Suddenly received this message when opening Pages. "You can’t open the application “Pages” because it is not responding." Tried to force quit but it won't allow that either. Any suggestions would be very helpful. I can open files but not no app.

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Suddenly received this message when opening Pages. "You can’t open the application “Pages” because it is not responding." Tried to force quit but it won't allow that either. Any suggestions would be very helpful. I can open files but not no app.

Suddenly received this message when opening Pages.

"You can’t open the application “Pages” because it is not responding." Tried to force quit but it won't allow that either. Any suggestions would be very helpful. I can open files but no success with opening app.

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 25, 2022 10:08 AM

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VikingOSX

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Mar 25, 2022 10:19 AM in response to peterfromlyndurst

Reboot the Mac. Then one-time, press the shift key when launching Pages. That prevents it from loading its last application state, and it should work correctly.

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Mar 25, 2022 12:51 PM in response to VikingOSX

Thanks it appears this worked. My iMac is about 10 years old so I may be looking to get a new one any day now.

Thanks for your help. Very much appreciated.

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Suddenly received this message when opening Pages. "You can’t open the application “Pages” because it is not responding." Tried to force quit but it won't allow that either. Any suggestions would be very helpful. I can open files but not no app.

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