Cannot copy from Numbers to Pages on macOS 11.7.7

I cannot manage to copy information (a table) from a document in Numbers to a document in Pages. When I paste, nothing appears. When I paste in another app (e.g. a text editor), the data appears as expected, so the clipboard does contain the data.


  • I have tried using the Menu (Edit > Copy / Paste).
  • I have tried CMD+C / CMD+V.
  • Copying from and pasting to other applications works fine.
    • I can copy from/to Numbers from/to a text editor, and from/to Notes. (A neat table shows up when pasting in Notes)
    • I can copy from/to Pages from/to a text editor and from/to Notes
  • I have tried quitting the apps (Numbers and Pages), and restarting my mac.


I am just absolutely unable to copy a table from Numbers to Pages. It is extremely frustrating.


(As a workaround, I'm pasting the table first in Notes, then Copy from there and paste in Pages. This works).

MacBook Air 11″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Dec 28, 2023 2:33 PM

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Dec 29, 2023 5:48 AM in response to appleisbecomingPC

Select your table content in Numbers and copy to the clipboard. In an open Pages document, there are two different approaches to receiving the Numbers table, cell colors, and formulas intact — both involve a simple paste operation. Pages tables have a subset of Numbers table cell formatting.


  1. Just execute a simple paste in Pages and a new table appears populated with the Numbers table selection. The cell colors and formulas will be intact.
    1. The caveat is that Pages documents only support a single page orientation for the entire document, so if your Numbers table is immensely wide, you may need to paste into Pages, and while still selected, rotate it 90 degrees on the Arrange panel to make it fit.
  2. Insert a blank Pages table, and single-click cell A1. Then again, apply a simple paste and the Pages table will expand rows and columns as it needs to receive the Numbers table data.
    1. Same portrait page caveat for wide tables as in [1.1].


I have done both of the approaches in Pages v12.1 on macOS Big Sur 11.7.10, and just now in Pages v13.2 on macOS Sonoma 14.2.1. It works reliably.

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