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Help. I operate on OS X Yosemite desktop. My Numbers spreadsheets are on iCloud. My version is 3.6.2 (2577). I cannot read my spreadsheets as the system says I have to upgrade Numbers via the App Store. I try but it just keeps whirring... I am stuck. Any suggestions?
Hi McGoily,
An 'Alias' is a pointer to an actual file. The most visible examples are the icons on the Dock, which, when clicked, launch the application to whom that icon belongs. You can't 'change' that icon from an alias to a Numbers file icon, but you can replace it with the actual file, IF you know where the file in located, and either move it to the local (ie, 'on your Mac') location currently holding the alias, or Save a copy in that location.
If your file has been saved to iCloud, or has been opened in Numbers for iOS, you may still be unable to open it with Numbers 3.6.2. Current iOS version is compatible only with current macOS versions of Numbers, which will not on OS X v 10.10.x (Yosemite).
You are unable to download updates to the current version of numbers because that version will not run in Yosemite—it requires macOS 10,13,x or macOS 10.14 (High Sierra or Mojave). Th App store carries ONLY the current versions of the iWork applications.
Regards,
Barry
Hi McGoily,
An 'Alias' is a pointer to an actual file. The most visible examples are the icons on the Dock, which, when clicked, launch the application to whom that icon belongs. You can't 'change' that icon from an alias to a Numbers file icon, but you can replace it with the actual file, IF you know where the file in located, and either move it to the local (ie, 'on your Mac') location currently holding the alias, or Save a copy in that location.
If your file has been saved to iCloud, or has been opened in Numbers for iOS, you may still be unable to open it with Numbers 3.6.2. Current iOS version is compatible only with current macOS versions of Numbers, which will not on OS X v 10.10.x (Yosemite).
You are unable to download updates to the current version of numbers because that version will not run in Yosemite—it requires macOS 10,13,x or macOS 10.14 (High Sierra or Mojave). Th App store carries ONLY the current versions of the iWork applications.
Regards,
Barry
Thanks Wayne - Now I'm thinking it is more to do because the Numbers file I want to open is showing the Kind as Alias (it is shared). Now I have to figure out how to change the Kind from Alias back to Numbers. Any ideas?
Barry - thank you for taking the time and patience to give me such an understandable answer. That all makes sense. Now I'll stop banging my head off the desk thinking I am missing something... Cheers.
Did you try accessing the documents using iCloud on your web browser?
When you say "Whirring" do you mean the spinning rainbow wheel?
Numbers upgrade will not download
