Can't Open .numbers or .xls file on Numbers 2.3

Question

Hi. I can't open any spreadheet on my Numbers 2.3 running on mavericks.
Here is the console log:
20/05/14 12:13:53,627 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[237]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x211] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x31d] - extension: ics, UTI: com.apple.ical.ics, fileType: ????.
20/05/14 12:13:53,628 quicklookd[2854]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x1003] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0xf03] - extension: ics, UTI: com.apple.ical.ics, fileType: ???? request size:16 scale: 1
20/05/14 12:13:53,722 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[237]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x515] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x107] - extension: png, UTI: public.png, fileType: ????.
20/05/14 12:13:53,722 quicklookd[2854]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x1203] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x1103] - extension: png, UTI: public.png, fileType: ???? request size:16 scale: 1
20/05/14 12:13:54,981 com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService[3284]: assertion failed: 13D65: liblaunch.dylib + 25164 [38D1AB2C-A476-385F-8EA8-7AB604CA1F89]: 0x25
20/05/14 12:13:55,000 com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService[3284]: assertion failed: 13D65: liblaunch.dylib + 25164 [38D1AB2C-A476-385F-8EA8-7AB604CA1F89]: 0x25
20/05/14 12:13:55,038 com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService[3284]: Bogus event received by listener connection:
<error: 0x7fff76597b50> { count = 1, contents =
          "XPCErrorDescription" => <string: 0x7fff76597e60> { length = 18, contents = "Connection invalid" }
20/05/14 12:13:55,294 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[237]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/XPCServices/com.a pple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService.xpc/
20/05/14 12:13:57,765 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
20/05/14 12:13:57,766 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100023 destroyed
20/05/14 12:13:57,769 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100024 created
20/05/14 12:13:58,443 com.apple.launchd[1]: (gs-server[3290]) Exited with code: 1
20/05/14 12:13:58,443 com.apple.launchd[1]: (gs-server) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
20/05/14 12:13:58,464 Numbers[3282]: Layout still needs update after calling -[TSKScrollView layout].  TSKScrollView or one of its superclasses may have overridden -layout without calling super. Or, something may have dirtied layout in the middle of updating it.  Both are programming errors in Cocoa Autolayout.  The former is pretty likely to arise if some pre-Cocoa Autolayout class had a method called layout, but it should be fixed.
20/05/14 12:13:59,728 Numbers[3282]: view service marshal for <NSRemoteView: 0x7f90dc02bc70> failed to forget accessibility connection due to Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "Couldn’t communicate with a helper application." (The connection was invalidated from this process.) UserInfo=0x618000479200 {NSDebugDescription=The connection was invalidated from this process.}
timestamp: 12:13:59.727 Tuesday 20 May 2014
process/thread/queue: Numbers (3282) / 0x132bd4000 / com.apple.NSXPCConnection.user.endpoint
code: line 2972 of /SourceCache/ViewBridge/ViewBridge-46.2/NSRemoteView.m in __57-[NSRemoteView viewServiceMarshalProxy:withErrorHandler:]_block_invoke
domain: communications-failure
20/05/14 12:14:08,474 com.apple.launchd[1]: (gs-server[3301]) Exited with code: 1
20/05/14 12:14:08,474 com.apple.launchd[1]: (gs-server) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
20/05/14 12:14:11,096 Numbers[3299]: Assertion failure: Method: coordinatedOpenDocumentWithContentsOfURL:display:error:
Object: <LSDocumentController 0x31aeac0>
File: /SourceCache/iWorkShared/iWorkShared-760/sfapplication/SFAppDocumentController. mm
Line #: 347
-[SFAppDocumentController coordinatedOpenDocumentWithContentsOfURL:display:error:] is an abstract method
20/05/14 12:14:18,491 com.apple.launchd[1]: (gs-server[3304]) Exited with code: 1
20/05/14 12:14:18,491 com.apple.launchd[1]: (gs-server) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Any idea why?
Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi TS,
Your profile shows MAC OS X 10.7.4, but your Tags include mavericks. Mavericks is OS X 10.9.x
I suspect you have Numbers 3 on your machine. Do a Spotlight search for Numbers. If Numbers 3 is on your machine, it will be in your Applications folder. Numbers 2 (Numbers '09) has been moved to a folder called iWork '09 within your Applications folder.
Wayne Contello has written a User Tip for working with the old and new versions of iWork.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6991
The console log (which I can't interpret) mentions a server. Is this iCloud?
More information will lead to a solution .
Regards,
Ian.