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Pages app opens in Finder?

luvmymbp

luvmymbp

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Granny here...I'm on my 3rd MacBook, latest is M2 MacBook Air running the latest OS, all apps up to date. Have been in the Apple ecosystem for 15 years, using computers since the '80s. Not much need for word processing now, but recently used Pages and find that it opens in a Finder window. Don't recall this happening in the past. Can't seem to find any good explanations online. Any feedback/explanations/solutions will be appreciated!
 
Ignorant question. Are you certain the file is the actual Pages app and not a document? Don't hurt me.

Maybe uninstall Pages and reinstall Pages from the App Store.
 
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Pages (the app) does NOT open in a Finder window. Pages files (or other files like Word files that can open in Pages) could be viewed in Finder and if clicked, they would open the Pages app so they could be edited... much like clicking a movie file in Finder and it opening Quicktime or the TV app for playback.

There is also a preview function (maybe called "sneak peek" or similar) which lets you take a peek at files stored in the system, triggered by selecting a file in Finder and then clicking the space bar.

Else, I suggest taking a screenshot of this and uploading it to illustrate Pages being opened in Finder. A picture would be worth a thousand words and we should immediately see what is happening. It would also be helpful to describe exactly what you are doing step by step before this occurs so that we could try to repeat your steps and see it on our own Macs.
 
raythompsontn said:
Ignorant question. Are you certain the file is the actual Pages app and not a document? Don't hurt me.

Maybe uninstall Pages and reinstall Pages from the App Store.
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raythompsontn said:
Ignorant question. Are you certain the file is the actual Pages app and not a document? Don't hurt me.

Maybe uninstall Pages and reinstall Pages from the App Store.
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Yikes!! Rather harsh! Hope you don't speak to your elders that way!
 
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luvmymbp said:
Yikes!! Rather harsh! Hope you don't speak to your elders that way!
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I said don't hurt me, and you did! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

As for my elders, they are all long gone. I am the elder. And I do speak to myself that way. More than I like to admit.
 
HobeSoundDarryl said:
Pages (the app) does NOT open in a Finder window. Pages files (or other files like Word files that can open in Pages) could be viewed in Finder and if clicked, they would open the Pages app so they could be edited... much like clicking a movie file in Finder and it opening Quicktime or the TV app for playback.

There is also a preview function (maybe called "sneak peek" or similar) which lets you take a peek at files stored in the system, triggered by selecting a file in Finder and then clicking the space bar.

Else, I suggest taking a screenshot of this and uploading it to illustrate Pages being opened in Finder. A picture would be worth a thousand words and we should immediately see what is happening. It would also be helpful to describe exactly what you are doing step by step before this occurs so that we could try to repeat your steps and see it on our own Macs.
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I appreciate your thoughtful reply! Found the solution: turned off iCloud Drive and all is well! Pages opens as it formerly did...in the app. If you google "pages opens to finder window", there is a thread in Apple Community with the solution/ explanation.
 
raythompsontn said:
I said don't hurt me, and you did! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

As for my elders, they are all long gone. I am the elder. And I do speak to myself that way. More than I like to admit.
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Since you are the elder....you must realize by now that there is no such thing as an "ignorant question"...knowledge is power!!!🤣🤣🧠
 
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Before I turned off iCloud Drive, Pages would open to a Finder window not the Pages new document screen. There is an old thread in Apple Community that describes this. Since then, 2012, the Documents and Data setting is now part of iCloud Drive...turning that off solved the problem.
 
luvmymbp said:
Since you are the elder....you must realize by now that there is no such thing as an "ignorant question"...knowledge is power!!!🤣🤣🧠
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Not to speak for @raythompsontn, but I think you're misinterpreting. I believe he meant HIS question (the one that follows) was (potentially) ignorant, but still needed to be asked for troubleshooting purposes. NOT that your original question was ignorant.
 
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Well, the Pages documents viewer in iCloud, which opens when Pages starts, rather looks like a Finder window, doesn't it?

(Swedish, macOS Big Sur)
 
It does look like a finder window on my machine. But it’s been that way for at least ten years.
luvmymbp said:
Granny here...I'm on my 3rd MacBook, latest is M2 MacBook Air running the latest OS, all apps up to date. Have been in the Apple ecosystem for 15 years, using computers since the '80s. Not much need for word processing now, but recently used Pages and find that it opens in a Finder window. Don't recall this happening in the past. Can't seem to find any good explanations online. Any feedback/explanations/solutions will be appreciated!
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AlixSPQR said:
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Well, the Pages documents viewer in iCloud, which opens when Pages starts, rather looks like a Finder window, doesn't it?

(Swedish, macOS Big Sur)
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You should be able to identify the app by looking at the menubar.

In general, the menu-name immediately to the right of the Apple menu, and often immediately to the left of a "File" menu, will be the name of the app. This is typically the menu that contains menu-items like "About appname", the "Hide" and "Show" menu items (often 2 or more items with qualifying words, like "Hide appname"), and the omnipresent "Quit appname".
 
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chown33 said:
You should be able to identify the app by looking at the menubar.

In general, the menu-name immediately to the right of the Apple menu, and often immediately to the left of a "File" menu, will be the name of the app. This is typically the menu that contains menu-items like "About appname", the "Hide" and "Show" menu items (often 2 or more items with qualifying words, like "Hide appname"), and the omnipresent "Quit appname".
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Yes, of course, but the G in the GUI is probably confusing for many, when the graphics is so similar, I can appreciate that.
 
kirbyrun said:
Not to speak for @raythompsontn, but I think you're misinterpreting. I believe he meant HIS question (the one that follows) was (potentially) ignorant, but still needed to be asked for troubleshooting purposes. NOT that your original question was ignorant.
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Oh the power of proper punctuation! If "Ignorant question." (not a sentence anyway) had been "Ignorant question:" I bet there would have been no misunderstanding. Just sayin'…

I also misinterpreted the post as I read it the first time. But after reading the whole thing, I figured it out.
 
Gregg2 said:
Oh the power of proper punctuation! If "Ignorant question." (not a sentence anyway) had been "Ignorant question:" I bet there would have been no misunderstanding. Just sayin'…

I also misinterpreted the post as I read it the first time. But after reading the whole thing, I figured it out.
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Yes, the power of proper punctuation and proper spelling! Sorely lacking these days. I cringe while reading posts on social media. 🤣
 
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