Can anyone explain Pages Save, Revert/Delete or Cancel options?

They seem to pop up for reasons I cannot discern, and leaves me not knowing what to do, finding it easier to FORCE QUIT.


Just opening a document should not result in any such dialog, but trying to quit the application results in this question. I always save before closing, if any changes have been made, intentionally for cause. If I accidentally or intentionally alter the document, but do not intend to save changes, I certainly have no interest in deleting it, nor should I have any need to Revert a freshly saved document, and Cancel is not an option. Ergo: Force Quit. I've yet to see what causes the dialog to offer Revert instead of Delete, and at times, and not certain that why it is offering Delete, is as evidenced at other times.


It vexes me: I'm DONE using Pages, my files are saved, but it want's me to make seemingly nonsensical choices. By asking me to Save, it implies one of the files I may have open, may have unintended changes, so I dare not select Save, overwriting a correct file with an error. Delete is hardly ever desired, and would normally be handled at icon level, more reliably, since I seldom have a clue as to why Pages is offering the option. And Revert simply leaves me where I'm at, with an open application in need of closing, as is also true of Cancel.


What am I missing?

Mac Studio, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jul 25, 2023 1:22 PM

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Jul 26, 2023 11:03 AM in response to Motorhomiac

Hello Motorhomiac,


It sounds like Pages may believe it has an opened document with changes that either need to be saved, deleted or reverted to a previous version. At this point, if the app isn't working as expected, then we'd recommend taking these relevant steps to troubleshoot:


  1. Make sure the Mac is up to date. Currently, the latest macOS version is 13.5: What's new in the updates for macOS Ventura
  2. Check for app updates and get that installed, if needed: How to manually update apps on your Apple device
  3. If the issue continues, try to reinstall the Pages app. Step #4 here: If an app on your iPhone or iPad stops responding, closes unexpectedly, or won’t open


These cover the options of saving, deleting, or reverting documents within the Pages app:



After these steps, if you continue to receive this message when opening documents in the Pages app, then it may be best to partner with Apple Support on a solution: Get Support


They'd need to take it from here.


Take care.

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