Transfer documents with iTunes

You can use iTunes on your computer to directly transfer documents between your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch and your computer. This is useful for transferring documents when you aren’t using iCloud.

You can also transfer Microsoft Word documents this way, then open them in Pages.

Transfer from your computer

  1. Connect your iOS device to your computer and open iTunes on your computer if it doesn’t open automatically.

    After a moment, the Device button appears in iTunes (near the top-left corner of the window).

  2. In iTunes, click the Device button, then click File Sharing in the sidebar.

  3. In the list on the left, select the Pages app, then click Add.

  4. Select the document, then click Add.

    The document appears in the Pages Documents list in iTunes.

  5. Open Pages on your iOS device.

  6. With the document manager in browse view, tap Browse again to see the Locations list, then tap On My iPad, On My iPhone, or On My iPod Touch.

  7. To open the document on your device, tap the Pages folder, then tap the document thumbnail.

Transfer to your computer

You can use iTunes to transfer a document saved on your device to your computer.

  1. If the document isn’t already saved on your device, move the document to your device.

  2. Connect your iOS device to your computer (or use iTunes Wi-Fi Sync in Settings > General), then open iTunes on your computer.

    After a moment, the Device button appears in iTunes (near the top-left corner of the window).

  3. In iTunes, click the Device button, then click File Sharing in the sidebar.

  4. In the list on the left, select the Pages app, then select the document you want to transfer.

  5. Click Save to, choose a location, then click Save To.