I like to know whether apple will provide new update for pages 09 in the near future.
Please give information about this. Pages 09 is already dead or not?
OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
The iWork '09 applications are 32-bit, and the near future of macOS is going to be pure 64-bit next year.
Yet oddly enough Pages '09 still runs on Snow Leopard right up to the current High Sierra.
Meaning it lets you access and edit your work for over 8 years and 9 operating Systems...
...so far.
Now who would have thought that was a useful feature and a good idea?
Peter
Only the O.P. can mark the post as helpful. 14 months later?
No upgrades, just confused software. This site has never recognised when I checked "remember me" here, no matter what browser I use.
"It just doesn't work!"
Peter
Given Apple's track record, their own software will be the first to break that. đ
Peter
I've wondered that. Maybe it's someone discovering the old topic and marking one of the comments "helpful"?
What's also curious is how often these discussions, sometimes dating back several years, feel fresh and pertinent.
Further that I haven't seen the post to which I am now replying 1 year later. It was off the grid.
...and my Log-in never remembers me.
Just went hunting through an iPod, iPhone, iPad and iMac tio try and locate which one it reckons is a "New Device"!
They've all logged into this forum a million times.
Peter
If a post is marked helpful or solved that will bring a topic to the top of the list. It is inconsistent, though.
I find that any time I update or upgrade the OS on my Mac many web sites think I'm on a new device.
What makes these posts pop up to the top of this list?
Just noticed LeonLB's post is over a year old!
These forums are weird!
Peter
I found a support article > Working with iWork '09 files - Apple Support
Pages '09 still works with only minor caveats in all versions of OSX from 10.4.8 up to and including 10.11.05.
How long it will continue to work is up to Apple.
What led you to believe that there is a new update for Pages '09?
The last update for Pages '09 was in December 2012, and this added autosave, and revert to capabilities as Pages '09 v4.3. Apple retired the application, and stopped selling it just prior to the release of Pages v5 in Oct 2013.
It remains for sale through Amazon and Ebay resellers as the iWork '09 DVD. The DVD install by itself will not run on El Capitan without installing its last Apple iWork 9.3 updater. This updater is only for the iWork '09 DVD installed applications.
I have Pages '09 v4.3 running here on OS X 10.11.5.
Because I still cannot believe Apple abandoned this great software only for mobile device users.
I already have LO and NeoOffice but sometimes check new update for pages 09.
bjh333
Not going to happen.
Apple is just waiting till nobody can remember that Pages was ever any better, then they will remove all support for Pages '09 and continue with very minor changes to Pages 5 as they have been.
As it is most users don't know that there ever was anything else and have very little idea about what constitutes productive or professional work.
We haven't heard from those posters who swore they 10,000% "knew" that Apple would replace the missing 100+ features and fix the numerous bugs and UI problems in Pages 5. So the collective memory is well on the way to being erased, along with all the posts detailing the long list of problems in these forums.
Peter
Hi, Peter. Thanks for clarifying this. Apple support didn't seem aware of the previous existence of "left and right pages are different", a layout section configuration feature I routinely use and without which Pages is relatively useless to me. Following a link from Carolyn's post indicated this: About the new iWork for Mac: Features and compatibility - Apple Support which makes no mention of this feature's reintroduction.
Hi, VikingOSX. I tried to upgrade my OS a year or two ago from Mavericks and a large mess resulted, pertinence here that I was caught by surprise with changes to Pages, among which was an inability to open '09 files. I reverted back to Mavericks 10.9.5. Now my OS is getting significantly out of date. I use features in '09 (4.3) that the newest Pages doesn't "support". I have a late 2009 Macbook Pro 8 GB 1 TB. I believe Pages was originally bundled with the machine. Do you have full functionality of Pages 4.3 in 10.11.5, and if so, how can I install the latest OS and retain 4.3? I'm a little skittish due to my previous experience. Thanks.
New update for Pages 09?
