iPad Pages WebDAV Login bug and work around

Druce wrote:
I discovered what appears to be a bug in the WebDAV login. If you setup a WebDAV login, that account association will be saved until you manually select "Sign Out". This sounds like it should be expected behavior, but in circumstances where that login becomes unavailable, entering new login credentials or a different server will not be saved after that single use. When you try and use WebDAV again, it will default to the original set of credentials rather than the last successful login.

Therefor, if you plan to change WebDAV Servers or accounts, it is vital to make sure that you log out first.
Druce wrote:
I discovered what appears to be a bug in the WebDAV login. If you setup a WebDAV login, that account association will be saved until you manually select "Sign Out". This sounds like it should be expected behavior, but in circumstances where that login becomes unavailable, entering new login credentials or a different server will not be saved after that single use. When you try and use WebDAV again, it will default to the original set of credentials rather than the last successful login.

Therefor, if you plan to change WebDAV Servers or accounts, it is vital to make sure that you log out first.

I have the same problem as Steve, and no, the link that Craig provided did not solve it. He is the breakdown of the problem

1) I bought the iPad 2 and all of iWork.

2) I found out the iWork is terrible incompatible with anything that I use.

3) I spent $100 to by the Airstash to be able to use its local WebDAV features.

4) In the mean time, I set up a temporary account with Ajaxfilebrowser, to have at least basic usability out of my overpriced iworks suite.

5) The Airstash arrived in the mail, and the temporary Ajaxfilebrowser account had terminated itself.

6) I tried to set up my Airstash WebDAV, only to find out that iWork supports only one WebDAV account at a time.

7 part 1) I tried to remove my WebDAV account, only to find out that you have to log into it, before you can press the "sign out" button.

7 part 2) I cannot log into the Ajaxfilebrowser account, because it does not exist anymore.

7 part 3) I cannot reopen the same Ajaxfilebrowser account, because it is a randomly assigned number.

8) Now my iWork apps are useless, because I cannot log out of the non existing WebDAV account.

9) Now I literally wasted $637.49 on the iPad, about $70 on accessories, about $100 on apps and $109.99 on the Airstash, and after all of that, Apple left me in a ditch.

Please help. Any and all advice is welcome.

If apple cannot resolve their convoluted programing, of which this problem is only the tip of the iceberg, then I feel obligated as responsible citizen to sue them into being more considerate of their customers.

Thank you, in advance, for your help, V

Alright, I was able to fix it. Lucky, (Thank the Glorious, Gracious God) Ajaxfilebrowser was nice to me. It reinitiated my account, when I logged into it from a Web browser. I was than able to "sign out," with Pages.

However, the problem remains. I was lucky that Ajaxfilebrowser reinitiated my session, and it was free. Imagine what would happen, when a person has the same problem with a service that costs $50 for the subscription, and the reason he/she wants to sign out is to avoid paying for that new subscription.

Noah, I'm not sure from reading this that you have had an answer but the server when using iwork to connect to dropbox depends on the webdav client youre signed up for and have linked to your dropbox account. For example I us the free dropdav service. It's easy to set up and free. Check it out http://www.dropdav.com/

hope this helps

I have the same problem. Pages still remember the old but invalid WebDAV account. I can't connect to my new WebDAV account. Today there is a new update to Pages. But the problem still exists. From the date of the first post till today, 8 months have passed. No fix to this? I don't believe this problem take more than 1 day to fix. What is happen, Apple?

Has anyone tried what this person suggested?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3206513?answerId=15760622022#15760622022

Note they state you need to make sure you backup your pages first.

I have been subscribed to a WebDav service which has ceased to exist, so when I attempt to connect using Pages or Numbers on my iPad I get an error message which makes the signout button unavailable. This is what I did to reset the WebDav account:

1. Connecting my iPad to my Mac, I used the IPhone explorer app on the Mac to change the iOS Pages and Numbers preferences on my iPad.

2. Using iPhone Explorer drill down to Apps/Pages/Library/Preferences/

3. Select com.apple.Pages.plist and drag to desktop creating a copy. Open using text editor such as TextWrangler.

4. Search for "TSAWebDAVNetworkPlace" where you will find the WebDav settings. Delete the strings inside the tags associated with url, username and uuid. Do not delete the tags themselves.

5. Save and drag the file back into the iPhone Explorer window. Say 'yes' to overwrite file.

6. Repeat with Numbers and Keynote as necessary.

7. The iWork apps will then prompt you for account details when you select Share > Copy to WebDav.

I now just need to find a free replacement for dropdab.appspot.com!

Hello all

DropDav (Limited) recently shut down and this meant, if this was your webdav provider say for IPad Numbers, that when you selected WebDAV to save file you couldn't log out to re-configure away from the now dead service.

I simply deleted all my Iworks apps on the IPad and reloaded them. I was then able, at the first instance of uploading a file through WebDAV, to configure with my new provider. Incidentally I used the smestorage app to keep a no-recurring cost way to WebDAV.

As I looked for a solution I was amazed at the number of people who were blaming Apple for clunky technology by not allowing a greater freedom of file transfer. I wonder what these people expect when iPad has come to us as any easy machine to use and I find that even the Luddites are enjoying IPad.

Hello Brian,

When I tried to do as you said with iPhone explorer. I discovered that the plist was empty.

Then I just suppressed the plist from ipad and launch again the app (concerned for me were Pages Numbers and Keynote)

I launched again the apps and was able to retype the webdav data.

Simple, not,

Best regards and thanks for the trick