Ive just reformatted a 2010 MacBook Pro so that my grandchildren can use it for their studies and its running very well. They are use to using Pages but I cannot download a version to run with El Capitan. I have tried the advice to install the trial version, but it will not update and all I get is the spinning wheel of death. Is there any way to be able to do this please?
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)
Apple only keeps the most current version of Pages in the Mac App Store, and does not offer full downloads of past versions. The two iconic references are:
Pages v6.6.1 (macOS Sierra) Pages '09 v4.3
If you were using Pages v5.6.n (yellow icon) on El Capitan, and do not have it on a Time Machine backup, then you are out of luck, as it is no longer obtainable. If you were using Pages '09 v4 (purple icon) from the (retail) iWork '09 DVD, (or the Mac App Store) — it too is no longer available from Apple as it was discontinued in 2013.
If you do have a retail iWork '09 DVD (also available from Amazon and Ebay resellers), you can reinstall that into El Capitan, and then apply the Apple iWork 9.3 updater. That will bring the individual iWork '09 applications to their 12/2012 (last revisions). A trial version of the iWork '09 DVD is now worthless, and can be thrown away.
Pages v5 and v6 documents are not directly openable by Pages '09, and must be exported by their respective versions to Pages 09 format. If you have these on El Capitan, and without Pages v5.6.n to export with, you will not have access to these documents unless opened on a machine running Sierra or later.
Apple only keeps the most current version of Pages in the Mac App Store, and does not offer full downloads of past versions. The two iconic references are:
Pages v6.6.1 (macOS Sierra) Pages '09 v4.3
If you were using Pages v5.6.n (yellow icon) on El Capitan, and do not have it on a Time Machine backup, then you are out of luck, as it is no longer obtainable. If you were using Pages '09 v4 (purple icon) from the (retail) iWork '09 DVD, (or the Mac App Store) — it too is no longer available from Apple as it was discontinued in 2013.
If you do have a retail iWork '09 DVD (also available from Amazon and Ebay resellers), you can reinstall that into El Capitan, and then apply the Apple iWork 9.3 updater. That will bring the individual iWork '09 applications to their 12/2012 (last revisions). A trial version of the iWork '09 DVD is now worthless, and can be thrown away.
Pages v5 and v6 documents are not directly openable by Pages '09, and must be exported by their respective versions to Pages 09 format. If you have these on El Capitan, and without Pages v5.6.n to export with, you will not have access to these documents unless opened on a machine running Sierra or later.
No, there are old versions available on the app store. Getting at them is the hard part.
If you click "get" for the latest version of Pages on an ElCapitan machine, it'll say, "Sorry, not supported" But if you use a more recent Mac to "get" pages, it becomes one of your possessions, available to any machine logged in using the same Apple ID. Ask for a download on an old machine, and it will offer you the newest version that's compatible.
Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately because of the age of the machine it won't allow me to update to Sierra. I think I still have a copy of the original IWorks so I will seek it out and try installing it And then updating.
okay so i can't update my iMac to high sierra due to its age and yet need to update pages to access files previously created on my now defunct macbook. any suggestions how to get an updated copy of pages that will run on el capitan?
Sign into iCloud dot com with your Apple ID, and use Pages for iCloud to open older, and current Pages documents. If these are Pages '08, or '09 documents, they will be converted to current document formatting, that is not backwards compatible with Pages '08, or '09.
Otherwise, your question has been answered in the preceding posts. Apple does not keep full versions of past iWork applications for download, nor does it offer a free, full, download of the discontinued iWork '09 application suite.
iWork '09 is available from Amazon quite cheaply. Make sure you update to v4.3
The Family boxed set can sometimes be cheaper than the single version, but they are identical. Neither requires a serial number on installation.
Peter
Because Pages v6.3.1 requires Sierra or (presently) High Sierra for installation. Stated right in its requirements: macOS 10.12 or later.
On an El Capitan machine without Pages v5, and even though it is listed in past "Purchases" on the Mac App Store — because it is installed on another El Capitan machine with the same Apple ID — no download button is available to retrieve Pages v5.6.2 for El Capitan. No intrigue there.
There is no trial version. You purchase Pages through the App Store.
Upgrade to Sierra and you can download Pages, Keynote and Numbers for free at the App Store.
Pages for El Capitan
