Pages won't open files that I updated 2 days ago, missing index.xml extension??

You have two versions of Pages on your Mac, probably Pages '09 and Pages 5.6.1.

When you clicked on your Pages '09 version it previously opened in Pages 5,.6.1 and was converted to a Pages 5.6.1 format.

When you double clicked on the document today you opened it in Pages '09 which can not open the Pages 5.6.1 format.

To open the document in the correct App, right click on the document and choose. Pages '09 has a blue ink bottle icon, Pages 5 has an Orange generic looking document.

If you want to convert your document back to Pages '09 because it has over 100 more features and is so much more productive:

Open document in Pages 5.x > File > Export > Pages '09

Peter

They did not think this through at all. Apple does not put itself in the shoes of users, despite how much they talk as if they do.

It was even worse when Pages first came out and many users were having older files trashed by Pages 5 with no warning.

Apple did not remove previuos versions of Pages because there was little backward compatibility and Pages 5 is so lacking in features, even more so then.

This is all history however. Pages 5 has been out for over 2 and a half years. Stick with Pages '09 if you can.

Peter

Talk about a "duh" moment. I just converted a Pages 5.whatever back to Version 9 using cut and paste. I completely forgot the export menu which I have used in the past. 2 or 3 hours for a 5 second export. I won't forget this again.