Frustrating Forced upgrade on Numbers and Pages

Boy, I'm with you! I like the older version of Pages (4.3) way better than the 5.2.2 version. Some of the things that were obvious in the older version, I cannot find a way to do at all in the newer one.

I would prefer to not update and to use my version 4.3. I resent that Apple has made it difficult to continue to use the program that I like in favor of forcing us to upgrade to something that I find less user friendly.

I have document that Numbers will not open now, saying I have to upgrade to the new version. There are many documents that I can open. What's with that. Ridiculous.

This is the kind of strong-arming that could force me to leave Apple. I don't mind when I know that certain apps will not be supported in a new OS, and need to upgraded. I can choose to upgrade the OS or not. But here is a document that I rely on that I can no longer open. No warning. *****.

There is nothing in Pages v5.2.2 or v5.5.1 (or their Numbers counter-parts) that will serve you well. The process of upgrading downgrading to Pages v5 (any version) will silently move your App Store purchased Pages ’09 v4.3 and Numbers v2.3 into /Applications/iWork '09. Your iWork ’09 DVD sourced versions will just remain in their original /Applications/iWork '09 folder location.

Continue to use the iWork ’09 applications, as they retain about 100 plus features more than the new products. Remember that the Pages v5+ and Numbers v3+ applications use an entirely incompatible document format that is not backwards compatible with the iWork '09 suite. If you try to open one of these hideous documents in an iWork '09 application, you will get the dialog that you need a newer version of _____ to open it. That is Apple speak for we made a document you cannot open with the retired software your are using. With Pages v5+ and Numbers v3+, any double-click of an iWork '09 document will open it in the newer software — filtering out features that are unsupported — and then autosave will write back over the top of your original — vanquishing your work. Keep backups.

If you remember how Apple treated AppleWorks users, here it comes again with iWork ’09 documents.

The problem is that Numbers will not open the document that it has created unless I upgrade.

Double click worked...thanks.

I have had enough of this Problem. I do a couple simple spreadsheets an update them once a month. It is not worth it for me to do updates and learn about new features I don't want. I have two choices buy a pc or take my imac offline. I spend more time on my ipad so I will go offline. I read this morning that Windows 10 will also force feed unless you have the pro edition. Next for me will be my trusty pencil.

Turn off Auto Update in your System Preferences > App Store

However it sounds like you have already installed the latest versions of the iWork Apps or you are using documents that you created on an iPad using the latest version ofthe iOS iWork Apps.

Peter

Masssboy wrote:

I have had enough of this Problem. I do a couple simple spreadsheets an update them once a month. It is not worth it for me to do updates and learn about new features I don't want. I have two choices buy a pc or take my imac offline. I spend more time on my ipad so I will go offline. I read this morning that Windows 10 will also force feed unless you have the pro edition. Next for me will be my trusty pencil.

If your iPad is currently on iOS 8, which it probably is, it is creating Pages 5 format documents which can not be read by Pages '09.

How much use will your iPad be offline?

Sort of defeats the purpose of having one.

Peter

JoniTilt wrote:

I've been able to open my files if I double-click on them, but I always have to 'edit a copy'. Still a complete pain.

Have tried to go back to the previous version but it says it won't work on my system (Mavericks).

Whatever the older version of Pages you are talking about, that is not true.

All the iWork Apps work, right up to the latest OSX 10.10.4. Just make sure you update them to their latest versions, v4.3 for iWork and v3.03 for iWork '08.

It is Pages 5.5.3 that will not work on any older systems.

Peter

I Said I have two choices buy a pc or take the iMac offline notthe ipad.