Macdemon2000
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Q: Numbers on the iPhone 6Plus

Hi.

 

I'm using Numbers on my iPhone 6Plus to create a basic database of parking 'pay & display' machines and pay by phone location codes in the area in which I live.

 

Once I've been around and entered a days information 'in the field' how do I save my spreadsheet so when I open it on my iMac I can see my additions I have made throughout the day?

OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Apr 26, 2016 9:55 AM

by SGIII,Apple recommended
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A:

The easiest way is to activate iCloud.

 

On the iPhone you do this in two places:  1) Settings > iCloud AND 2) Settings > Numbers.

 

On the Mac you do this at System Preferences > iCloud.  Make sure you're signed into iCloud, and that iCloud Drive is checked. Then click the Options ... button and check Numbers.app.

 

I'm not sure if Mountain Lion runs a recent enough version of Numbers to do this, though.

 

You can also sync via iTunes though that requires more effort.

 

SG

Posted on Apr 26, 2016 11:56 AM

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  • by SGIII,Apple recommended

    SGIII SGIII Apr 26, 2016 11:56 AM in response to Macdemon2000
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    Apr 26, 2016 11:56 AM in response to Macdemon2000

    The easiest way is to activate iCloud.

     

    On the iPhone you do this in two places:  1) Settings > iCloud AND 2) Settings > Numbers.

     

    On the Mac you do this at System Preferences > iCloud.  Make sure you're signed into iCloud, and that iCloud Drive is checked. Then click the Options ... button and check Numbers.app.

     

    I'm not sure if Mountain Lion runs a recent enough version of Numbers to do this, though.

     

    You can also sync via iTunes though that requires more effort.

     

    SG

  • by Macdemon2000,

    Macdemon2000 Macdemon2000 Apr 26, 2016 11:57 AM in response to SGIII
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    Apr 26, 2016 11:57 AM in response to SGIII

    Thank you.

     

    I found out Numbers autosaves but when I try to open the freshly saved sheet using Numbers on the iMac it won't open

  • by SGIII,

    SGIII SGIII Apr 26, 2016 12:48 PM in response to Macdemon2000
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    Apr 26, 2016 12:48 PM in response to Macdemon2000

    That can happen if you don't have a recent version of Numbers on your Mac.  What version are you using?

     

    SG

  • by Macdemon2000,

    Macdemon2000 Macdemon2000 Apr 26, 2016 12:51 PM in response to SGIII
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    Apr 26, 2016 12:51 PM in response to SGIII

    On my iMac I have Numbers '09 v2.0 (299)

  • by SGIII,

    SGIII SGIII Apr 26, 2016 12:54 PM in response to Macdemon2000
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    Apr 26, 2016 12:54 PM in response to Macdemon2000

    Numbers 2.3 (part of iWork '09) can't open documents created or edited with Numbers for iOS.  Are you still using Mountain Lion?  If so, I don't think  you can update to a recent enough version of Numbers 3.x (although I'm not 100% certain of that).

     

    SG

  • by Macdemon2000,

    Macdemon2000 Macdemon2000 Apr 26, 2016 12:57 PM in response to SGIII
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    Apr 26, 2016 12:57 PM in response to SGIII

    Im on OS X 10.11.4 (El Capitan)

  • by SGIII,

    SGIII SGIII Apr 26, 2016 1:03 PM in response to Macdemon2000
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    Apr 26, 2016 1:03 PM in response to Macdemon2000

    Ok.  (You have Mountain Lion in your first post above).

     

    Have you dowloaded Numbers 3 from the Mac App Store?  If you, have you may have both versions of Numbers on your machine, Numbers 3 in your Applications folder, and Numbers 2.3 in a subfolder named iWork '09.  If so, you should be able to open the document created on your iPhone by launching Numbers 3 and going to File > Open in your menu and navigating to the document in the Numbers folder on iCloud Drive.

     

    SG

  • by Macdemon2000,

    Macdemon2000 Macdemon2000 Apr 26, 2016 1:31 PM in response to SGIII
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    Apr 26, 2016 1:31 PM in response to SGIII

    You're 100% correct.

     

    I had number v2 in my iWork > Numbers folder in applications and v3 loose in my applications folder.

     

    I deleted V2 and moved v3 into the Numbers folder and it seems to have done the trick

     

    Thank you thank you thank you.

  • by SGIII,Helpful

    SGIII SGIII Apr 26, 2016 1:44 PM in response to Macdemon2000
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    Apr 26, 2016 1:44 PM in response to Macdemon2000

    Glad things worked out!

     

    If you didn't empty the trash you might keep v2 for a while. It's different from v3 and there may be features it has that you might miss.  (It's ok to have both apps on your machine and you just have make sure you open a particular document with the right version).

     

    On the other hand, if you haven't been using v2 that much, I think you'll be happy with v3.  I use it almost exclusively now.

     

    SG

  • by Macdemon2000,

    Macdemon2000 Macdemon2000 Apr 26, 2016 1:45 PM in response to SGIII
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    Apr 26, 2016 1:45 PM in response to SGIII

    Thank you SG, nice to have been chatting with you.

     

    Mac.