Missing Menu bar at top in Pages

I am new to Mac and have a Mac mini M4. In Pages, there is no Menu bar at the top (with File, View, etc) so I can't actually do much - even saving a file was a challenge. Have tried every solution suggested elsewhere, but nothing works. Most comments are about the bar below (with View, Zoom, Add Pages, etc on it). What about the Menu bar?

Mac mini, macOS 15.6

Posted on Aug 30, 2025 09:21 PM

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Sep 1, 2025 02:59 AM in response to denys120

You must click on the Pages application to make it the current application. That will reveal its menu bar.


This is true of any launched application in macOS. This is not done for you by passing a pointer over an application window. So, if you launched Pages and then clicked elsewhere (e.g., Desktop, or a Finder Window), then the Pages menu bar will not be shown until you click back on the Pages application window again.

Missing Menu bar at top in Pages

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