pages file is missing its index.xml file?

I'm having exactly the same problem, but mine is in transferring files from my ipad to laptop. All my Numbers files provide the same insipid and uninspiring message of the missing .xml. The note above explains it: that "great" invention, iCloud, has mucked up perfectly good files, with no way of getting them back. If you are lucky, you have Microsoft applications. Then you can "share" a copy with yourself by transferring the file to Exel or Word. Then the file can be opened and overwritten by the right version of Numbers and Pages that will continue to work for you. Days like this make us all wonder why we decry Microsoft and embrace Apple.

Omg. That finally worked for me - to simply quite Pages '09, search for the document and double click on it. It was not giving me to "Open with (whatever the newest version is)" in the "File" menu.

Thank you!

I ran into this problem today for the first time. It appeared to occur when using Pages (Which I think has automatically updated) tried to open it. I resolved the issue by navigating to the document via finder, then clicking to open the file there. Pages then accepted the file without the missing xml message.

Hey All I have just discovered the same problem. I tried opening from Applications menu, however for me that didn't work. I moved a few of my documents to the desk top and I noticed that if you r-click a menu will come up to give you a choice of which version to open your document with. This worked for me. Cross your fingers it will continue to work. Side note, I am really tired of Apple and their constant changes and after 25 years of using only apple products I will be switching. Good luck all!

Gail

You have “discovered“ what has been recommended here for over 4 years, including multiple times in this post.

It will continue to work because all you are doing is choosing to match the document to the App that created it.

Peter

Hey Peter,

Thanks for the info, however I have never had this issue. This is the first time. Learning the info has been listed for over 4 years is good to know. We are in a world that is fast paced and info needs to be passed along quickly and it makes a person freak when the documents don't open when needed. I don't generally have time to search through this chain of over 4 years as I needed to get the document out to a colleague. We, I guess, take it for granted that our documents should just open when needed.

Thanks so much!

Gail

The answer was repeated just before your post.

Apple very unwisely used the same file extension for completely different file formats. If an employee of mine did that they'd be scrubbing out the toilet with a toothbrush and given advice on their future career prospects.

Peter

You have 2 versions of Pages on your Mac.

Pages 5 is in your Applications folder.

Pages '09/'08 is in your Applications/iWork folder.

You are alternately opening the wrong versions.

Pages '09/'08 can not open Pages 5 files and you will get the warning that you need a newer version.

Pages 5/5.01 can not open Pages 5.1 files and you will get the warning that you need a newer version.

Pages 5.1 sometimes can not open its own files and you will get the warning that you need a newer version.

Pages 5 can open Pages '09 files but may damage/alter them. It can not open Pages '08 files at all.

Once opened and saved in Pages 5 the Pages '09 files can not be opened in Pages '09.

Anything that is saved to iCloud is also converted to Pages 5 files.

All Pages files no matter what version and incompatibility have the same extension .pages.

Pages 5 files are now only compatible with themselves on a very restricted set of hardware, software and Operating Systems and will not transfer correctly on any other server software than iCloud.

Apple has not only managed to confuse all its users, but also itself.

Note: Apple has removed over 100 features from Pages 5 and added many bugs:

http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=3527487677f0c 6fa05b6297cd00f8eb9&mforum=iworktipsntrick

Archive/trash Pages 5, after exporting all Pages 5 files to Pages '09 or Word .docx, and rate/review it in the App Store, then get back to work.

Peter

Oh, Just tested it. You can actually skip the whole Exel/Word step. Pages and Numbers will open files with microsoft extensions, and the data comes across nicely, although some formatting may be lost (frozen panes were lost in the transfer from Numbers to Exel to Numbers).

I was pretty frustrated with this whole issue too. What I finally did was open Pages from the Applications menu FIRST, then I was able to open what I wanted. It happened on my husband's MacBook Pro and my iMac for the first time today, on both computers. I won't be double clicking on the saved documents until l know the problem is fixed.

right click on the file and choose which version you want to open with

or open from Recent

Peter

Looks like you've made comprehensive research and testing. Thank you very much! When I face PC-problems, I search the web; often I find solutions in help forums. In this case I know: I don't have to look further. There is no solution. Apple ruined it. It's not my fault when I cannot get it running.

"Apple has not only managed to confuse all its users, but also itself." Hartmut, Quedlinburg/Germany

bick-aus-bremen wrote:

…It's not my fault when I cannot get it running.

You can run both Pages 5.2 and older versions in Mavericks. So you have the choice.

Peter

PeterBreis0807

You have saved me a ton of work right now.

Thanks for being a legend!