Innur
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Q: My numbers file turned into folder.

Hi,

 

My numbers file turned into folder.

How can I get it back to .numbers and why it happened?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Feb 23, 2014 4:22 AM

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Innur

Q: My numbers file turned into folder.

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  • by t quinn,

    t quinn t quinn Mar 3, 2014 9:55 AM in response to Innur
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    Mar 3, 2014 9:55 AM in response to Innur

    Hi Innur,

     

    I think this happens in Dropbox.

     

    Q

  • by Innur,

    Innur Innur Mar 3, 2014 2:05 PM in response to t quinn
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    Mar 3, 2014 2:05 PM in response to t quinn

    Hi,

    No, it's not synced with dropbox.

    The file also disappeared from recent files list.

  • by t quinn,

    t quinn t quinn Mar 3, 2014 6:54 PM in response to Innur
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    Mar 3, 2014 6:54 PM in response to Innur

    Hi Innur,

     

    You are not really giving anyone much to go on. Is this happening on your Mac? on your iOS device? Maverics with Numbers 3? Latest iOS Numbers? What was going on when the file changed?

     

    I suggest restore it from back up and carry on.

     

    I am sorry I can't be more help.

     

    Q

  • by Innur,

    Innur Innur Mar 4, 2014 1:53 AM in response to t quinn
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    Mar 4, 2014 1:53 AM in response to t quinn

    Thanks,

     

    Yes MacBook Pro 15" early 2011, OS X Maverics, Numbers 3.1.

    At this time, nothing extreme did not happened, safari, mail, Adobe Illustrator were probably running.

     

    I can restore it from backup, losing some data. Will manage

    But I am more worried what caused it, will it happen again.

    I have been using numbers for past 7 years and never seen something like  that.

    Next time the loss can be way bigger, as we use numbers partly for accounting.

  • by t quinn,

    t quinn t quinn Mar 4, 2014 6:21 AM in response to Innur
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    Mar 4, 2014 6:21 AM in response to Innur

    Hi Innur,

     

    You posted to the iOS forum. That is why I thought dropbox (or gmail ) might be involved. I haven't seen your problem over on the Numbers for Mac forum. I have never heard of a file simply transformig itself without anything being done to it.

     

    Quinn

  • by Ezra Wasser,

    Ezra Wasser Ezra Wasser Apr 9, 2014 6:44 PM in response to Innur
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    Apr 9, 2014 6:44 PM in response to Innur

    Hi Tinnur,

     

    I had this problem too. Here's how I solved it:

     

    Open the folder that contains your file ("example.numbers").

     

    Select example.numbers, right click and select "Get Info" or press Apple+I.

     

    On the info window, under "Name & Extension" ensure "Hide extension" is unticked.

     

    There may be another extension after ".numbers", which you should delete.

     

    If your problem was like mine, your ".numbers" file should work.

     

    -Ezra

  • by Coroas,

    Coroas Coroas Jun 8, 2014 2:50 PM in response to Ezra Wasser
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    Jun 8, 2014 2:50 PM in response to Ezra Wasser

    Hi Ezra,

     

    I have tried your solution and my problem become solved. That was perfect!

     

    thanks

    Coroas

  • by luamky,

    luamky luamky Nov 4, 2015 2:33 PM in response to Ezra Wasser
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    Nov 4, 2015 2:33 PM in response to Ezra Wasser

    Same thing just happened to me and your solution just saved the day! Thank you!

  • by greenmusic23f,

    greenmusic23f greenmusic23f Mar 15, 2016 2:03 AM in response to Ezra Wasser
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    Mar 15, 2016 2:03 AM in response to Ezra Wasser

    I tried this, and all it did was change the name of the folder. To Sims.numbers.sb-18f98eb0-TTGUiB from Sims.numbers, from the original numbers document "Sims". I tried deleting all that stuff, and was left with a folder named Sims. Please help!

     

    UPDATE -- I kept making copies of the screwed up folder (in case I screwed up the original screw-up, lol) and did eventually get it to work. I will back up my files more often, and book mark this page/copy your advice into a file

     

    Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!