pages works real slow

Hello, I'm a Computer Science student and I write all my assignments in Pages, I use a lot MathType in my documents to enter equations.

Pages gets really really slow and lagging when typing and moving the cursor after filling about half of the page.

nearly the end of the page it becomes so slow that it i have to wait few seconds for each letter to show up .


when I finish with the current page and move to the next one, it works perfect, again, until about half of the page.


Is there a solution for this?

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Dec 30, 2013 12:42 AM

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Jun 12, 2018 5:32 PM in response to Johniy

I have the exact same issue it so annoying.. and the worst part is if you try to export to pages 09 it will break all your mathtype equations...


Apple please fix this soon! Whats a college student supose to do now?

Dec 30, 2013 2:49 PM in response to Johniy

I met the exactly same problem. I also have to type many math equations in a file. I use mac book pro from 2012, with 16gm ram.


I almost can not edit my old files which contains lots of equations! too slow.


If I create a new file, it works ok only for the first few lines, it getting slower and slower along as the new equations added, which are generated by MathType.


I also turn off the auto check for spelling and grammar, it won't improve. I guess there's problem on the new formate for pictures inserted, since the pages read equations as pictures.


Getting very angry on this damning update!

Dec 30, 2013 11:42 PM in response to Johniy

Try saving the document once in a while. If it gets really slow try save and then quit Pages and open it again.

If you are letting you computer being on for weeks it sometimes helps to restat the computer. You can restat with the Shift key pressed (takes a little longer) , log in and out again and restart the normal way. This will make some cash files go away.


I hoped this helped you.

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