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  1. S

    Latex and pdf files disappearing from MacBook

    Forgive me for nontechnical language. I am a new user of MacBook Air, chip M1, macOS Sonoma 14.5. Inside Documents, I have a folder by the name Texfiles that contains many subfolders each for a presentation (prepared in latex). Now, surprisingly, I noticed that in many of these subfolders, the...
  2. R

    OutlineEdit 3 released

    Hi, after a long time of working on it, the next big version of OutlineEdit for Mac has been released, with many new features. OutlineEdit 3.0 highlights: ⋅ All about outlines: Create hierarchical, structured documents fast and easy ⋅ Fully native application: Great look and feel, ease of use...
  3. AMTYVLE

    iCloud iCloud Documents take days to sync with MacBook

    Hello. Is there any way to force an iCloud file sync on MacOS? I save documents to the Files app on my iPhone and they take days to sync to my MacBook Pro. This is super annoying when I need to continue reading that document on my MacBook instead of my iPhone - only to find out it didn’t sync...
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    iCloud iCloud Drive Documents shortcut in the dock

    Hi I use iCloud Drive to store my files in the Documents folder. Some files are synced locally and some are only in the cloud. In Finder, I can see all the file names regardless of the iCloud Status. I have copied the Documents folder to the dock. When using this shortcut, it only shows the...
  5. blizzforte

    iPad Documents app by Readdle Privacy

    Hi, when you want to connect you PC with Documents, you have to enter a code. I want to know if the connection is private or if Readdle can see the files transfered or even the whole PC and all the files while connected and transfering files. How private is the app and the connection to a PC?
  6. dadders6

    Documents - two different locations / sizes ?

    Why does one Documents folder show 16.2 GIG, while the 'regular' folder shows 309 MEG? (Catalina)
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    Video Downloads from iCloud show up as blank files in finder.

    When I download my uploaded files from iCloud (to save space) they show up as blank files in Finder after the download has completed. If I open the through the "manage storage" option they do show up between my documents and I am able to open them... Once opened they show up in the original...
  8. jent

    Help converting Word newsletter to Pages

    I have a Word document that I duplicate and edit for a newsletter. The end result is a PDF, so it doesn't matter to the end readers, but I'd prefer to use Pages for editing new editions, however in opening the Word document, a few things end up being different. For example, in the Word...
  9. nick_iphone7

    Safari Documents & Data

    How can I delete this cache? I turned off my iCloud sync but it doesn't stop accumulating any cache? I also saw that I had some data in Apple Books, deleted the app, installed it and they came back again, and it had to be removed. I do not want to make factory settings on my iPhone, is there...
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    Moving a Document While Open

    How do you change a documents folder location after creating a new document and saving it at least once? I often start a new document, realize its going to be a bigger project, and then want to create a whole folder structure. Currently, I close the document, create a folder in the Finder, move...
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    iCloud storage full of 'Documents' I can't locate

    I have been trying to free up storage on my parent's iCloud, they rarely use it so don't want to pay for a storage tier. 4.8 of their 5G is listed as taken up by 'Documents' I have gone through iCloud drive (no files) and each of their devices and turned off iCloud backups of all devices and...
  12. GuillaumeB

    Syncing Docs&Desktop on two Mac ?

    Hello, I got two Macs 1 & 2. In iCloud settings I chose to sync Documents and Desktop on both machines Yet on iCloud.com, only Docs&Desktop of Mac 1 show up Besides in the Finder I see that Docs&Folders of Mac 1 shows in the iCloud section of Mac 1 I see that Docs&Folders of Mac 2 shows in...
  13. Gabesmum

    Word 2016 crashing when trying to print documents

    Hi there, is anyone esle having this problem? everytime i try and print a dcoument from word 2016 the printer crashes. it is printing other documents form my desk top, so it doesn't seem to be the printer itself. Anyone got any ideas? thanks
  14. AjTee

    Do you use Desk and documents synchronization to iCloud?

    I would like to know your opinion about that. Pros and cons also :)
  15. kipwheeler

    Question about using Documents to annotate with stamps

    Greetings! I've been using the "Documents" app to mark up PDF files on my 10.5 inch iPad Pro. One of the options is to insert a pre-made stamp. When you select it, a menu pops up with "Standard" preset ones on the left and "Custom" on the right. The "Custom" ones you create you can select and...
  16. muharremozkan

    PDF Search for iOS : AI-powered search within PDFs

    Hello to Everyone, PDF Search is a PDF reader, making AI-Powered search to find the most relevant pages inside thousands of PDF documents quickly. It will show you the most relevant pages by ranking them using its AI-Powered algorithm. You can find the detailed information on application web...
  17. Schranke

    Files app shift to google drive when opening files

    So after upgrading to iOS 11 and therefore Apple files I have had the problem that whenever I am trying to open a PowerPoint, Word or Excel document it opens in google drive. Here it wants to save it and starts uploading, nothing really happens. So I can’t open documents I need. I do not have...
  18. R

    Native Apple software documents and interfaces disappear

    Yosemite 10.10.5, oldschool Mac Pro flashed to 5,1. This behavior started a while ago. First, it's just been TextEdit: occasionally, when I've had TextEdit document(s) open in the background and the app is running, when I activate TextEdit again in order to bring the document window visible...
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    "Ghost documents" taking away iCloud storage

    Hi there I am using iCloud to sync my stuff across four devices. Since I also use the iCloud Photo Library I have a 200GB storage plan. A few days ago I got a notice that my storage is almost full. However, all my stuff in iCloud sums up to only about 150GB. If a go to the iCloud tab on a Mac...
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    Missing iCloud documents

    searched a lot of forums and can't seem to find an answer... Why is my overall iCloud storage used (2.3 of 5 GB) different from what it shows in "Manage Storage" I have an iPhone 6S (10.3.1), iPad Air 2 (10.3.1), and a Mac Air (10.12.4), with the standard 5G of iCloud storage. iCloud storage...