.pages file extension keeps being added even with Automatic Extension toggled off

I have noticed this same change. I have files of serially duplicated documents that did not have the .pages extension in the past, but as I save the newest version of the document, from the last several weeks, there is now a .pages extension added to the name. I have been using MacBooks for 13 years, never saved documents with .pages in the name, never had documents show up with .pages in the name, but now, in the last few weeks, documents are showing up with .pages in the name. There is, in reality, a distinct change in how the files are being named, and it's not coming from me. I believe that some of the people in this thread are trying to point out this change, and to find a way to make the MacBook stop adding .pages to the names we are choosing for our documents. If I wanted .pages in the name, I would include that in the document name. If anyone has a solution, that would be helpful.

I've had the same issue. Apple automatically started displaying the file extension despite the setting being unchecked. I'm not a fan. You can see from the screenshot that it started for me on June 1st. I'd like to get rid of it. Any help getting this to go away would be appreciated.

My setting in my iCloud is also set to off. I don't write code or really know the first thing about it, but it seems like this has to be something within the latest update that changed it to show up this way.

VikingOSX wrote:

Since Pages v10.2 (macOS Mojave), every Pages document that I have created, updated, or saved has resulted in a displayed extension.

I have some really old Pages documents that won't ever display extensions. These are all from when I was in grad school circa 2011-2013. At 2014, they act normally. These old documents still open in Pages with no problem. They just won't display their extension. But there's definitely something funky with them, the extensions are actually "pages-tef".

AppleITSupport:

In your last response, you mention in the last sentence "I'm glad that this has been fixed". Do you mean that the issue we are all discussing about has been fixed? If so, is there some update coming? Because I am still experiencing the issue as of today. And for me, it is for many more file types than just Pages and Numbers.

Note: my macOS is of version 15.5, Pages and Numbers are both of version 14.4

After macOS Mojave, the operating system design changed to only show extensions and Apple or third-party applications that use current Apple Frameworks in their design will show extensions on saves or exports. There is no current bug, just people that stubbornly *believe* there should be default hidden extensions or that macOS Finder should behave like MS Windows File Explorer… 🧐

It seems that people are not communicating on the same wavelength at all on this thread. Some of us note a change in Pages behavior, while others deny that change exists. Okay. Here's a list of the same document, duplicated every couple months for a year or so. Why does the last one have the .pages extension, when none of the others did? It is a clear change, and it is rearranging files in Finder in some cases. It's generally a pain, and I want it to stop. This is not an imaginary issue.

scottfromlf wrote:

This is not an imaginary issue.

But it is an annoying issue. These kinds of issues come up repeatedly over the years.

Here's how it works:

1. Someone experiences an anomaly. They post a question here in the forums. So far, so good.
2. Someone else looks and can't reproduce the problem.
3. More people pile on. Maybe there is something unusual going on.
4. People look more deeply and discover that there are some complications. The issue can be reproduced, but only in certain, very specific circumstances.
5. We ask for followup regarding these very specific circumstances.
6. OMG! Apple fix this!!!!
7. Please, can you just respond to this one question?
8. I've been an Apple customer for 74 years! I'll never buy again!
9. I get it. I see an issue. Can you just check this one thing?
10. Absolutely not! I've been a loyal customer for 89 years, I will sit here and wait for another 89 years until Apple fixes this bug that is so clearly plaguing almost half a dozen people!
11. OK. Fine.

So that explains why I can’t get my old Pages documents to show the extension. Of course, that’s the opposite of what people are complaining about.

More importantly, you’ve made me sad by mentioning Pages 09. That was a truly great app. There is a reason why I have all those old Pages documents from 2013 and before, and very few afterwards. <sniff> Good times…

But at least I have the consolation of remembering that, at one time, Apple used to add the year to the names of software and then, for some reason, decided that was a bad idea. Ah, the burden of being old enough to remember bad ideas and then not repeat them. Or maybe Apple thinks we’ll look back on macOS 26 as fondly as we do Pages 09. We can only hope.

You can also try this:

• make a screen capture with cmd-shift-4

• as desired, you can rename the saved file on the desktop

• so far, no issue

• open the saved file, make some modifications (copy/paste, change image dimension, etc.) and save

• after some time, the .png file extension will appear

Microsoft Excel and Word files are also affected by the issue.

This is ridiculous. Unacceptable. It has to be an error in the newest version. It makes a mess out of Finder list. Should be fixed!!!

I previously posted in the Pages community how to batch export 1 or more Pages documents to either PDF or Word. No "pages" in the exported filename.

I have also experienced this sudden change; however, it has managed to fix itself.

I believe it’s a setting in iCloud Drive: ⇣

Good luck! 👋🏼😉

⇡ I recall purchasing iLife and iWork from the Apple Fifth Avenue Store long ago! 😌