Pages is unbearably slow

Pages is becoming so slow for me that it is bordering on unusable. I have a document about 30 pages long, with ten or so tables — even typing is so slow that I can barely get anything done.
This is on an 8-core Mac Pro with 16GB of RAM — seriously, that really should be enough.
Any hints? How do people deal with those slowdowns?

Restarting the computer once in while is good. Pages can have to be started anew once in while.
Do you do any maintenance of the computer? Onyx is a free and very good maintenance application.

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Macbook Air 2014 unbearable slow

Ever since I updated to Yosemite back in October, my macbook air has been so god **** slow. I can't get **** done on it, and my fans are overheating all the time. When I start IntelliJ, the CPU overclocks itself to 300%, same goes for photoshop. I can't even get anything done on my laptop anymore, and using an exernal screen is almost not worth it because of all the lag on the graphics and overall performance. It feels like I'm using this laptop back in 2008 with 2003 hardware and ADSL internet.
Problem description:
Macbook Air is generally slow, the animations are laggy, safari is unbearable slow and I can’t have Photoshop and safari on at the same time for example without suffering so much lag, and the fan starting to go on.
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Hello,
I purchased this iMac in early 2012, and it has recently become unbearably slow. Creating new folders, loading new tabs in Chrome, just doing basic work on the computer...it all takes frustratingly long! I don't do any heavy graphics processing, just some light gaming, word processing, excel. I have rebooted within the last few days and don't really want to purchase more RAM unless it's absolutely necessary. Just looking for advice on what options I have!
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My computer runs too slow and I don’t know why.
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Pages 09 extremely slow

I have both the new Pages (5.5.2) and the old Pages (4.3) from iWork 09 installed. I am running 10.10.3.
In the past few weeks, I noticed that the save dialogue has become unbearably slow in expanded form. Sometimes, it may take up to 10 or 20 secs just to load a folder. It doesn't seem to matter how many items are currently in the folder. I tried 1 folder with 44 items, one with no files in it at all. So it's not a problem of rednering previews or anything like that. But in collapsed form, the save dialogue works much better.
I'm on a 2013 rMBP with SSD, so it's generally very speedy. The new Pages (5.2.2) is perfectly responsive in these cases. I tried verifying the disk and repair permissions to no avail.
And I just noticed this in the past few weeks, so I think it may have something to do with software, but am unsure of what exactly.

jaxjason,
I am not using a 'Category Function' I just assign my own categories to my bank account entries (such as 'Groceries', 'Car Insurance', etc.) My spreadsheet then sorts out the entries from files down loaded from the banks into summary tables by month and 'Category' using the following:
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I am using an iMac 24 inch (Intel) with the latest OS X 10.5.6.
As I said it takes four times longer to open the file and it takes four times longer for the spreadsheet to calculate every 'Category' assignment I make. I have tried saving the file from the new version but that did not make any difference.
The spreadsheet consists of five 'Sheets' two containing the years transactions in our VISA and Checking account downloaded from the Banks Two 'Summary' Sheet one for Visa and one for Checking Account and a 'Final Summary' with three tables where the results from the VISA and Bank Accounts are finally collected into different forms.

ITunes Store unbearably slow

Searching for an answer why the Store is unbearably slow to Search, Load or even Respond, and/or even go back to the last page ... I found no answers. Like most who posted on this topic I'm on a broad band connection with enough Memory and plenty fast for everything else including live streaming, but the Store ... is absolutely pushing the limits of patience. The number of items I would have purchased, but gave up trying is probably north of at least $100.
Does anyone have a *definitive answer*, instead of speculation? It's not me, or my set up because everywhere else I navigate to works fine. It's the Store that's driving me nuts.
Answers, anyone?
(and before you do answer, please know that accessing at various times of the day has no effect, even switching locations and trying two other higher value Mac systems are just as ridiculously slow, even being in other cities on borrowed latest gen laptops is of no use. It's not me, it's not my set up, it's not my DNS, it's not time-of-day, it's not Store Is Busy, it's not location relevant, not platform relevant ... it's Apple .. so, got an answer?)

I did the same thing (switching to Amazon) because the whole iTunes experiences is so utterly useless and maddening. Apple lightened up a little on the DRM for which I commend them responding to sensible market pressure but iTunes is a Franken-beast of an app that forces my quad core 4 gigs of RAM machine to it's knees just to turn the dam thing on. Furthermore, when I want to load a new app or song or picture to my ipod touch it's nearly impossible. Takes forever to recognize the ipod and the methodology of having to erase everything on my ipod to add one more thing is just ridiculous. RIDICULOUS. First app that I find that is usable with the Touch and functions like everyone knows it should and iTunes gets the axe. It's like dealing with big government.

Email review creates workflows file size that makes Acrobat 9 unbearably slow.

