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Hi, since I updated Numbers to the last version, 6.2.1 (6529), any local Numbers file I want to open results in "The document “document_name” could not be opened. " If I copy the same file to my Numbers folder in icloud, then they do open... How can I fix this without having to copy each file to icloud? Thanks!
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15
Apple Support walked me through this: first try deleting Numbers and downloading a fresh copy from the Apps store. Having done that, try opening a numbers doc. If that fails too, perform a Safe Mode reboot of you Mac (shut down your Mac, start your Mac and immediately press and HOLD down the SHIFT key until you see the sign screen.) Sign in, you should see SAFE MODE in red at the top of you screen. Now, start Numbers of double click one of you existing Numbers docs. If you can open the doc, reboot you Mac normally and open the spreadsheet again. Hopefully it will open and you have basically cleaned up the problem (Mac's directory has been cleaned up as a result of your SAFE MODE reboot).
Good Luck!
Apple Support walked me through this: first try deleting Numbers and downloading a fresh copy from the Apps store. Having done that, try opening a numbers doc. If that fails too, perform a Safe Mode reboot of you Mac (shut down your Mac, start your Mac and immediately press and HOLD down the SHIFT key until you see the sign screen.) Sign in, you should see SAFE MODE in red at the top of you screen. Now, start Numbers of double click one of you existing Numbers docs. If you can open the doc, reboot you Mac normally and open the spreadsheet again. Hopefully it will open and you have basically cleaned up the problem (Mac's directory has been cleaned up as a result of your SAFE MODE reboot).
Good Luck!
I'm having sort of the same problem, except that my numbers files are already on iCloud. I can open them on my iPad, but the MacBook Air tells me the file cannot be opened. Same thing happened when I tried to move a downloaded PDF to a folder on my iCloud desktop. WTF?
Apple Support walked me through this: first try deleting Numbers and downloading a fresh copy from the Apps store. Having done that, try opening a numbers doc. If that fails too, perform a Safe Mode reboot of you Mac (shut down your Mac, start your Mac and immediately press and HOLD down the SHIFT key until you see the sign screen.) Sign in, you should see SAFE MODE in red at the top of you screen. Now, start Numbers of double click one of you existing Numbers docs. If you can open the doc, reboot you Mac normally and open the spreadsheet again. Hopefully it will open and you have basically cleaned up the problem (Mac's directory has been cleaned up as a result of your SAFE MODE reboot).
Good Luck!
Yes, that did the trick for me :) In the meantime I had copied the file to iCloud and worked from there, so it was definitely something wrong with the filesystem I guess which the "Safe mode" then fixed... Thanks!
This makes me wonder if it is maybe a bug related to Catalina and the file system instead of Numbers...
Numbers 6.2.1 unable to open any local "Numbers" file.
