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Pages saves duplicates automatically

I have a problem. Pages saves files in duplicates without me wanting it! How can I stop the duplicating?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.3

Posted on May 13, 2021 11:10 AM

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Posted on May 13, 2021 11:44 AM

It is essential that you save your Pages document at least once, and preferably before you enter any content. You can invoke that save operation with a command+S shortcut. That will also trigger autosave as you add content, and then it is purely optional if you press command+S to save when you are done.


However, pressing shift+command+S will always duplicate the current document, so avoid that keyboard shortcut to stop duplicating documents.

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May 13, 2021 11:44 AM in response to Nils1406

It is essential that you save your Pages document at least once, and preferably before you enter any content. You can invoke that save operation with a command+S shortcut. That will also trigger autosave as you add content, and then it is purely optional if you press command+S to save when you are done.


However, pressing shift+command+S will always duplicate the current document, so avoid that keyboard shortcut to stop duplicating documents.

Pages saves duplicates automatically

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