I have been using the email review features in Acrobat pro version 9.3.1. All was going fine until, apparently, my workflows file got to around 1.5mb. If I understand correctly this is the file that Review Tracker uses to track PDF emailed for review.
The problem is Acrobat becomes unbearably slow to open and operate.
I narrowed down the reason by opening Acrobat with no plugins loaded and it operated fine. Then by enabling and disabling various plugins I found that when any plug-in having something to do with the commenting and tracking process was enabled acrobat again became unbearably slow. Through searching on this forum I found the workflows file that is created for tracking email reviews. I discovered with all plug-ins enabled and with the workflow file removed acrobat operated fine when I put the file back it again opens and operates unbearably slow.
So I know how to make Acrobat operate correctly by removing the Workflows file. Acrobat will create a new one if I start another review. The big problem is I have lost all my tracking on previous reviews.
I was wondering if anyone else might have had a similar problem when the Workflows file became larger than 1.5mb or so?
Does anyone know of a way I can keep my previous email reviews and still have acrobat operate correctly?
I also wonder if this will happen again?
Thank you for your time and knowledge.
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Windows XP Pro x64 Edition
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Flattening should be expected to make files bigger, much bigger in the worst case. It is rarely a way to reduce size, though sometimes it will be - it all depends on what is in the file.
An example where it could reduce size is where a series of images are overlayed transparently. This would end up being a single one. There may be cases where lots of layers get consolidated into something simpler, but if the layers were vector and the result is raster it won't.
So, flattening might be a useful tool, but it's best to try it and test the result.
Better still to stop the proprietary software from choking... !

Unbearably slow Mac book pro

In the last week my mid 2009 17" has gotten unbearably slow. It took 50 minutes to boot up earlier today and I don't know what is causing it. I have upgraded to 8gbs of ram and I have 37 gbs of HD space free(which I know is a little low but it still shouldn't run that slow. I've ran it on 8 gbs for a whole before and it was fine) Could my Hd be dieing???
I can't even open up finder without getting the colorful busy cursor.
If any one has an idea what it would be I would greatly Appricate it!
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Hi...
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37GB's of free space on a 500GB drive is not sufficient. Rule of thumb. Make sure there's a minimum of 15% free disk space.
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Just moved to ISP PLUSNET and now loading web pages is dead slow

Just moved to ISP PLUSNET and now loading web pages is dead slow.
Like loading google will sometimes take 30 seconds to 1 minute but it used to load in a fraction of a second on my previous ISP.
Sometimes a new URL will take over a minute so I hit Stop Loading This Page and then try again and sometimes it might load instantly, or if not, it might continue to just drag on again.
It's so frustrating it's like being back on dial-up connection - but worse.
It feels like PLUSNET have put something on my Mac to slow it down.
PLUSNET has a restriction on how much I can use per month, which my previous ISP did not have, but according to PLUSNET's usage checker I am nowhere near the max, ie, I am allowed 10GB per month but the checker is showing I have used less than 100 MB so far this month.
I wonder if the PLUSNET usage checker is slowing down my usage coz it's really noticeable that it has only started to run slow since I moved to PLUSNET.
When I run a broadband speed check it always shows the feed coming in at around 5500 kbps or so which should be OK.
PLUSNET told me to go through their test page and I got to the part where it says install a Virus checker and an Adware checker but I'm not sure which ones to use coz I heard some of those checkers are themselves plants that infect you with a virus or keystroke logger.
Also I have Block Pop UP Windows running on Safari but yesterday a window popped up so that blocker seems to have been compromised somehow.
I have 17GB available on my HD of a total of 38GB.
Can anyone help me with this problem please?

(First, if yours is an Intel Mac, check that Safari is not running in Rosetta, which is enough to slow it to a crawl. If you are running Snow Leopard, run Safari in 32 bit not 64 bit.)
Adding DNS codes to your Network Settings, should gives good results in terms of speed-up:
Open System Preferences/Network. Double click on your connection type, or select it in the drop-down menu. Click on TCP/IP and in the box marked 'DNS Servers' enter the following two numbers:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
(An explanation of why that is both safe and a good idea can be read here: http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/opendsn-what-is-opendns-why-required-2/2587 /
Open DNS also provides an anti-phishing feature: http://www.opendns.com/solutions/homenetwork/anti-phishing/ )
Wikipedia also has an interesting article about Open DNS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDNS
Whilst in System Preferences/Network you should also turn off 'IPv6' in your preference pane, as otherwise you may not get the full speed benefit (the DNS resolver will default to making SRV queries). If you want to know what IPv6 is:
This is Apple's guidance on iPv6:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8708.html
Click on Apply Now and close the window.
Restart Safari, and repair permissions.
If that didn't do it, then try this as well:
Empty Safari's cache (from the Safari menu), then close Safari.
Go to Home/Library/Safari and delete the following files:
form values
download.plist
Then go to Home/Library/Preferences and delete
com.apple.Safari.plist
Repair permissions (in Disk Utility).
Start up Safari again, and things should have improved.
More useful information here:
http://guides.macrumors.com/SpeedupSafari
Less likely, but possible, is that the slowness is caused by a Trojan such as the one called 'DNSChanger' or 'OSZ.RSPlug', which can alter the DNS settings of your network connection. This particular Trojan can be inadvertently installed if you have come across certain Quicktime movies where got a window stating that you have to download and install a particular codec in order to see the video.
If you have agreed to that installation, your system can be infected and your DNS settings altered, which results in your system using the wrong DNS servers, which can slow web surfing to a crawl.
This can be fixed by downloading and running a freeware utility called DNSChanger Removal Tool which you can download from here:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/33696
Once you have run that utility you have to re-boot your Mac, then reset Safari, and re-enter your DNS settings in System Preferences/Network.

