Pages, Numbers: File doesn't exist error.

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Pages, Numbers: File doesn't exist error.

Hi,

when I try to save a file in a subdirectory of Documents in Pages or Numbers I get an error "The file “test.pages” doesn’t exist." Directly saving the file in Documents and then moving it manually to a subdirectory works fine. Any other app can however save directly to the destination directory and I wonder why pages and numbers fail.

My first intuition was that it was some permission issue. I have read & write access to all subdirectories in Documents and presume that Pages/Numbers might in contrast not have those rights.

Unfortunately I don't recall when this bug first occurred (not long ago), so I presume it pertains to the current yosemite version.

Any suggestions as to what course of action I should take are highly appreciated.

Thanks for your time,
Mark

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Dec 21, 2014 8:25 AM

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bobadoo

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Dec 23, 2014 12:11 PM in response to PeterPwned

I have this problem, too, both with Pages and Numbers. I'm running Yosemite 10.10.1.

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Dec 23, 2014 12:16 PM in response to PeterPwned

It seems to have something to do with a bug within the iCloud implementation of Pages 5 and Numbers 3, and has been occurring for the last year.

Considering the large number of bugs and all the missing features why do you use Pages 5.5.1?

Peter

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PeterPwned Author

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Dec 23, 2014 1:01 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Hi Peter,

ah okay maybe it is some collision between yosemite and iWork, caused by the flawed implementation you mentioned. Pre-yosemite pages seemed to work fine. No crashes or strange behavior.

Why I use pages 5.5.1? Are you referring to my usage of pages in general or that specific version? If you mean the former, I like a fire-and-forget program to churn out decent looking documents if I'm in a hurry. The latter I have never considered. I don't really use legacy versions of programs.

I noticed you stating it is a bug within the iCloud implementation. Can I disable iCloud integration to somehow forego this issue?

Regards,
Mark

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Dec 23, 2014 1:11 PM in response to PeterPwned

Mark

I was referring to Pages 5 in general. It is so awful, I am absolutely mystified why people put up with it, except out of absolute ignorance and an inexplicable need to do whatever Apple tells you to.

You can turn off iCloud and iCloud Drive to see if that fixes it.

Good luck with that!

Peter

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Apr 20, 2015 10:37 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Hey, if the Pages 5 versions are the problem, is there a way to revert back to Pages 4???

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Apr 20, 2015 11:02 AM in response to LaurenHoff24

Menu > File > Export > Pages '09

Peter

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Apr 21, 2015 1:31 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Thats only for the individual file, what about the application, can it be reverted back to the old version, without a full restore to be needed?

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spiff101

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May 9, 2015 7:50 AM in response to PeterPwned

See Re: Document could not be saved file does not exist for a work-around which allows you to save your file.

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MrManuel

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Sep 14, 2015 9:38 PM in response to PeterPwned

I have this problem also in Keynote (version 6.5.3).

If try to save my file in a subfolder of my documents, it sometimes says "File does not exist".

The workaround, going back to my computer (press cmd-up several times) and then navigate back to the subfolder in my documents, does work.

In the log I see:

15/09/15 12:22:39,924 com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService[62801]: +[NSSavePanel _generateFileInfoForPaths:sandboxPermissions:]: sandbox_issue_fs_extension failed for: /Volumes/KINGSTON/20150915_app_explanation.key

So my guess is that if I have exported a document to a USB stick, then removed the disk and didn't restart Keynote, it remembers the USB stick as my current drive and it can't find my subfolder on that drive.

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Oct 31, 2015 7:24 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

'Cause that's what came with this computer.

I've never before seen a word processing program get snippy about saving a **** document. That's what they're supposed to do!

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