Are my numbers documents really being held hostage until I pay to download a new version of Numbers?

I'm confused...are my numbers documents really being held hostage until I pay to upgrade for a system that I thought I already had/

Figured it out. I had downloaded the newest version in November and evidently had both versions in my dock and for some reason it was fine until today when it decided I had to delete the old version off the dock in order for it to work. All is well.

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I have downloaded and installed the latest version of numbers on my mac. Everytime I save and then try to reopen that document, I receive a message telling me that I need a new version of numbers. Also, when I try to sort the date column, it sorts out of

I have downloaded and installed the latest version of numbers on my mac. Everytime I save and then try to reopen that document, I receive a message telling me that I need a new version of numbers. Also, when I try to sort the date column, it sorts out of order. The last version sorted fine.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
When you install the new iWork version, the old iWork version is kept, so it looks like you are opening your old version.
To fix this, open a Finder window, choose Applications in the sidebar and drag the new Numbers version to the Dock, so you can access to it quickly. Open all documents from this version. I don't recommend you to delete the old Numbers version in case you need it.
Respecting to the second question, you will get better answers in the Numbers for OS X forum

Numbers is asking me to download newer version of Numbers to open spreadsheet I just worked on 30 mins ago

So I was using a spreadsheet about 30 mins ago that is saved in my iCloud. I now want to edit it and now I get a pop up saying I need to d/l a newer version of Numbers. What gives? They want me to purchase the updated app. I have the 2.3 version at present. do I have to do this in order to edit my document? please help!

Actually found a solution here:
Need newer version of Numbers to open file
Don't seem to be able to delete this post though, sorry...

I am trying to get a document from my cloud and on my Mac it says I need an updated version of numbers but when I go to mac app stores it does not allow me to download the new version which I use on my ipad?

I am trying to access a numbers document in mycloud and it keeps saying I need a newer version. I purchased the upgraded app for my ipad and now I can't seem to upgrade my computer so that I can get access. I went to the app store but it won't let me download the newer version onto my computer? What is the point of putting things in the cloud if I can't access them?
Jan

Numbers documents from iOS need Numbers 3.2 on a Mac to open. And Numbers 3.2 requires Mavericks. If you are using Mavericks you can get Numbers 3.2 from the Mac App Store. It will be free IF you have Numbers 2 (iWork '09) installed. Otherwise you must buy it.
Your other option is to send the Numbers file as an Excel file via e-mail to yourself to open with an earlier version of Numbers.

When I click on a saved document or spreadsheet, I get this message You need a newer version of Numbers to open this document. When I go Software update, there is no update for pages or numbers. can't purchase or update?

when I click on a saved document or spreadsheet, I get this message 'You need a newer version of Numbers to open this document'. When I go Software update, there is no update for pages or numbers. can't purchase or update?
Trying re-purchasing. won't let me. says to check for updates?
any suggestions

It sounds to me as though you are attempting to open a Pages 09 document with the Pages 08 application. If you do have Pages 09 on your computer, it may be that for some reason an existing Pages 08 application is invoked accidentally.
Jerry

I cannot re-open files that have been saved in Numbers version09 - it states "You need a newer version of numbers to open this document". This is the latest version

I cannot re-open files that have been saved in Numbers version09 - it states "You need a newer version of numbers to open this document". This is the latest version & also the one I have created/saved???

Jules,
You may delete Numbers 08 if you wish, but some folks like keeping it around. Close all your Numbers docs and Quit the Numbers app, and the other Numbers app if necessary.Then click the Numbers icon on your doc. Then select Numbers > About Numbers, and in the window that pops up, see which version it is. If the Dock icon started Numbers 08, you can cure that by dragging that icon off the Dock and letting it go in a puff of virtual smoke.
Now, to put the Numbers 09 icon on the Dock, double-click one of those known Numbers 09 documents so that Numbers 09 starts up. Verify by checkig Numbers > about Numbers.
Now click and hold the Numbers Dock icon and select the Option for Keep in Dock.
Jerry
Message was edited by: Jerrold Green1 -- I inadvertently posted about Pages rather than Numbers. Just corrected it.

I saved a spreadsheet to iCloud now I can not access it. The message I get say I need a newer version of Numbers but I already have it. How do I get access to my document on iCloud?

I saved a spreadsheet to iCloud now I can not access it. The message I get says I need a newer version of Numbers but I already have it. How do I get access to my document on iCloud?