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hi.. i am using Jdeveloper 10.1.2 to develop my application and my application containing JSP and UIX pages.At last i deploy it onto Jboss 3.2.7.
It work properly, but i found that each time user access/open a page, which never open before, that page(either UIX or JSP page) show very slow. After that when user open it again, it show out as normal.
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Hi... is there anybody can help me? thanks..

Pages is agonizingly slow.

Pages has been slow to open and respond for months, but now I have to force quit and it still doesn't open. In the past, trying to save a document sent the spinning beachball into overtime, now it doesn't even get to spin.
My entire system now seems to be slow. AGH!
Help!
I am using an iMac circa 2009. Running Yosemite. 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3 memory.

:-) Oh, you meant I was supposed to check to see how much was available. ha ha.
Looks like I should have enough from what I understood from your earlier response.
Oh well, leaving for a trip tomorrow. Will have to address this on my return.
Thank you.

Pages is incredibly slow.

Pages is incredibly slow. Everytime I click or type the pinwheel appears. How can I fix this? I have a document with some pictures on it, but I can't even move the image a few degrees without the pinwheel appearing.

Was having the same problem yesterday. This worked for me
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Pages works really slow. The document contains 28 pages. Can anybody help?

Frisimo wrote:
That explains a lot. Is there any work around? Or do I just need to increase the speed of my computer?
The way that the iWork apps process Tables is very processor-intensive. There is no good reason that I am aware of so we must assume that there was little attention paid to the efficiency of the code. Tables with Headers and Footers and tables with expressions written in shorthand notation (specifying only row or column rather than full cell addresses) run slower than tables not using these features. Yes, a faster computer will help, but it's an expensive solution and you might still be unhappy with the speed after the upgrade so I wouldn't do it purely for the sake of this problem.
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Jerry

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Anyone notice that Firefox downloads and load a page a lot slower then Dolphin HD? That has been my experience all morning. I'm on Verizon Droid 2.
I been testing various web pages using Dolphin & Firefox Mobile, and I have noticed that in general, web pages takes longer to download and slower to render in Firefox Mobile then in Dolphin HD. It is not a cache issue as I clear my cache between tries.
Firefox Mobile 4 (downloaded 3/21/2011)?
Dolphin HD 4.5.0

I have the same problem on my website. It only happens in Firefox. IE, Chrome and Safari are working fine.
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I upgraded my internet speed to 25/15. I have Fios DVR, many computers(wired and wireless) and wireless devices such as PSPs and ipods, and sometimes use my smartphone as a DVR remote. I don't have any problems, except for when I go to pay my bill every month. The VZ page is extremely slow, and to me is junky. The computer I use to pay my bill is a wired connection, and may be a little older, but the VZ page is the only page I have problems with. And PLEASE stop asking me to install the Google toolbar. I hate Google! Don't they know enough about me already? Why won't I update Google map on my phone? Look at the permissions! Other than that, great job! Fios, phone and internet is reliable, and don't give me any problems. But Google......c'mon!

Kelmer1 wrote:
I upgraded my internet speed to 25/15. I have Fios DVR, many computers(wired and wireless) and wireless devices such as PSPs and ipods, and sometimes use my smartphone as a DVR remote. I don't have any problems, except for when I go to pay my bill every month. The VZ page is extremely slow, and to me is junky. The computer I use to pay my bill is a wired connection, and may be a little older, but the VZ page is the only page I have problems with. And PLEASE stop asking me to install the Google toolbar. I hate Google! Don't they know enough about me already? Why won't I update Google map on my phone? Look at the permissions! Other than that, great job! Fios, phone and internet is reliable, and don't give me any problems. But Google......c'mon!
I love Google, but I hate toolbars. So...yeah.
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