Universal Pages not exporting to PDF or moving to another location

[Rangellalo]

Every time I attempt to export a Pages document to PDF, I get an error message that says the document could not be autosaved. The same error appears even when I create a new Pages document. The same error happens when I switch to the iCloud version of Pages and try to export to PDF.

Also, when I attempt to move the Pages file to another folder, I get an error message saying I don't have permission to access the downloads. I called Apple support, but the agent was not able to help.

I installed Pages from the Applications menu and downloaded it from the App Store. Still the same issues.

I created a test account as a new user and could open the file as a duplicate, save it in several places, and export it as a PDF without any issues. I am dumbfounded. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Chuckeee]

Try printing to a PDF instead of a straight export. This isn’t a solution to your problem but possibly a short term workaround.

 

[Tagbert]

Every time I attempt to export a Pages document to PDF, I get an error message that says the document could not be autosaved. The same error appears even when I create a new Pages document. The same error happens when I switch to the iCloud version of Pages and try to export to PDF.

Also, when I attempt to move the Pages file to another folder, I get an error message saying I don't have permission to access the downloads. I called Apple support, but the agent was not able to help.

I installed Pages from the Applications menu and downloaded it from the App Store. Still the same issues.

I created a test account as a new user and could open the file as a duplicate, save it in several places, and export it as a PDF without any issues. I am dumbfounded. Any help would be appreciated.

Some questions to ask yourself and things to try:

Is this the same document each time?
Does this happen with other documents?
If you create a new document in a different folder, does it fail in the same way?
If you move one of these documents to another folder does it fail in the same way?

 

[Rangellalo]

1. It is not confined to the same document. It happens each time to the same document, to new documents created, and to documents received from other users.
2. I created a new user account and had now issues with any document.
3. Moving the document to another folder produces the same error.

 

[Rangellalo]

Try printing to a PDF instead of a straight export. This isn’t a solution to your problem but possibly a short term workaround.

I will try this option. Thanks.

 

[Tagbert]

You might also remove your printer in Settings and try setting it up again.