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Apple is not going to do anything with feedback advising that Pages '09 does not work. As far as Apple is concerned, it was killed off in Fall 2013.

Even if feedback were sent to the macOS product team, they would also ignore it because it is a long, retired application suite. If this Pages '09 behavior were occurring with another currently supported application, then it might get their attention.

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I've accepted our fate. I'm now working (without enthusiasm) with Pages 7.2. Again, I have great reservations about how Apple is going about these things.

I think it comes down to the fact that that iDevices are their cash cow and everything else (like computers?) are extraneous.

Tim's gilded mansion becomes less and less accomodating. For me, at least.

So it would appear. RIP.

And I come ever closer to feeling compelled to leave "the walled garden". I'm in my 60's, and I am only too well aware that I am not their desired demographic. They court the young, enthralled with iToys. I get it. I accept it. That's the way it is. I really do think that Apple wants (and intends to) get out of the computer business altogether, rather sooner than later. People get irritated when you invoke the "well, when Steve was alive..." trope, but there is an element of truth to it. Things started to change rather quickly after he died, and so they continue to do. I came to the Mac late (2010), but it is apparent that things have changed a great deal in that time. If Apple updates the iMac this year, I'll probably buy one. But if not I think I will look elsewhere. And don't even get me started on the ******* phone. I was hoping that there would be a new itineration of the SE because I don't want a phablet. But that's not going to happen. As far as Apple is concerned, I'm a dinosaur on the way to extiction, and I don't matter. I get it. Believe me, I get it.

I feel the same way and much prefer the earlier version of iWork. It would be nice if Apple would allow users to keep the look and functionality of prior versions if they choose. I can't quite understand the benefits of the newer iWork if you are working on a laptop/desktop.

I think what is happening is that, eventually, MacOS and iOs will fold into one system, with the emphasis on iOS because that's where the money is. It simply is. I fully foresee Apple getting out of the computer business entirely. The audience they are courting don't care about computers. iToys. And Apple, being Apple (particularly Tim's Apple) is all about the money to the near total-exclusion of everything else.

Apple has sold it's soul, if it ever had one.

If it were any other company it would be "who cares, business as usual". But Apple once did (and continues to) present itself as "different and human and visionary", none of which they are any longer. It's money, money, and money, to the exclusion of all else. I will probably, like the lazy sucker that I am, buy a new iMac if they are announced this month, simply because for me that is the easiest thing to do at this point. I don't want to go back. But I seriously doubt that my next phone (I am still using a 6S) will be an iPhone. I hope it isn't. When I was first drawn into the fold I quickly became the most absurdly enthusiastic convert imaginable, but a lot has happened in eight years...

"I really do think that Apple wants (and intends to) get out of the computer business altogether." Hello, my wife and I are in our 70's and have been Apple users since the original Apple Classic. I have it in mind to buy her - for Xmas - a new Macbook Pro (the new one coming out to replace the Macbook Air). If your conjecture is correct, do you think I should reconsider?

"If your conjecture is correct, do you think I should reconsider?"

I have no way of knowing whether my conjucture is correct not, but I suspect that it is. Having said that, I will be watching the Oct. 30 event with great interest, and suspect that, should new iMacs be announced, I will probably get one. With reservations. I am 68, and am unwilling to retreat to Windows despite my suspicions of Apple's future plans, because it is the path of least resistance. My current 27" iMac will be 4 years old in December, and it is about time. I will, this time around, go with a SSD rather than Fusion drive, and hope for the best. Still, I am somewhat ambivalent about it due mainly to the fact that Apple's unslakakable, unmitigated naked greed---which is out there for all to see---disgusts me, and I feel conflicted about giving them any more of my money, because it means supporting a company (rather, a lifestyle "Brand") which I feel has become a monster which desperately and cynically attempts to present a human face.

Do what you feel is best and what you are most comfortable with.

Apple is making the Mac/macOS as unpalatable as possible. Even iOS which Apple has given a whole lot more love is getting tough on the user. I switched to Android and a much cheaper, large screen phone that actually works! Unlike my old iPhone 5 which always had issues, particularly with batteries and most importantly, making and receiving calls and messages.

It has always been a concern, just how long Apple will support its own hardware and software and in what state (usable/unusable) so I have always kept a foot outside Apple for everything because I can't afford to be screwed over.

You do not have to upgrade unless your existing iMac fails which I think is not likely. My iMac is now almost 8 years old and I expect it to last me a lot longer.

As a deterministic individual, there is nothing stopping you from choosing a non-Apple word processing solution that complements your productive writing requirements. Decide, and take action. Stop whining to your fellow users, and making baseless comments about Apple arrogance, and how easy it would be to fix what is wrong with Pages. It is a free application, and free does not offer fee functionality.

Well, Pages 4.* was the best word processor ever for writing technical books with lots of illustrations. I've tried many other word processors and found Pages 4.* to be unequaled. The frustration comes from being 90% through a book and having important functionality disappear.

Free is not the point, and you may recall that in the early days iWork was not free. In the present Mac world, you can be sure that the programming costs of operating systems and other "free" software is bundled into the costs of Macs.

If you know of any other word processing software better than Pages 4.*, free or not, I would like to know about it.

amen brother patrickindenver! every time apple updates our beloved pages i cringe because there was nothing wrong with it. as abe lincoln said [and i paraphrase], change for change sake is not progress. it seems most of what apple does is geared toward mobile app users to the detriment of those who helped apple get to the top. shame on them; it will cost them in the long run. long live the mid 2012 macbook pro!

Long live anything 2012 from Apple!

They have managed to stuff up just about everything since.

Don't think Apple will ever see another dollar from me. I must be some kind of trend setter because there are a heck of a lot of people I meet now who think exactly the same.

How many times can management trash Apple before it goes down for the last time?