Finding Pages Templates on Time Machine

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Finding Pages Templates on Time Machine

Where do I go to find, inside Time Machine, templates for Pages that I've created? I've had to re-install the OS (Monterrey) and those templates are no longer accessible easily.

In a previous "discussions" post, I came across some answers that don't make sense to me, such as (eg., ) going to : /Users/$USER/Library/Containers/com.apple.Pages/Data/Library/Application Support/User Templates/

When I attempt to search for that, nothing comes up. Please, help, as I've invested a lot of time creating business templates for my business and now can't find the.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Dec 10, 2022 8:56 AM

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picas

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Dec 10, 2022 2:20 PM in response to JayMiller3

In Finder under Go > Go to Folder..., copy and paste:

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iWork.Pages/Data/Library/Application Support

Find User Templates, click on it, then enter Time Machine and Restore.

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picas

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Dec 15, 2022 2:34 PM in response to JayMiller3

Follow the path in Finder then when you enter Time Machine it will take you directly to Pages templates and you can go back to where you think they were last there and restore.

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Dec 15, 2022 2:28 PM in response to picas

I'm unclear as to the steps to be taken. Do I follow your path to Finder on the present copy - the one without the Pages' templates or do I enter Time Machine and estimate how far back to go where the templates might be and enter the path there?

Thank you.

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JayMiller3 Author

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Dec 15, 2022 3:03 PM in response to picas

Ah, I did not know one can select a specific folder, eg., templates, and search Time Machine for the old copies. When I did this, Time Machine (TM) only goes back to mid-September. Is that likely because there is so much data on the HD, that TM needed to erase earlier backups?

And, when one is back to an earlier backup copy on TM and clicks "restore," I'm presuming that only restores the selections showing in the window and not beyond.

Thank you for your help.

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Finding Pages Templates on Time Machine

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