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Bert

04 Nov, 2016 05:10 PM

Hello,

I'm very happy with TenFourFox and FoxBox, but I've noticed that the Dropbox website can't properly download .pages files.
Since I couldn't find any discussions about it I wondered whether it's something anyone else has noticed as well.
Word-files and PDF files download correctly and can even be previewed in the browser. But when I try to download .pages files, a temporary file is created for a second or so, and then it just stops downloading. (In FoxBox the temporary file just disappears)
Who can help me solve this? Is this a (known) bug in FoxBox/TenFourFox?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Cameron Kaiser on 05 Nov, 2016 12:02 AM

   

   There's nothing specific in TenFourFox that deals with Pages files, but is this the phenomenon you're referring to? https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Syncing-and-uploads/Pages-doc-won-t...

   If not, please provide us an example we can look at (it should be publicly accessible).

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2. 2 Posted by Bert on 05 Nov, 2016 11:24 AM

   

   Hello Cameron,

   I think Dropbox doesn't like .pages files in general. When I tried to upload a .pages document, Dropbox just viewed the documents as folders, like it does on a Windows machine.
   (I am using iWork '09, Pages 4.0; the last supported version of Pages for Tiger)
   So I can't even upload a test file.

   Thanks for your reply,

   Bert

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Chris (chtrusch... on 05 Nov, 2016 05:50 PM

   

   .pages documents aren't files, they are packages (like Mac applications). They must be zipped before they're uploaded anywhere outside the Apple ecosystem.

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4. 4 Posted by Bert Kaspersma on 07 Nov, 2016 12:26 PM

   

   Hello Chris,

   Zipping the file before uploading does work, so I guess that is the
   best workaround.
   Though I'll probably end up carrying a flash-drive with me.
   Thanks for your help,

   Bert

   Op 5-nov-2016, om 18:50 heeft Chris (chtrusch) het volgende geschreven:

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