After upgrade to Sonoma, opening of PAGES docs is VERY slow

On two MacBook Air M2, 2022, after upgrade from Ventura to Sonoma opening of PAGES docs is slow, up to a minute for a simple two pager text doc. Opening of PDF happens instantly.


What could cause this?

Pages version 14.2 (7041.0.109), Sonoma 14.6.1


  • I reassigned that PAGES documents will be open with PAGES as a default in Finder, although it was already correctly assigned.
  • I reindexed Spotlight
  • I reinstalled the entire macOS Sonoma from Recovery.
  • I put a test file into a folder, rather than keeping it on the desktop.


The exact observation is, after a restart and waiting for two mins before I tried anything:

  • Double click on PAGES document
  • PAGES loads at acceptable speed
  • The document opens over a minute later.


Working in a document is normal, a new unrelated doc from PAGES template chooser opens normal.

MacBook Air (M2, 2022)

Posted on Nov 14, 2024 4:08 PM

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Posted on Nov 26, 2024 2:13 AM

Update: So Apple called me back and have confirmed that the engineers are aware from multiple people that this is an issue. It will be fixed in a Sonoma update, so I would suggest avoiding any workarounds or DIY solutions if you can wait. They say typically a fix for something like this would take around 10 days to implement and release an OS update for. That's not a guarantee, however. Hope this helps.

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Jan 29, 2025 2:55 AM in response to Gordo42

Gordo42 wrote:

Finally gave in and did a wipe and clean install of Sonoma 12.7.3. So far everything back to normal and running good.

Probably a typo, did you mean 14.7.3?

A clean install (i.e. wiping the Mac completely and install everything from scratch) is a tall order and in many cases not practical, but every case is different.

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After upgrade to Sonoma, opening of PAGES docs is VERY slow

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