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Pages Crashed - Help !
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xUKHCx
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Pages does not have an Autosave feature* 😱
You are out of luck unfortunately.
There are 3rd party scripts that work like autosave but that doesn't help you now.
TextEdit does have autosave but that doesn't help you now.
*Biggest lacking feature there is and there is absolutely no excuse for apple not to have this feature. I was shocked when Pages 09 did not bring it in.
You are out of luck unfortunately.
There are 3rd party scripts that work like autosave but that doesn't help you now.
TextEdit does have autosave but that doesn't help you now.
*Biggest lacking feature there is and there is absolutely no excuse for apple not to have this feature. I was shocked when Pages 09 did not bring it in.
Ashka
macrumors 6502a
Sadly, not much can be done at this stage.
Notes for future use.
Pages Preferences > Saving: > Back up previous version when saving.
Pages has an undo option till saved which to my mind is a good idea.
'Command s' every so often while working if you don't want the undo option.
Time Machine?
Notes for future use.
Pages Preferences > Saving: > Back up previous version when saving.
Pages has an undo option till saved which to my mind is a good idea.
'Command s' every so often while working if you don't want the undo option.
Time Machine?
xUKHCx
Administrator emeritus
If you want to continue to use Pages / iWork despite the lack of autosave then I suggest you download either
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/eversave.html
or
The autosave for iWork script as posted in this thread over at apple discussions
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1854434&tstart=1
I would also send Feedback to apple as it is just ludicrous that Autosave is not a feature.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/pages.html
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/eversave.html
or
The autosave for iWork script as posted in this thread over at apple discussions
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1854434&tstart=1
I would also send Feedback to apple as it is just ludicrous that Autosave is not a feature.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/pages.html
Thank you for the advice - downloaded EverSave. However, the question to Apple must be - why isn't this feature included with iWork or otherwise? I'll send the feedback.
I had used to have MS Office set at 3 min backup, due to constant crashing, but this was my first Pages crash - it was costly as I lost three or four hours work. I just assumed it would be there, somewhere in the background.
EverSave will now be switched on permanently - Apple's reputation now has a little dent in it.
I had used to have MS Office set at 3 min backup, due to constant crashing, but this was my first Pages crash - it was costly as I lost three or four hours work. I just assumed it would be there, somewhere in the background.
EverSave will now be switched on permanently - Apple's reputation now has a little dent in it.