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iWork files missing

Upgraded to Lion. I have iWork '09. Numbers works fine, but both Pages and Keynote indicate that "Files that iWork needs are missing" and "To restore the missing files, use the iWork Installer to reinstall iWork."


I'm at work and would really like to work in Keynote today, but my iWork disk is at home. What has Lion done to take away files that Apple programs need to run? And, how to I restore Keynote to operation?

15" Powerbook, G4 iMac, and a Cube, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Aug 17, 2011 8:41 AM

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Mar 28, 2012 1:28 PM in response to John Humphrey

Have same problem. Hard drive crashed. Replaced it, reinstalled Lion, and then restored all my stuff from Timemachine. After much trying and looking into it concluded that iWork required files are not all stored in the App package but some are in system folders, such that when Lion is reinstalled its system files of course contain nothing for iWork, and when you restore iWork from Time Machine you only get the App packages.

It gets even more interesting. When you try to download again from App store it won't because its already bought and installed on my machine, and when try to re-purchase it won't for same reason. Had to delete iWork and then repurchase the individual components. Appears to be rather sloppy work by Apple.

iWork files missing

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