​​ ​

The Apple Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026. Starting today, the site will no longer accept new posts and is available in a read-only state.


You can continue to find trusted guidance and support on the official Apple Support site. 


We want to thank the community members who have contributed their time and expertise to help others with their Apple products.


User profile for user: kDizzle603
kDizzle603 Author
User level: Level 1
0 points

Pages and dropbox

Im using dropbox and I'm able to open a file from the dropbox folder using numbers or pages on my iPad but then the changes i make to the files don't sync back to the copy of the file in dropbox, it just saves as a new file in the numbers or pages app. Isn't there a way to save those edits to the dropbox file? That way the changes would then sync to the files online and on my PowerBook.... That kinda seems like the point to dropbox?????? What am I missing? 🙂

PowerBook g4, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Ipad

Posted on Mar 7, 2011 6:29 PM

5 replies
User profile for user: PogoPossum
PogoPossum
User level: Level 4
2,529 points

Mar 7, 2011 6:38 PM in response to kDizzle603

Yes and no... not all apps "sync" back to Dropbox - you can use Dropbox to store the document and then open it in Pages, but it is very likely that you can not save it back to Dropbox. Apple likely doesn't give support for that because they'd prefer you to use MobileMe for that ... I use Documents to Go, and upgraded to the premium version for that exact reason - it was the only way I could have my changes saved in DropBox (the basic version wouldn't allow changes).

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Pages and dropbox

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.
Learn more