Pages, Numbers and Keynote won't open

Hi, I'm not sure why but Numbers, Pages, and Keynote won't open. I can't do anything on these programs - have updated to the latest.

MacBook Air M1 running Big Sur 11.0

This is the error message I get.

Error message

Anyone else have this problem?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Jun 20, 2021 3:23 AM

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SGIII

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Jun 20, 2021 4:44 AM in response to simondinh

This is easy to fix. Simply go to System Preferences > Software Update and update macOS to the latest version, currently Big Sur 11.4.

Then Numbers, Pages, and Keynote will open normally.

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