Invite others to collaborate in Pages on Mac
You can invite others to work with you on a document in real time by sending them a link to it. Everyone working on the document can see changes as they’re made.
By default, only the people you invite to collaborate on the document can access and make changes to it. You can also change permissions to allow:
Anyone who has the link to access the document
View-only permission, so others can’t make changes
Invite people to collaborate
To invite others to collaborate on a document, you must first store the document in iCloud. Make sure that you’re signed in with your Apple ID and that you’ve set up Pages to use iCloud Drive.
Click
in the toolbar.If the document isn’t stored in iCloud Drive, a message prompts you to move it there.
Click the “Who can access” pop-up menu, then choose an option:
People you invite: Only people you invite who sign in with their Apple ID can open the document. Recipients who don’t have an Apple ID need to create one before they can open your shared document.
If you invite someone using an email address or phone number that isn’t associated with their Apple ID, they won’t be able to accept the invitation until they add the email address or phone number to their Apple ID. Instructions are provided when they tap or click the link in the invitation.
Anyone with the link: Anyone who has the link to the shared document can tap or click the link to open the document. To protect it with a password, click Add Password.
If the document already has a password, it applies to the shared document as well, so you don’t need to enter a new one. If you want to change it, click Change Password.
Click the Permission pop-up menu, then choose an option:
Can make changes: People can edit and print the shared document.
View only: People can view and print the shared document but not edit it. They can’t reply to or delete comments in the activity list, and when they join a document, no notifications appear.
If you set access to “People you invite,” you can change the shared document’s settings after you share the document.
If you have macOS 12 or later installed, and you don’t want all participants to be able to invite others, deselect the checkbox next to “Anyone can add more people.”
Click a method for sending the invitation:
AirDrop: Use AirDrop when your recipient’s on the same network and able to accept the document. Select the person you want to send the document to. The recipient must accept the file to receive it.
Mail or Messages: Mail and Messages both send a copy directly to one or more email addresses or phone numbers and can be accompanied with a custom note. Type an email address or phone number for each participant. If you invite someone using an email address or phone number that isn’t associated with their Apple ID, they won’t be able to accept the invitation until they add the email address or phone number to their Apple ID. When they tap or click the link in the invitation, instructions appear. The link appears in the body of the message along with the document title.
Important: Make sure not to edit or delete the link in your message.
Copy Link: Copy the document’s link so you can easily send, post, or access it. You can send the link using any internet service that’s already set up on your Mac. Click Copy Link, open the app you want to use to share the link, then choose Edit > Paste (from the Edit menu at the top of your screen), or press Command-V on the keyboard.
Important: The link to the document that’s created when you click Collaborate includes the document’s title. If the title or content of the document is confidential, be sure to ask recipients not to forward the link to anyone else.
When you’re ready to send the invitation, click Share.
A checkmark appears on the Collaborate button 
to indicate that you’ve shared the document. After recipients accept the invitation, the number of participants joining you in the document appears to the right of the button 
.
Invite more people
Depending on how you set document access, you can invite more people to collaborate on your file by adding them or by sending a link.
Tip: If the document is protected by a password, for security reasons don’t send the password with the link.
Do one of the following:
Choose File > Manage Shared Document (from the File menu at the top of your screen).
Click
in the toolbar, then click Manage Shared Document.In iCloud Drive, Control-click the file, then choose Manage Shared Document.
Do one of the following:
Invite more people to collaborate: Use this method if you’re the owner of a shared document with access set to “People you invite,” or if the document owner gave you permission to add more people. Click Add People, click a method to invite your new participant, then click Share. See Invite people to collaborate.
Send the link to more people: Use this method if document access is set to “Anyone with the link.” Click Copy Link, then click where you want to paste the link. Choose Edit > Paste (from the Edit menu at the top of your screen), or press Command-V on the keyboard.
Note: The link may appear in the body of the message as a stylized graphic with the document title—be sure not to edit or delete it.
Any participant can copy a link to a document and paste it somewhere else—for example, to save the link where they can easily access it. If the owner limited access to people they invite, the link only works for invited participants.
You can change the sharing settings for the new people after you send the link.
For details on setting permission and sending the link, see Invite people to collaborate.