Pages and Numbers Not Syncing in iCloud

Yep. Old iCloud worked fine.

Had the issue where my iPad was not syncing my Pages, Keynote, or Numbers documents with the cloud.

Mine was working again after I had "Reset All Settings".

Hope that helps.

I am seeing this problem with ipads still running ios 5 or the first generation ipads. seem with ios6 the apps are upgraded to work with ios 6 and has not been syncing with devices on ios 5 or lower. another way to get us to keep buying newer products. udate all your apps then reset all setting in general and this has fixed my problem with ios 5 1st generation ipad

Also what i have found to work is buy doing all the updates on the apps thru the store then reset all setting on your ipad and seems to fix the bug

I find iCloud pretty useless. Pages document updates on my iPad and the overall iPad backup happen maybe every few days if at all. I have reset everything and tried every suggestion i found on the boards. And that does NOT change anything. I now just backup to Box.com and Dropbox because I can do it whenever I want (unlike iCloud) and they are reliable (unlike iCloud) and professionally supported (unlike iCloud).

What I resent most is the total lack of information. Apple must know that iCloud is not ready for prime time but they make the devices and apps depend on it and don't level with users about server side inadequacy or offer any useful solutions. The pat on the head, training wheels approach of Apple support pages border on insult.

Hi OldHoya,

I have the same problem as yours and here is how i solved it :

1. Make sure your Pages, NUmbers, Keynote in : Setting > Use iCloud > ON

2. The same in your iPad iCloud : Setting > iCloud > Documents & Data > ON

3. Then, go to Setting > General > Reset > Reset All Settings

(This will take a few seconds and eventually your iPad setting will back to default, like Wallpaper back to original, but don't worry, most of your apps and data is still there.)

Then you are good to go. I came back from dinner just now, and now all my keynotes docs is sync with iCloud =)

Hope this help !

Cheers

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I appreciate it.

However, I already tried exactly that several times.

Updating of Pages docs and the iPad backup take place when iCloud feels like it which can be after 3-5 days. A reset or renaming a file or editing a file does not force an immediate update to iCloud.

I could accept the passive nature of the link between my iPad and iCloud if iCloud deigned to accept updates each time but it does not. If I do a doc in Pages I immediately upload it to Box.com. Like DropBox and Google Docs, it let's me update when I want and it lets my synced apps do so every time. The problem is iCloud.

Thanks.

Synching in iCloud between all my iDevices happens basically instantaeneously. I have not seen any sync delay, maybe a few minutes (like 2 or 3 mins); but nothing like 3-5 days. My thinking is that iCloud is designed to update with any change as quickly as possible.

OldHoya - I understand that it is not working for you. One thing you mention is the iPad backup to iCloud. The only thing I probably have different than your setup is that I happen to backup to my local computer, for all my iDevices.

Other than that, for iCloud, for me, it has worked quickly and well.

I'm having exactly the same problem you describe. Syncing iWork documents worked fine until the last week. Using 10.8.2 on my mac, IOS 6 on my iphone 5. Won't sync in either direction. When I open the icloud window under, e.g. Pages, I see the files that synced previously. I also see the new ones I composed on the mac with a cloud icon next to each that says "waiting". This is after hours on a high speed wifi and internet connection. Calendar events are syncing just fine, as is mail. It's just the iWork docs.

Did you figure out a fix? Did you hear from Apple? I've got a Genius bar appointment in a few days.

I was able to fix the problem by restoring my iPad back to factory defaults and then downloading Pages, Notes, and Keynote from the app store again. It was a pain uploading all of the apps back toy iPad again but everything seems to be working fine. Good luck

i fixed the problem by siging up to dropbox... it works very well and is worth the extra money, simply to alliviate the constant hassle with icloud...

Same problem here. MBP with 10.8.2 and 4S with 6.0.1. iCloud doesn't sync.

iCloud dysfunction is quite deep, and I doubt will respond to resets of any sort. I note that if I create and save a Pages document in iCloud, it appears in ~User>Library>Mobiledocuments>com~apple~Pages but is not transfered to the iCloud web site. Thus, I presume no IOS device (mine included) can find the document.

Apple you should acknowledge this and fix it.

Missing Steve

Same problem. Latest OS and updates on all devices. iOS and OSX seem to be syncing to different iClouds... even though it's the same account.

I wish they would fix this already. I really need the functionality for moving files around for uni.

Yes - this is really a sad and embarising mess for Apple. They just cant run network sedrvises - thet proof it over and over and over again. It was sad they could not buy DropBox - DB has a working solution...and I just cant understand why Apple - this mega rich company with the brightes brains on the planet - can fix this. Networkin over IP is very ver old - it's been around for decades. Why do they hire loosers for the iClod apartement? When they have the real stuff in all other apartements?