No longer can open a password proteced document in Pages

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No longer can open a password proteced document in Pages

Hi,

I have a password protected document that I've been using for a long time. Now I am unable to open it. I get a message saying that my password is wrong. One thing I did a couple of days ago that has to do with passwords: I attempted to make a Pages file password protected. I tried to follow the directions from this webpage: can you password protect pages folders. I thought I followed the steps correctly, but later I found that I am able to open the file and the document inside with out a password. So I moved the image file--that I had created in the process--to the trash then emptied the trash.

The password document I am interested to open was not in the file I tried to password protect, nor I tampered with this document for the last two weeks.

I am using Pages 5.5.2 on with OS X 10.10.2 on mac air.

My mac has installed Security Update 2015-003 V.1 on March 20th. I can't figure out if this security update was installed before or after I tried to password protect the file I mentioned above.

Is there a way I can solve this issue and be able to open my password document?

Thanks

Louis

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 24, 2015 8:25 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 25, 2015 4:26 AM in response to Louisofm

I wasn't jesting about the red text in that linked article. The part about recording the document password where you can retrieve it.

It is not hard to bump the Caps Lock key when you are typing.

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Answer 2

Mar 25, 2015 5:03 AM in response to VikingOSX

…or with the chiclet keyboards have it drop characters randomly without you noticing.

I spent the last 2 days trying to get back into a bank account I know the password to, only finally noticing there were too few dots when I typed.

Sometimes OS X even tries to spell correct passwords and CATCHAs.

Peter

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Louisofm Author

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Mar 25, 2015 8:31 AM in response to VikingOSX

Thank you for this answer. I have been using this password for several weeks frequently. I have it well memorized. I also checked my key board and didn't see any problems there.

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Louisofm Author

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Mar 26, 2015 11:27 AM in response to Louisofm

I have to apologize to everyone: I've realized that after all it was a memory glitch on my part after all! .. and I feel embarrassed. I am now keeping a copy a hard of my passwords. Anyways, I do appreciate everybody's attempts to help me. Many thanks.

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