Can't open Pages or Numbers files

I just updated both Pages and Numbers on my Mac and now I cant open any documents from iCloud, I can however open them on my iPhone?

Run System Preferences, click iCloud, sign out, sign back in again.
Hope this helps.

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Hi, I am getting very stressed as my pages and numbers will not open!!! I have a coursework deadline on friday and cannot access my files
Everytime I try and open a pages or a numbers document, or to even open the programs it says
"Pages quit unexpectedly while using the ShareKit plug-in"
Help will be greatly appreciated as I am panicking!!! I have no idea what ShareKit is!!!
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It is an app for iOS as the link shows.
Did you get the file from someone else?
Sharkit is for sharing, did someone share this with you?
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iOS apps are now updated automatically. That's fine. But when I try to open a file on my Mac that was updated on the iPad, it tells me I need the latest version of Numbers. I don't want to spend $20 on such a low rated application. Is there anyway to be able to open that file on my Mac short of having to pay the money or retype it in?
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If you've worked on a document in iOS or Numbers 3.0 you can File>Export to..>Numbers '09 from the menu.
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Pages 5.2 is in your Applications folder.
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Pages 5.2 can open Pages '09 files but may damage/alter them. It can not open Pages '08 files at all.
Earlier version of Pages 5 can not open Pages 5.2 files.
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iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core i5, 4GB, 2/3 of a TB free storage capacity,
Yosemite version 10.10.2
Originally I had iWork 09 and since I've been updating from the app store since they are available in there. Now version 5.5.2
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If one clicks that extreme left icon, the Favorites panel disappears, leaving the Application view we see posted. Additionally, the OP has the
Finder Preferences ▸ Advanced ▸ All My Files checked, instead of their login directory (house icon).
This just adds to the mayhem. Once Finder Preferences is fixed, then the OP can click Applications, and from that lengthy menu, select their login directory, or Documents.
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I've upgraded all my iWork documents and now I can't open things in Pages. I'm stuck on an endless loop of "You need to be using the most updated version .... which you can get in the app store.... blah blah blah" I'm suing the most up-to-date versioin. I'm using Pages 4.3 and the document I'm trying to open was created using the most updated version. HELP.
Thanks
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You have both versions of Pages on your Mac and are simply opening the wrong document in the wrong version.
Pages 5 is in your Applications folder.
Pages '09 is in your Applications/iWork folder.
Pages ;'09 can not open Pages 5 documents and Pages 5 will alter/damage older Pages '09 files and not open any other.
Pages 5 is very much a downgrade missing over 90+ features.
Best to go back to using Pages '09:
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