Pages damages my file and I cannot open it
I have been working with the pages file. Suddenly, the pages closed by itself and when I tried to open the file again it gives me error message that the file is damaged and cannot be open.
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I have been working with the pages file. Suddenly, the pages closed by itself and when I tried to open the file again it gives me error message that the file is damaged and cannot be open.
Quit Pages from the application menu, and then launch it again while pressing the option key. This prevents it from opening in its previous application state and may allow you to open that Pages document.
However, if Pages crashed while writing that document, it may be permanently damaged, and your only recourse would be to restore the document from your Time Machine backup at a timeframe preceding when Pages quit. Without a Time Machine backup, the document is not recoverable.
Quit Pages from the application menu, and then launch it again while pressing the option key. This prevents it from opening in its previous application state and may allow you to open that Pages document.
However, if Pages crashed while writing that document, it may be permanently damaged, and your only recourse would be to restore the document from your Time Machine backup at a timeframe preceding when Pages quit. Without a Time Machine backup, the document is not recoverable.
Editing a Pages document on a network drive that is not iCloud is risky as you have discovered. In the future, I would do all file I/O locally with Pages, and then if you must, copy it to the network drive. And then, only if that network drive supports Apple document formats and does not strip Finder tags as do Google Drive, DropBox, Box, and probably Microsoft's OneDrive.
Yes, you're right. It looks like MacOS isn't great with nets. Also, I cannot make permanent connection with the server. I had to create a task to mount the disk each time and that connection drops very often.
Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately, the option key didn't work. I have Time Machine but the file was on a network drive and it is not included in the backup :(
Pages damages my file and I cannot open it