since Pages upgraded to 5.6 on El Capitan, large documents don't open and crash.
they do open on Yosemite with Pages 5.5.3
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), iOS 9.0.2
If you press the shift key while you launch Pages and that large document, does it open without crashing? If it does, save the document again.
thanks but it doesn't work: Pages crashes.
Out of curiosity, how large is the document?
168 to over 400 Mb: I can perfectly work on the same files on Pages 5.5.3 with Yosemite.
a small one, 40 Mb, can be opened without crashing even on Pages 5.6 with El Capitan.
Suggest you use the Provide Pages Feedback menu item on the Pages application menu. This goes to the Pages product team. Share with them the same information that you shared here. No assurance that they will repond, but they might.
Don't have a solution for you for Pages v5.6 on El Capitan to resolve this large document open failure. Your machine should have plenty of RAM. No anti-virus, anti-malware running correct?
16 Gb RAM, no anti-virus, no anti-malware.
thanks for suggestion, I'll do it right now.
I have the same problem. I have a document of 11 MB (only text). Basically I can only open it and the moment I write a letter it stops functioning... and I have to force to quit the application. I'm worried because I don't see any solution and apple released the 5.6 version a lot ago.
Anyone knows if it is possible to downgrade to 5.3 version? I never had any problems with Pages. Sad !
Hi,
I have the same problem here.
My file is quite large 927 Mo, but used to open ok under Yosemite.
What is the solution ?
there's one solution only.
Pages 5.6 and El Capitan do not match.
I erased Pages 5.6 from my Book Pro with El Capitan, transferred a copy of Pages 5.5.3 from one of my Macs.
all the files were ok BUT: all files created with 5.6 were not readable with 5.5.3.
I had to copy them (from Cloud) and paste on new Pages files.
now everything works.
I won't update Pages on any of my device until Apple will fix the problem.
@rogeleo,
@GaetanL,
Since you are not running Pages on Giorgio53's Mac, you may not have the same exact cause, and only have a general symptom — can't open a large document. There is nothing that can be done in this community if it is a bug, or limiting factor in Pages v5.6. We are not Apple, and specifically, we are not Pages product development.
Before I upgraded Pages v5.5.3 to v5.6 on Yosemite, I made a copy of it, and then renamed the copy to Pages (5.5.3). I will likely rename it again as it shows up on the open with menu as Pages (5.5.3)(5.5.3). Older versions of Pages are no longer available from Apple. I have no idea if you can restore v5.5.3 from a backup onto El Capitan, and it will work.
I have the same problem but recharge the version 5.3.2 is useless , if the documents were saved with Version 5.6 . The strange thing is that if you open files on iPad all operating normally.
it was a bug, definitely, fixed 5.6.1
I have the same problem. Pages won't open (even if small). I just upgraded to El Capitan, and upgraded everything else as well, thinking it would be good to be all up to snuff!
When will Apple fix this bug? It seems to have been ongoing since last fall (2015), and it is now summer 2016??!!!
I wish I had read this before I upgraded!!
large Pages documents don't open after El Capitan
