Are documents 5.2 compatible with 5.5?

Apparently 5.5 will open 5.2 but not the other way around. 5.5 overrides 5.2. You should backup before installing. A couple of people have mentioned new bugs with 5.5.

I haven't read any inherent problems using 5.5 with files saved in earlier Pages 5 versions. If need be you could downgrade to 5.2 rather than downgrading the operating system.

Edit: 5.2 will open 5.5 files using Yosemite.

I found some bugs after upgrading to 5.5. And yes, it was driving me crazy so I went back to 5.2. I did it by using a full system restore with Time Machine, which brought me back to 5.2 and Mavericks OS. So my recommendation is not to upgrade right now until Apple fixes the bugs.

I created a pages document in Yosemite 5.5, took it to work and could not open it with 5.2.2 on mavericks. This specific software requirement is absurd. There is no upgrade for Mavericks, it just says "You need a newer version of Pages to open this document"

Apple is forcing an upgrade, but their track record for buggy releases is delaying many. I also need to go back to Mavericks on my Macbook Pro.

picas wrote:

I haven't read any inherent problems using 5.5 with files saved in earlier Pages 5 versions. If need be you could downgrade to 5.2 rather than downgrading the operating system.

Edit: 5.2 will open 5.5 files using Yosemite.

I don't think that is correct. The Pages 5.5 files are in totally new format to my understanding.

Peter

I think you're right. I had another look and 5.2 will open files in 5.5 if they were were originally created in 5.2.

5.2 will also open newly created files in 5.5 if they are named with a file that was originally created in 5.2 (and saved over the top of that file).

I hope that makes sense.

I stand corrected.

I tried replacing the apps with the previous but that didn't work. I don't want to give up on yosemite but may have to.

It's untrue that files created in Pages 5.5 is incompatible with Pages 5.2.

In Pages 5.5 (Yosemite version), click file on menu bar and save file as Package instead of Single File. This allows it to remain compatibility with Pages 5.2 (Mavericks version).

By default, and a change from Pages v5.5, is that Pages v5.5.1 now defaults to writing what Apple refers to as a Single File format — which is compatible with non-Apple Mail and storage systems. It is essentially a compressed Pages v5.5.1 folder that has been renamed to look like a Pages document. This Single File format is not backwards compatible with Pages v5.2.2 on Mavericks, and probably not with earlier Pages v5 versions.

In Pages v5.5.1 on Yosemite, Apple has added some menu substructure that enables the user to convert Single File format documents into the traditional Package (folder) format that is backwards compatible with Pages v5.2.2 on Mavericks. Tested.

Because Pages v5.5.1 templates are in Single File document format (a departure from earlier Pages v5 templates), you must first generate a document in this format. Once saved, you can then use the following menu sequence, followed by a save operation, to convert the Single File format into the Package format.

Pages > File > Advanced > Change File Type > Package

If you open a Pages v5.2.2 document in Pages v5.5.1, make an edit, and save, it is written as a Single File format document, and not in the original Package format it was opened in.

You're mistaken, applefans. It is very much true that files created in Pages 5.5.x are incompatible with Pages 5.2.x. I have this issue and I have yet to read anyone here or elsewhere who doesn't.

As you said yourself, to use files created in Pages 5.5 in Page 5.2, you first need to convert the file's format on the machine that has Pages 5.5. That means they're incompatible by default, and apparently you have to extra steps every time you save a new document if you want to force compatibility with the previous version of Pages (for example, my laptop has Yosemite but my work computer has Mavericks).

Thank you VikingOSX for explaining the situation and a work-around (as well as another thread: Possible to downgrade to Pages 5.2?)

It's unacceptable that Pages 5.2, only a few months old, can't open native Pages 5.5 files. Who would think going from 5.2 to 5.5 would break compatibility? People on Mavericks should at least be able to update to Pages 5.5 so they can open the files.

On another website, I also saw someone suggest opening the file on icloud.com on the machine that has Mavericks / Pages 5.2.x. Haven't tried it yet myself, but it makes sense that this should work to at least be able to access a file that otherwise won't open at all on Mavericks.

autrefois wrote:

It's unacceptable that Pages 5.2, only a few months old, can't open native Pages 5.5 files. Who would think going from 5.2 to 5.5 would break compatibility? People on Mavericks should at least be able to update to Pages 5.5 so they can open the files.

Look forward to more of the same if you continue to use Pages 5 of any description.

Unusable is the new black at Apple.

Rate/Review Pages 5.5.2 in the App Store.

Peter

Update to my post — you need to have iCloud Drive enabled to edit the documents on the iCloud version of Pages (which I don't).