Please see this user tip:
Need newer version of Numbers to open file

I've a very important document which I can't open anymore: You need a newer version of Numbers to open this spreadsheet.

I've a very important document which I can't open anymore: You need a newer version of Numbers to open this spreadsheet.

I figured out that it doesn't matter, actually it is Qsync, but other prgrams such Sugar Sync create teh same problem
The sync program adds a suffix to the files insite the numbers container
When looking at the files inside the Numbers file/folder, I saw this (note: Alphonse is the name of my computer):
drwxr-xr-x@ 9 thibaut staff   306B Mar 14 09:21 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 thibaut staff   272B Mar 14 09:30 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 thibaut staff    26B Mar 4 14:31 .LSOverride
drwxr-xr-x 2 thibaut staff    68B Mar 14 09:21 Data
-rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut staff   262K Jan 3 13:21 Index (from Alphonse).zip
drwxr-xr-x 5 thibaut staff   170B Mar 14 09:21 Metadata
-rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut staff   101K Jan 3 13:21 preview (from Alphonse).jpg
-rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut staff   1.4K Jan 3 13:21 preview-micro (from Alphonse).jpg
-rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut staff    11K Jan 3 13:21 preview-web (from Alphonse).jpg
I renamed the files to remove the suffix, like this:
-rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut staff    11K Jan 3 13:21 preview-web.jpg
drwxr-xr-x@ 9 thibaut staff   306B Mar 14 09:32 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 thibaut staff   272B Mar 14 09:30 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 thibaut staff    26B Mar 4 14:31 .LSOverride
drwxr-xr-x 2 thibaut staff    68B Mar 14 09:21 Data
-rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut staff   262K Jan 3 13:21 Index.zip
drwxr-xr-x 5 thibaut staff   170B Mar 14 09:21 Metadata
-rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut staff   1.4K Jan 3 13:21 preview-micro.jpg
-rw-r--r--@ 1 thibaut staff   101K Jan 3 13:21 preview.jpg
That fixed the problem and the file now opens correctly in Numbers 3.
You can take the numbers file into a windows machin, the file is shown as a folder and then remive teh suffix.
and like magic the file can then be opend in Numbers V3.1

After the download of the new version of numbers the cells with formulars are not updated automatically after changing values in cells in the formular. In the previous version this was done automatically. How to make it work again?

Downloaded new version of Numbers last night. Formulars in excisting spreadsheets are not working anymore.
Pls. Help.

You need to give a lot more information if you are to grt help. What are the formulas and how are you using them?

When I try to open a spreadsheet on my Mac that I worked on with my iPhone, I get "You need a newer version of Numbers to open this spreadsheet." When I go to the App store, it says I already have it. I have v. 2.3 and can't seem to download newer version

When I try to open a spreadsheet on my Mac that I worked on with my iPhone, I get "You need a newer version of Numbers to open this spreadsheet." When I go to the App store, it says I already have it. I have v. 2.3 and can't seem to download newer version.

If you are running Mavericks, and the Mac App store says you are up to date, then you have Numbers 3.2 as well as Numbers 2.3. You are getting the "Need a newer version message because your Mac is trying to open the document using Numbers 2.3.
Launch Numbers 3, then open the document from within that app, or right click/control-click the document and choose Open with Numbers 3.x.
Regards,
Barry

"need a newer version of Numbers" error message?

I am getting an error message that i "need a newer version of Numbers to open this document" message when i try to open a file i created with the newest version of Numbers that i downloaded a few months back. anyone know a fix?

App icons are seldom changed as an application goes through various versions. The assumptionis that you will have only on version installed at any given time. If you do need to keep and run two versions, place the icon attached to the most often one on the Dock, and start the other from the Finder when you need it.
Regards,
Barry

Numbers file created w new version of Numbers on my mac and then transferred via Dropbox to my ipad: file cannot be opened by iOS version of Numbers

Numbers file created w new version of Numbers on my mac and then transferred via Dropbox to my ipad: file cannot be opened by iOS version of Numbers

Hi Jocomo,
That's correct. Dropbox does not handle Numbers 3.0 for Mac and Numbers 2.0 for iOS documents well at all. They will probably fix this.
But why are you using Dropbox for this? Numbers has built-in iCloud integration for the very purpose of syncing documents back and forth. It's much easier than using Dropbox even if Dropbox could handle the new Numbers format. And it's now quite reliable.
To enable iCloud with Numbers on your Mac:
In System Preferences>iCloud make sure you have Documents & Data turned on:
And after clicking Options, make sure you have checked Numbers.app:
On your iPad you need to make sure iCloud sync is turned on in TWO places:
Settings>iCloud>Documents & Data>Numbers
Settings>Numbers>Use iCloud
If you have entered the right iCloud credentials on your Mac and iPad, Numbers will then sync back and forth. It's much easier than putting in Dropbox and then having to Open in... , etc. You can of course still keep backup copies of your documents in Dropbox if you want.
SG

You need a newer version of Numbers to open this spreadsheet.

