Q: my number file will not open

Hi DDS,

You are talking to fellow users, not Apple.

Will this help? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5710326?tstart=0

Regards,

Ian.

Hi DDS,

No worries. This a time of turmoil, but fellow users in this forum can help to calm the troubled waters. The biggest stuff-up that Apple made was to announce the new Numbers as an 'improvement' with no warnings about what was lost. And no warning that Numbers 3.0 would 'snaffle' any Numbers 2 document that was"accidentally" opened and edited by the (default) Numbers 3.0. That is now fixed by a warning in Numbers 3.0.1

There are many added features (better compatibility between OS X and iOS is the main one, but there are other improvements).

The second stuff-up from Apple is automatic updates. You can turn this off in System Preferences > App Store:

I allow 'Automatically check for updates' but not automatic downloads.

Here is my Boiler-Plate reply :

Many features have been lost in Numbers 3. You can send feedback to Apple with Menu > Numbers > Provide Numbers Feedback.

Features that Apple has promised to reinstate:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6049

Hints on workarounds here:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/23622372#23622372

What has been GAINED in Numbers 3 is here:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5473882?start=75&tstart=0

What has been lost in Numbers 3 is here (with corrections where Apple has already reinstated some lost features in the Numbers 3.0.1 update):

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5470448?start=240&tstart=0

Regards,

Ian.