Pages now crashes on launch every time I start up. There were no issues in Safe Mode, so I got rid of all login items and reinstalled macOS, but the issues persisted. I heard there was a Font Book bug, so I also validated all fonts and removed any with warnings (none had errors). The issue persists. I'm wondering if anyone else is having this issue.
MacBook Pro (M3 Pro, 2023)
Pages v14.4 is now available from the Mac App Store. It may or may not resolve your issues.
Check your version of Pages. For Sequoia v15.4, it should be v14.3.
If you naively remove a font that is required by Pages, it will dutifully crash. If you use any so-called third-party "Mac cleaning tool" that removes some internal components of Pages, it will also crash. If you are running any anti-virus tool, that may lead to Pages crashing.
Reboot the Mac. Press and hold the shift key while launching Pages. This will prevent it from reloading its last saved execution state and may break the crash cycle. Now, open the document that you had attempted to open when it previously crashed. See if this gets you out of crash jail.
I am using Pages v14.3 on macOS 15.4 without any misbehavior.
I don't use any "Mac cleaning tools", and I certainly don't remove system fonts.
It is a verified bug in 15.4. The issue has to do with installed custom fonts. I had validated all fonts - all were valid with no warnings or errors - and the crash kept happening. But when I deactivated all fonts I had installed, Pages launched without issue. Other users have had issues with Font Book crashing on launch since the update to 15.4 and Apple appears to be aware of the issue now.
Apple's TextKit is fairly wonky (I'm hyper aware of TextKit issues as I'm developing a word processing app on macOS), particularly as they make the move from TextKit 1 to TextKit 2. I imagine they updated either or both in 15.4 and it introduced this bug.
Edit: Should have led with thank you for responding and thanks for your attempt to help. I'm sure you encounter users who delete core components naively in this community often, but I'm well versed in the OS and am a coder, so I got a bit defensive at the word "naively" there.
I have a bunch of installed fonts (.ttf, .ttc, .t1, .otf, and type 1 outline) fonts in my ~/Library/Fonts folder and no prior Pages version has crashed, nor has v14.3 or v14.4. Time for me to clean up my local Fonts folder… 🧐
Thanks! I'll check if user-installed fonts work on pages 14.4, if not, I'll have to keep my installed fonts deactivated until 15.4.1, which apparently should release very soon.
Pages crashes on launch ever since Sequoia 15.4 update
