How do I fix the broken 'Change Location' feature in Pages, Preview, and other apps on Mac?

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How do I fix the broken 'Change Location' feature in Pages, Preview, and other apps on Mac?

In any app (pages, preview, ...) when I try to change location of the file simply by clicking on its name (top row) it allows you to quickly change file name and also location through drop-down menu.

Previously the change of location worked seamlessly trough this drop-down menu just picking any of the favourites or "last used" folders - but since about a month or two ago, this feature stopped working. I can click the favourites folder, it shows change of location. But once I open this menu again, nothing changes, and location is the same as previous.

Only way how to change location from this menu is to go to "other" and then manually choose the favourites in "finder" window.

This is slow. I really need the previous functionality.

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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Mar 18, 2025 03:14 AM

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Camelot

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Mar 19, 2025 11:31 AM in response to radek151

I can't replicate this.

I created a Pages document, saved it in the default location (iCloud, in my case).

I then clicked the header and chose a different location (my Documents folder), and the file moved there.

I then clicked again (for good measure) and chose a completely different location, and the file moved there.

I was able to do the same with PDF files in Preview.app

So there must be something specific to your setup that's doing this. Off-hand, I can't think what that might be.

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How do I fix the broken 'Change Location' feature in Pages, Preview, and other apps on Mac?

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