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pages will not open.

when I click on the app it just pops up with the little bar as if it is loading a document, but nothing happens. I've tried force quitting the app and restarting my laptop but nothing works.

MacBook

Posted on Sep 8, 2013 3:50 AM

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Posted on Sep 8, 2013 4:40 AM

Hi Biancak,


Possibly Pages is trying to open a large (or corrupted) document that was open when you last quit. Try starting Pages while you hold down the shift key.


If that works, best advice is to close all open documents before quitting an app. Or let the system do it for you:


System Preferences > General > Close windows when quitting an application.


Another useful setting:


System Preferences > General > Ask to keep changes when closing documents.


Regards,

Ian.

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Sep 8, 2013 4:40 AM in response to Biancak7

Hi Biancak,


Possibly Pages is trying to open a large (or corrupted) document that was open when you last quit. Try starting Pages while you hold down the shift key.


If that works, best advice is to close all open documents before quitting an app. Or let the system do it for you:


System Preferences > General > Close windows when quitting an application.


Another useful setting:


System Preferences > General > Ask to keep changes when closing documents.


Regards,

Ian.

pages will not open.

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