Re: [sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh

2014-02-12 Thread Jason Davies
On 12 Feb 2014, at 23:37, Ranulph Glanville wrote: No, no Nisus for iOS. But that's not really the point, which is that if you save your file to dropbox, it will open to and from there. Slight tangents but possibly of interest: fond memories of Nisus in the 90s on OS 8 and 9. A genius program

Re: [sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh

2014-02-12 Thread Phil Ward
> > You can't buy the new versions, you have to lease! > > Paul Owen > > > From: Phil Ward > Reply-To: > Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:20:03 + > To: SMUG > Subject: [sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh > > Morning all... > > Having finally upgr

Re: [sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh

2014-02-12 Thread Paul Owen
0 To: SMUG Subject: [sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh Morning all... Having finally upgraded my iMac to Mountain Lion, having a laptop also now running 10.8, and an iPad on iOS 7, I foolishly thought that iCloud stored Pages documents could be seamlessly accessed on all three machines - which woul

Re: [sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh

2014-02-12 Thread Rob Beattie
Byword is worth a look. - Rob Beattie Freelance writer and book author www.robbeattie.com 07769 902820 Twitter: @robbeattie On 12 February 2014 14:52, Phil Ward wrote: > Don't think there's a Nisus app for iOS is there? > > P > > -- > Phil Ward > > Skype: aphilw > E: phil_w...@

Re: [sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh

2014-02-12 Thread Ranulph Glanville
I drag files from the desktop into my dropbox, then I open them from there and they are saved back to dropbox and update everywhere. Does it really matter that you have to save first and then drag the file into your dropbox? It doesn't seem that onerous to me. Ranulph I don't use Pages, howev

Re: [sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh

2014-02-12 Thread Sam - MacAmbulance
Ultimately, it'll be a case of opening VMware Fusion, which will auto-run the 10.9 virtual machine in a window, then you can just open pages on that, iCloud will sync the docs. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen AC

Re: [sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh

2014-02-12 Thread Phil Ward
Have 8GB on the iMac and 4GB on the laptop. Running Mavericks as a virtual machine sounds a bit of a pavlova. Might need you to show me it's not! P -- Phil Ward Skype: aphilw E: phil_w...@mac.com W: www.philward.biz W: http://soundcloud.com/philberish W: www.thegalleons.com W: https://www.faceb

Re: [sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh

2014-02-12 Thread Phil Ward
Apple are one step ahead of you there Ranulph. The send to Dropbox option that I think used to be in iOS Pages has gone. I'd also still have the problem anyway of not being able to open iOS Pages docs on OS X. The Dropbox option only works if I migrate from Pages and start writing in something e

Re: [sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh

2014-02-12 Thread Ranulph Glanville
Dropbox. Ranulph On 12 Feb 2014, at 11:20, Phil Ward wrote: > Morning all... > > Having finally upgraded my iMac to Mountain Lion, having a laptop also now > running 10.8, and an iPad on iOS 7, I foolishly thought that iCloud stored > Pages documents could be seamlessly accessed on all

Re: [sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh

2014-02-12 Thread Sam - MacAmbulance
hi Phil How much RAM does your iMac have? You can install VMWare Fusion and run Mavericks as a virtual machine, then just use that for Pages. 8GB or more would be fine. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen ACMT +44

[sussex_mug] Pages! Arrrgh

2014-02-12 Thread Phil Ward
Morning all... Having finally upgraded my iMac to Mountain Lion, having a laptop also now running 10.8, and an iPad on iOS 7, I foolishly thought that iCloud stored Pages documents could be seamlessly accessed on all three machines - which would be brilliant. But I was way too naive wasn't I. P