Cannot launch Numbers (iWork '09) under Yosemite

Tried to open an older spreadsheet with the newest Numbers app and it told me it was too old and would have to be opened with iWork '09 Numbers. I clicked the "open with iWork '09 Numbers" button and nothing happened. I went and tried to launch the iWork '09 Numbers application but it never appears and doesn't appear in the active applications. The Console shows no messages which might indicate it didn't launch. Any ideas??

Probably what you're looking for is this:
iWork 9.3
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1563
Regards,
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iWork '09 Numbers fails to launch under Yosemite. Suspecting it may be Yosemite related. iWork '08 Numbers launches and runs ok. No indications of launch failure in Console. It just doesn't launch. This is only important to me because older spreadsheets require opening and saving in iWork '09 Numbers before the new Numbers version under Yosemite can open them.

I finally discovered that I can launch Numbers (iWork '09) (version 2.3) by launching the image internal to the Numbers package (MacOS) in Terminal. I also discovered that KeyNote shares this same problem but not Pages.
In summary, I cannot launch iWork '09 Numbers or KeyNote via the normal Finder Icon launch.
There are no diagnostics posted to Console when I try the Finder launch, the App just never shows itself nor is it in the running applications list.
Disk Utility shows no permissions issues, and repair shows no issues. Anyone have any ideas?
I cannot find my iWork '09 install disks but I did a Time Machine restore of Numbers from several years ago but that image exhibits the identical problem.
The iWork '08 apps work just fine under Yosemite.
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I just updated my Mac Pro from Mountain Lion to Yosemite. I expected to see the new, Yosemite versions of Pages, Keynote and Numbers appear in the Mac App store under Yosemite, but instead, I see an "Open" button, not a "Download" button, and when I press it, the old, iWork '09 versions open. Similarly, when I search for "Pages" in the "Featured" page, I get an "Open" button, not a "Download" or even a "Buy" button.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions Craig
Glad to see you searched & tried most of the things I've suggested to others. I have only seen a couple of users (you being one of them) for whom updating didn't fix the problem. Most of the people complained of having problems opening or saving Office files.
Have you tried opening the apps in another user account? This could narrow down the issue to your user account or a system-wide problem. If they do work in another user account, go to HD > Users > (your account) > Library > Preferences & delete the com.apple.iwork.pages.plist & then try starting Pages again. Repeat with the Numbers & Keynote plists.
System-wide issues could be a corrupt or duplicate font. Use Font Book to validate fonts & check for duplicates. Corrupt caches can also be a problem. You can restart in Safe Mode (hold down the shift key until you see the gray Apple screen) & then restart normally. This will clear a number of caches. Using a utility like OnyX (unfortunately not yet for Snow Leopard) to clean caches, logs, etc. can help.

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Wonder why are you writing an "ode" to Apple here? We're fellow users. If you have something to say to Apple in your menu try Numbers > Provide Numbers Feedback.
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Hi renrut,
Do not delete the old version of Numbers (Numbers 2.3, Numbers'09). It has features that the new Numbers has lost (in particular, Print View).
Numbers '09 has been moved to a folder called iWork '09 inside your Applications folder. The icon on your Dock continues to point to Numbers '09. Launching Numbers from that icon is why you get the "Update" message. Numbers 2.3 is trying to open a Numbers 3 document.
The new version of Numbers (Numbers 3.2 is the latest version) lives in your Applications folder (not a sub folder). Drag that icon to your Dock. It will become an Alias. Right click (or control click) on it and Options > Keep In Dock. Now you can chose which version to run.
Numbers 2 on the left (three columns)
Numbers 3 on the right (four columns).
Both versions will run happily side by side. Just be sure which version you use to open a Numbers document. If Numbers 3 tries to "steal" a Numbers 2 document, you will get a warning when you start to edit:
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I cannot open numbers. When I double click on the icon it says "Numbers cannot be opened while it is being updated." The same is happening with other programs. I recently upgraded to Mavericks

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Apparently the Numbers (and Pages) app downloads was stopped and \never re\started.. possibly because of something I did, like turn off my machine during them.
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Using the child's account with parental controls active, when the parental control blocks a website, a dialog comes up offering to allow the parent/admin to approve the site and add it to the exceptions list. This is nice! Unfortunately, approving the website DOES NOT add it to the exceptions list... ever. We discovered this when launching Keynote, which kept trying to connect to an akamai.net server (probably an update check). We would sign in with the admin account to clear the server, then it would pop up with the same dialog box again. We did discover that I _can_ add the site via the Parental Controls prefpane, but kind of a pain. Why have a dialog box pop up if it doesn't actually work.
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