[X4U] Pages problem

[Randy B. Singer]

On May 4, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Frank Pearsall wrote:

> I recently downloaded Mountain Lion. Now, every time I open a  
> "Pages" document, a message pops up and tells me that "The file  
> “xxx.pages” is locked because you haven’t made any changes to it  
> recently." I need to click on "unlock" to work on the document. Is  
> there some way to shut this feature off?

What, you don't like this new feature?  8-)

Actually, it was new as of Lion.

Lion has a new (sometimes very frustrating) feature called "auto- 
locking."
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4753
(Scroll down to "Lock".)

"Two weeks after the last edit, OS X Lion automatically locks the  
document for you.
Tip: You can set the interval for OS X Lion to automatically lock  
your documents by clicking the "Options…" button in the Time Machine  
System Preferences then choose what interval you want from the "Lock  
documents" pop-up menu.
"When you try to make a change on a Locked file, OS X Lion asks if  
you want to unlock or duplicate the file.

"When a document is locked you will see a dimmed message of "–  
Locked" just to the right of your window title. A lock icon appears  
in the bottom left of the proxy icon and also on the document icon in  
Finder.

"To unlock your document, click "– Locked" in the title bar and  
select "Unlock"."


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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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