HT202879: About the new iWork for Mac: Features and compatibility

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caefromvancouver
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Q: Pages on Mac and Pages on IPad

With up grade in pages last fall all my docs in Mac were lost......luckly they were in pages on Ipad where they remain. 

Is there anyway to sync them back into Mac?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Aug 9, 2014 10:44 AM

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caefromvancouver

Q: Pages on Mac and Pages on IPad

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  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Aug 9, 2014 1:38 PM in response to caefromvancouver
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    Aug 9, 2014 1:38 PM in response to caefromvancouver

    Pages for iPad understands documents stored in iCloud, or locally on the iPad. If you use the former, both your iPad and Mac must be using the same Apple ID, and be signed into iCloud. Additionally, you will need to enable Documents & Data under iCloud on each device. This is in Settings > iCloud on IOS, and System Preferences > iCloud on OS X. Note on the latter, that there is an options category under Documents & Data. Check the Pages item in that sublist.

     

    In Pages on your Mac, from the open dialog, choose the iCloud tab, and the documents that display there can be option+drag/drop to copy to your Mac, or simply drag/drop to move to your Mac. Bear in mind that if these are Pages ’09, or IOS Pages v1.7.2 documents, that you probably want a backup of them before opening in any release of Pages v5, due to irretrievable conversion into the v5 document architecture.

     

    For documents local on your iPad, connect the device to iTunes with a USB cable. When your iPad appears under DEVICES in the left iTunes panel, select it. For the associated tabs for your iPad, click on Apps, and then scroll to the bottom where applications that can share documents is located. Pages will appear in this location, and any local files  on your iPad will too. You can simply drag them from the panel to where you want them on your Mac.