Emailed the file to my Gmail account and saved on desktop.I saw an excessive CPU usage by the process 'WindowServer' and decided to save my document and quit Pages.I have been suffering from the very same problem as of today. Forums can be critical and nasty I prefer to be positive and complimentary when deserved. Thanks for your very great efforts Peter. I am very satisfied with my internal network and connections through FibreOp. Do you wish to update it to Pages 5.1?' I tried for a while to avoid 5.1, preferring 4.3, but have given up and do a lot of head-scratching but make Pages 5.1 do what I need. It is very common upon opening documents that have not been opened since Mavericks was installed - I don't remember the exact terminology - but the effect of which means that 'this document was made in an older version of Pages. docx and I can translate back and forth perfectly between Pages and Word. I have DropBox installed but don't use it. My son-in-law has an up-to-date iPhone and I cannot receive mail from it. I have disabled iCloud the best I can, sacrificing any potential collaboration in favour of getting the Mac back. Even force quit commonly would not work and I would have to pull the plug from the wall. 7.2 so that I couldn't receive mail, would hang up frequently, block the shut down process and would need force quit.

It screwed everything up so bad immediately, especially Mac Mail Ver. I tried iCloud hoping to have access from the Android smartphone, particularly contact information when away from the office. I just stumble around and try stuff until I get in. I often have to go to lengths which I don't understand to open Pages 5.1 since the iCloud trial. Were there any preceeding warnings or difficulties of any kind with the document?Īll documents were made and stored on iMac, early 2010, Mavericks OS 9.2 Pages 5.1 Numbers 3.1 some documents on Snow Leopard, then Mountain Lion until November 2013 then Mavericks. Particularly relevant would be where and how the files were last saved.Īre they being transferred or backed up to iCloud?Īre you using 3rd party syching or backup solutions like DropBox?Īre they being re-edited on iDevices, iWork for iCloud beta or back and forth from Word. To aid some kind of resolution I ask that users who have had the problem post here, detailing the last things they did with the file and whether there is anything particular to the files that may be leading to the problem.

xml.Īpple reportedly has also examined these and been unable to rectify them. I have gone over several of them and been unable to correct the problem, only able to open the Document.iwa sub file in the package to look at the mix of text snippets and I presume. We are getting an increased number of users all with files that refuse to open in Pages 5, particularly Pages 5.1.

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