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How do I change the default save location for new files in Pages back from iCloud to my Documents folder?

I just upgraded OSX to Mountain Lion and Pages to 4.2, and because OSX is syncing with my iCloud account, when I go to save a new file in Pages it defaults to try to save to my iCloud account rather than giving me the folder structure on my hard-drive that I prefer. It requires two extra steps to save to the proper place in my Documents folder on my hard drive.


Is there a way to reset the default so that when I go to save a new file, the folder structure opens to the last saved folder (like it does in other non-iCloud applications) rather than defaulting to my iCloud, and to do it without just removing documents from my iCloud account entirely?


I checked the Preferences for both Pages and iCloud and found nothing about this.

Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 28, 2012 8:14 AM

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Posted on Aug 5, 2012 5:26 PM

This annoyed me also, so did some digging. You can run this on the command line:


defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false


You can leave iCloud's Data and Documents, and select iCloud from the dropdown if you need it.


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How do I change the default save location for new files in Pages back from iCloud to my Documents folder?

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