Uniting Pages on Mac and MacBook

I have a Mac at home and a MacBook which I use at another location. I have Pages installed on both. I can not find documents started on one but not on the other. I was assuming all would be on iCloud and available to both. What am I doing wrong?

iMac 24″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Oct 6, 2025 10:30 AM

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Posted on Oct 6, 2025 11:37 AM

For documents to sync between devices,

1. Both need to be logged in to the same Apple ID for iCloud,

and

2. You need to be saving the files in a location that synced with iCloud. such locations are the iCloud Drive folder in finder, or by having the Desktop & Documents option turned on in iCloud Drive settings in the System Settings app.


If the computers are using different Apple Accounts or the files are being saved somewhere that is not synced with iCloud then the other computer won't see those files at all.


click here ➜ Store files in iCloud Drive on Mac - Apple Support

or here ➜ Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support


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Oct 6, 2025 11:37 AM in response to SnowPInes

For documents to sync between devices,

1. Both need to be logged in to the same Apple ID for iCloud,

and

2. You need to be saving the files in a location that synced with iCloud. such locations are the iCloud Drive folder in finder, or by having the Desktop & Documents option turned on in iCloud Drive settings in the System Settings app.


If the computers are using different Apple Accounts or the files are being saved somewhere that is not synced with iCloud then the other computer won't see those files at all.


click here ➜ Store files in iCloud Drive on Mac - Apple Support

or here ➜ Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support


Oct 6, 2025 1:07 PM in response to SnowPInes

When you choose System Settings > iCloud : Saved to iCloud [ See All ] and select Pages (=⦿), a Pages folder will be created on iCloud Drive (for the duration of this setting). When using Pages, save your documents to iCloud Drive and they will be written in this folder. Do that on both Macs and you will have a common repository of Pages documents for both Macs while each have Internet access.


After this configuration on each Mac, launching Pages will now show a File Chooser, not the customary Template Chooser. The latter can be revealed with File menu > New…


This will only work if you both Macs are signed in with the same Apple ID.

Uniting Pages on Mac and MacBook

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