future features:

With respect to signals and the remote app, would it be possible to link clients to proclaim via LAN instead of the internet? Let's say I had a wireless router at the church but no internet, is it theoretically possible to get signals or the remote app to work through this LAN instead of the internet?

Spencer McKimson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/687010#Comment_687010

is it theoretically possible to get signals or the remote app to work through this LAN instead of the internet?

This is not possible at the moment.

Spencer McKimson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/687012#Comment_687012

Also a thing to note: If you use Proclaim with no internet for an extended period of time, you will miss out on potentially critical updates. Since this is the case, checking for updates before the weekend with your presentation machine is optimal.

Spencer McKimson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/687010#Comment_687010

Another note: We are working towards local wifi support for the Proclaim Remote but I do not have an ETA. This would allow controlling a presentation over the wifi w/o internet connectivity.

Clay Bitner

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/687020#Comment_687020

As soon as local wifi support for Proclaim Remote is added, our church will seriously consider the app. This is the number one reason we still use Apple Keynote.

Scott Alexander

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/687272#Comment_687272

It's worth noting that you can use a generic wireless presenter remote or an apple remote to control Proclaim today in no wifi situations.