how to download Pages 4.3 to replace the flawed 5.2

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how to download Pages 4.3 to replace the flawed 5.2

Pages 5.2 may well have a lot of nice new features but given that it is now 30% fatter why has Apple removed essential features without publishing any warning about such excisions. 5.2 is very likely to ruin any 4.3 file you open, worse it stops 4.3 from working even after you trash it. All you get is a notice saying you will have to reinstall 4.3. Where is the best place to get download a reinstall file, any know?

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Jul 31, 2014 3:44 AM

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Csound1

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Jul 31, 2014 3:45 AM in response to Friardo

Did you look in your Applications folder for the iWork 09 folder (which has the previous versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote in it)

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Jul 31, 2014 2:36 PM in response to Csound1

Yes. That's how I found that 4.3 no longer worked the notice saying I will need to reinstall 4.3. Most of the sites I tried seem to use a downloading system that is windows only, even when you try to download Pages for the Mac! Is there somewhere on the Apple site to download 4.3?

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Dah•veed

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Jul 31, 2014 2:42 PM in response to Friardo

The Mac App Store (MAS) only carries the most recent version of an app. Which is why Apple constantly reminds folks to backup their content purchases. Once Apple updates/upgrades to a newer version of an app, older versions are no longer available for download.

The accept ion to this is when you are running an older version of OS X on your Mac. Sometimes folks report that they are able to download the last version of an app that runs on their legacy version of OS X. Those are specific circumstances when the MAS does that.

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