Autosave Error...File being changed by another application???

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Autosave Error...File being changed by another application???

I've been working on a document in Pages 5.1 which is stored in iCloud. Suddenly I got an alert that the document could not be AUTOSAVED. I closed the file and reopened it and a few minutes later got a different alert, shown below:

I have no idea where this autosave stuff is coming from. I always save it manually. And I surely have no idea what "other application" is changing it.

The only thing I can think of is that before all this started, I did REVERT TO...BROWSE ALL VERSIONS and restored a previous version. But I've done that many times and never got any autosave alerts.

Anyone have any idea what's going on here? I'm afraid my document will get all messed up or at the very least, those alerts coming down every minute or two are driving me nuts.

Thanks.

iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Jan 31, 2014 12:34 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 31, 2014 4:24 PM in response to Jeff Friedman

Late versions of Pages in late versions of OSX autosave after the first save into "versions" which you can revisit via the revert menu.

There is a bug in iCloud where it is failing to do this or changes the permissions.

I take it you are using Pages 5? Which in the words of the late Steve Jobs is "a bag of hurt".

Peter

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Jeff Friedman Author

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Jan 31, 2014 5:32 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

It's weird...it stopped doing it as suddenly as it started.

FWIW, I like saving as versions...I often go back to previous ones.

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Jeff Friedman Author

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Jan 31, 2014 6:31 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Ugh! It's doing it again. I've been using Pages with this document for months and it never did this until today!

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Answer 4

Jan 31, 2014 6:46 PM in response to Jeff Friedman

Why persist with Pages 5, if you have a choice?

Pages '09 has versions as well, and actually works.

Peter

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Jeff Friedman Author

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Jan 31, 2014 6:51 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Won't I lose all my versions from Pages 5? Should I use Pages 5 and export to a Pages 09 document?

Also, I sometimes want to edit my document either on Pages for iPad or the iCloud beta version. Can't do that if I go back to Pages 09 can I?

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Answer 6

Jan 31, 2014 7:02 PM in response to Jeff Friedman

Menu > File > Export > Pages '09

There are other ways to transfer files between iPad and Mac and iWork for iCloud beta is beta and quirky in its own right.

http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=3527487677f0c 6fa05b6297cd00f8eb9&mforum=iworktipsntrick

I am fascinated with just how much loss of functionality and pain users are prepared to put up with just because Apple tells them to jump.

Peter

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Jeff Shenk

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Feb 1, 2014 4:45 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Peter,

Concerning the "pain users are prepared to put up with," I think you are ignoring the anesthetic effect of drinking the Koolaid.

Someone who embraces the idea of editing documents on a device with a tiny screen and no real keyboard, where the pointer is a fingertip that obscures hundreds of pixels instead of an on-screen pointer that can address a single pixel, is already far too euphoric to notice the pain involved in the changes to the desktop version.

Jeff

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Jeff Friedman Author

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Feb 1, 2014 4:49 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

I exported to and I think I will use Pages 09. The only misgivings I have are:

I will lose all the previous VERSIONS from the Pages 5. I guess I can always open up the last Pages 5 file from which I did the export to Pages 09 and then browse the old versions from there if I need to. Is there a better way?
I do like the display of COMMENTS better in Pages 5.
I can't open the Pages 09 file on my IPAD version of Pages. But I guess if I want to work on the document on my ipad I can always duplicate the Pages 09 file first and then open it on the iPad which will convert it to the Pages 5 format and then re-export that file again to Pages 09 but that seems to be a lot of trouble. Again, is there a better way?

It's better than having that error message popup everytime there is an autosave though I think. I just wonder why I started getting those alerts now, after never getting them for months?

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Jeff Friedman Author

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Feb 1, 2014 4:52 AM in response to Jeff Shenk

I understand what you are saying but sometimes I like to take my iPad to bed and comfortably read what I have written and make some MINOR edits. I'd never use the iPad version to do serious writing or editing.

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Answer 10

Feb 1, 2014 5:28 AM in response to Jeff Friedman

Comments display is better?

Poking at them one by one just to see what they say?

Peter

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Answer 11

Jeff Friedman Author

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Feb 1, 2014 6:49 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

If you don't want to or can't answer the actual questions I post that's fine, but sarcasm isn't necessary. YES, I do prefer to poke at them one by one. Everyone's way of comfortably working may not be the same as yours!

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