I currentlyhave Numbers '09. When I try and open any older numbers file I get this message. "You need a newer version of Numbers to open this spreadsheet." My updates are current. Any ideas on what to do?

It's quite easy to open up Numbers, ask it "about Numbers" up in the bar, and it's quite clearly running 3.0.1.
I'm not a n00b computer user by any stretch. What's happening here makes no sense. Two days ago myself (and apparently a lot of people) could open up our files just fine in Numbers 3, which apparenlty was updated on my computer in mid-October. Then for no reason whatsoever, those same files won't open.
For no reason I can discern either, some of my files will open, and some won't. Two files, for example, I open nearly every day. One of them opens today, the other doesn't. They are clones of each other, so the structure & formulas are the same, but the data differs. Why will one open and the other not? It makes no rational sense.
Also, I only tested using Numbers 2.3 to see if other (older) files would open. Obviously, a document converted to a newer version of Numbers, isn't backwards compatible. So I'm not attempting to open my regular files using an old version of Numbers, since that's clearly not going to work.
I can open old files, and they pop right up in Numbers 3. It asks me to upgrade the files in order to save them.
Again, the problem is that for some inexplicable reason, files that opened two days ago in Numbers 3, will no longer open in Numbers 3.
I have opened up Numbers 3 directly and tried to open these files. Nope.
I have right clicked on the file in the Finder and told it to open it with Numbers 3. Nope.
I have double checked the last day I used the file (in this case, December 30) to make sure I'm not looking at the wrong file. Opens? Nope.
I opened the other file (the clone) and it opens. Then I try to open the file in question using either "open" or "open recent", and...Nope.
I have reinstalled Numbers 3. Opens? Nope.
I have tried to open many files, and some open and some don't.
I have made sure my file names don't have any weird extension on the end, like ".dorkedupfile" or something.
I have renamed the file and removed ".numbers" on the end of the file. Nope.
I put it back. Nope.
Sigh.

HT202879 I downloaded the new version of pages about a month ago. Today I tried to open documents that I created and saved with the new version and received a message that I needed to download the new version. The app store shows the download. HUH?!?

I downloaded the new version of pages about a month ago. Today I tried to open documents that I created and saved with the new version and received a message that I needed to download the new version. The app store shows the download. HUH?!?

I'm not sure what you mean by it making accessing files more complicated. I have both Pages 4.3 & Pages 5.1 icons in my Dock as well as Numbers 2.3 & Numbers 3.1. I continue to use the iWork '09 versions for my everyday needs. As long as the new versions are in your Applications folder & the '09 versions in the iWork '09 folder, Software Update will not have a problem updating them even if Apple should come out with a new update for the '09 versions.
Because I have moved the new versions to an external drive & renamed the apps because I want '09 to be the default apps, I do have to remember to move them back to my applications folder & restore the original names before updating. But since you like the new versions this "complication" doesn't apply to you.

I created a spreadsheet on my mac with numbers, and now it tells me I have to buy a newer version of numbers to access the spreadsheet I created with the old program. if I wanted problems like that I would go back to using windows

I created a spreadsheet on my mac with numbers, and now it tells me I have to buy a newer version of numbers to access the spreadsheet I created with the old program. if I wanted problems like that I would go back to using windows

Hi sar23,
You may have inadvertently created or edited the document in the new Numbers 3.0 (which is free; you don't have to buy it) and are now trying to open it with the old Numbers 2.3.
Both versions can be on your Mac at the same time, and can run at the same time. The icons are similar so it's easy to confuse them (old on top here, new on bottom).
The new Numbers 3.0 is in your Applications folder. The old Numbers 2.3 should be in a subfolder in the Applications folder named iWork '09 or similar.
If you accidently edited an old document in the new version and want to take to take it back to the old version, you can export it:
SG

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