I have the latest version of keynote but it won't open files....says I need a newer version

Are you sure Keynote 6 is launching when you open your file? If you upgraded from iWork '09, then there is still a copy of Keynote 5.x lying around and maybe that is what is being launched.

I have the same problem. And apparently the version of Keynote in my application folder (under iWork '09) is 5.3.

But, I downloaded Keynote 6.0 from the App Store (twice) and still only 5.3 shows up in my application folder.

Any help understanding why 6.0 once downloaded from the App Store but does not show up anywhere on my HD?

Any help getting rid of Keynote 5.3 and getting Keynote 6.0 to show up?

Thanks.

Okay the plot thickens.

Keynote 6.0 appeared in my Applicaitons Folder (eventhough iWork '09 folder is at the top, saying it downloaded most recently).

But the App Store is still showing that I still need to download Keynote 6.0 (eventhough I downloaded it two times).

Screen shot below.

Any adivce?

I'm having the same issue. I made a Keynote 6.0 presentation on friday and then on monday I am unable to open it. It says that I need a new version of Keynote to open it. It's not clear what I can do to open my file. Any suggestions?

Place Keynote 6.0 in your Dock. Then drag the older Keynote file down to Keynote 6.0 in your Dock and it should open the file.

The same thing applies to Pages.

It's a pain, but is the only solution that I have found so far.

sorry this does not work.

I'm not sure if this will work for you, but I was having the same problem. I had downloaded the new Keynote in Maverick OS and all it took for me was to change the Keynote in the dock. Make sure you see this icon in the dock (attached)

The old keynote in the dock doesn't automatically link to the new version of Keynote.

I'm having the same problem, but had already ascertained that if I right click the file and use Open As then it gets the latest version. I guess this is effectively the same thing as dragging the file to the dock icon.

However, I really would like a proper solution to this as the machine on which it is happening is used in a church for presentations and is operated by non techie staff who are used to double clicking the file name.

It works fine on another machine I upgraded, and I have also ascertained that it works OK if I log in as a different user on this one so it's probably a prefs issue, however. I have tried deleting plist files to no avail. Any other ideas ?

Thanks. You are right. The old icon in the dock does not link to the new Keynote.

Just sorted this after a very frustrating afternoon.

Remove the old app from the dock, open launchpad and drag and drop the new app from there into your dock.

Turned out to be simple, but frustrating that it should be required.

I have just the same issue. I have the latest version installed. I did work on the file this afternoon, cannot open it anymore with the current version of Keynote (6.2)

It seems that Keynote fails to save the presentation in the right way.

In the Finder the Show package contents command is active when Control-clicking the file. Keynote files that open correctly in Keynote do not offer to show their package contents. I also realized that the .key file not opening is only 135 KB, which is pretty scarce for a presentation.

I suppose this is a file corruption issue, which is needed to fixed by Apple. I'm affraid the contents of those files are gone.

Thank you jwheys this worked for me.

Same problem. Now the error message is: "This file cannot be opened!"

Here's what the problem was for me at least. When you open a document in Keynote from Box (not sure about Dropbox) when Keynote saves it back to Box it does so in a way the latest Keynote on the Mac can't open it. BTW, these are all the latest versions. The fix is to Show Package Contents by right-clicking on the Keynote file in Box. Inside you will find a folder title Index. This folder should be compressed (zipped) but for some reason the iOS Keynote does not do this. You can compress it yourself by right-clicking on the folder and selecting Compress Item. Delete the original Index folder (if it's still there). You should now be able to open the document in the desktop version of Keynote.

What worked for me was uninstalling Keynote (I used CleanMyMac 3, but perhaps you could just drag it to the trash) and reinstalling the most recent compatible version from the App store.

My Macbook Air had been repaired and the SSD was replaced. It had a clean install of El Capitan. When setting things back up, I simply was using the pre-installed Keynote (6.5). There were no updates offered for this in the App Store, except for an offer to install Keynote 7.0, which is not compatible with El Capitan. So after uninstalling Keynote 6.5, restarting the Mac, and then downloading the most recent COMPATIBLE version of Keynote (6.6) from the App Store, everything was fine. My presentation that previously would not open will now open just fine.