Willy1701

Q: I've a very important document which I can't open anymore: You need a newer version of Numbers to open this spreadsheet.

I've a very important document which I can't open anymore: You need a newer version of Numbers to open this spreadsheet.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 20, 2014 11:00 AM

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Q: I've a very important document which I can't open anymore: You need a newer version of Numbers to open this spreadsheet.

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Mar 20, 2014 11:03 AM in response to Willy1701
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    Mar 20, 2014 11:03 AM in response to Willy1701

    Get it from the App Store. It should be a free upgrade.

  • by Willy1701,

    Willy1701 Willy1701 Mar 20, 2014 11:05 AM in response to Kappy
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    Mar 20, 2014 11:05 AM in response to Kappy

    Kappy, I'm on the newest updated level and working with this document for months in Number V3

  • by Jerrold Green1,

    Jerrold Green1 Jerrold Green1 Mar 20, 2014 11:39 AM in response to Willy1701
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    Mar 20, 2014 11:39 AM in response to Willy1701

    Willy,

     

    The most common reason for not being able to open a document is that you are inadvertently using the older version of Numbers after having edited the document in the newer verison of Numbers. You can't go back, at least not easily. In Finder, Right-click the document name and choose Open With... Numbers (3.1).

     

    Jerry

  • by Willy1701,

    Willy1701 Willy1701 Mar 20, 2014 11:43 AM in response to Jerrold Green1
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    Mar 20, 2014 11:43 AM in response to Jerrold Green1

    Jerrold, I'm now reading through all the posts and believe me I  know what I'm doing when I open a file.

    Some files stop working. We have a suspecion that it has something today with file synchronization for off-site storage, but have no evidence. Other posters have pointed into the same direction.

  • by SGIII,

    SGIII SGIII Mar 20, 2014 12:13 PM in response to Willy1701
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    Mar 20, 2014 12:13 PM in response to Willy1701

    We have a suspecion that it has something today with file synchronization for off-site storage, but have no evidence. Other posters have pointed into the same direction.

     

    What off-site synchronization system are you using?

     

    SG

  • by Willy1701,

    Willy1701 Willy1701 Mar 20, 2014 1:01 PM in response to SGIII
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    Mar 20, 2014 1:01 PM in response to SGIII

    I figured out that it doesn't matter, actually it is Qsync, but other prgrams such Sugar Sync  create teh same problem

     

    The sync program adds a suffix to the files insite the numbers container

    When looking at the files inside the Numbers file/folder, I saw this (note: Alphonse is the name of my computer):

     

    drwxr-xr-x@ 9 thibaut  staff   306B Mar 14 09:21 .

    drwxr-xr-x  8 thibaut  staff   272B Mar 14 09:30 ..

    -rw-r--r--  1 thibaut  staff    26B Mar  4 14:31 .LSOverride

    drwxr-xr-x  2 thibaut  staff    68B Mar 14 09:21 Data

    -rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut  staff   262K Jan  3 13:21 Index (from Alphonse).zip

    drwxr-xr-x  5 thibaut  staff   170B Mar 14 09:21 Metadata

    -rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut  staff   101K Jan  3 13:21 preview (from Alphonse).jpg

    -rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut  staff   1.4K Jan  3 13:21 preview-micro (from Alphonse).jpg

    -rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut  staff    11K Jan  3 13:21 preview-web (from Alphonse).jpg

     

    I renamed the files to remove the suffix, like this:

     

    -rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut  staff    11K Jan  3 13:21  preview-web.jpg

    drwxr-xr-x@ 9 thibaut  staff   306B Mar 14 09:32 .

    drwxr-xr-x  8 thibaut  staff   272B Mar 14 09:30 ..

    -rw-r--r--  1 thibaut  staff    26B Mar  4 14:31 .LSOverride

    drwxr-xr-x  2 thibaut  staff    68B Mar 14 09:21 Data

    -rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut  staff   262K Jan  3 13:21 Index.zip

    drwxr-xr-x  5 thibaut  staff   170B Mar 14 09:21 Metadata

    -rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut  staff   1.4K Jan  3 13:21 preview-micro.jpg

    -rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut  staff   101K Jan  3 13:21 preview.jpg

     

    That fixed the problem and the file now opens correctly in Numbers 3.

     

    You can take the numbers file into a windows machin, the file is shown as a folder and then remive teh suffix.

     

    and like magic the file can then be opend  in Numbers V3.1

  • by SGIII,

    SGIII SGIII Mar 20, 2014 1:08 PM in response to Willy1701
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    Mar 20, 2014 1:08 PM in response to Willy1701

    So, so far, we know that Qsync and SugarSync alter the suffixes within a Numbers document package.

     

    You can take the numbers file into a windows machin, the file is shown as a folder and then remive teh suffix.

     

    Or, in Finder, right-click the Numbers document and choose Show Package Contents.  The contents will appear as in any other folder in Finder and you can edit the suffixes there.

     

    SG