IWork's missing files

iworks 08, did work. Now it says "....missing files, use the iWork installer..." Internal disc drive doesn't work, so thought I would just buy 09 from itunes. itunes says no, because iwork is already installed on this computer. So I bought an external disc drive, but it's not compatable with Mac Book Pro of that year. Any ideas? Thanks.

Having a previous version of iWork (no 's') installed won't interfere with installing a newer version. The only problem you may encounter is getting a message that you need a serial number. Getting the request for a serial number means that at some time you had the iWork ’09 trial installed. You need to delete the trial & then reinstall from the boxed DVD or the Mac App Store. The files to delete are the iWork ’09 folder from the main HD > Applications; the iWork ’09 folder in HD > Library > Application Support & the individual iWork application plist files found in HD > Users > (your account) > Library > Preferences for each user. The easiest way to fix the problem is to use Yvan Koenig's AppleScript that removes the files. You can find it on his box.com account in for_iWork'09 > other_iWork'09 items > uninstall iWork '09.zip. Download uninstall iWork '09.zip, decompress it, open it in AppleScript Editor and click the Run button
I haven't tried one of the Apple USB optical disk drives & have no idea why it wouldn't work on an older Mac, but that is Apple. I only have one Mac, a 2011 Mac mini that doesn't have an optical drive. I have 2 or 3 external FireWire optical drives that work on all of my Macs.

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To restore the missing files, use the iWork Installer to reinstall iWork.
What can i do ?

do you happen to know if there is a way to do this with a flash drive to avoid buying a new external dvd burner for the newer macks a lot of us have?

Iwork '08, now missing files?

I just installed Leopard from Tiger and because I purchased iwork '08 online when I had tiger, I had to try to reinstall once in in Leopard. It says I'm missing files and need to reinstall iwork '08. Does anyone know the best way to "reinstall" when you purchased on line? I put in my original serial number when I opened it for the first time after getting into Leopard (with my old pages files missing fonts) - but now it won't even let me in.

Nells,
Having removed everything that Dennis listed as files related to iWork, I still could not install iWork from my CD. So that problem is not solved.
However, after removing everything yet again, I tried downloading the trial version of iWork from the site Dennis listed in an earlier email. From that site, I got the dmg file. I opened it, and installed the trial version, and that worked!
When it opened, I entered my serial number from the CD, and that also worked. Then it asked if I wanted to update iWork, and I hesitantly agreed. That also worked, and I noticed that the updates included iLife Support.
Maybe that is what I was missing? I had loaded iLife at one time, but found it really contained nothing I would be using, so I "dumped it" but probably left residual stuff as I had done with iWork.
I'd like to know how you do with the ToolTech Deluxe. I bought that a year ago, and somehow I managed to dump the BootBlocks from my hard drive (G5 tower). I had to go to a Mac authorized repair shop, and they could only resurrect about 2/3 of my files, and could not repair the hard drive. It was still under warrant, so I got it replaced but still had to pay the labor bill.
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How do i restore missing files for i work 09 as it is asking me to reinstall but cant find the disk?

how do i restore missing files for i work 09 as it is asking me to reinstall but cant find the disk?

Hello Jessica472,
It sounds like you need to recover some missing files but do not have access to the iWork '09 disc you used to install it. If you have a Time Machine backup and know what files you need, you can use the "Restoring specific files or folders" section of the following article to restore them:
Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac
If you do not have Time Machine, you will need the disc to reinstall the software suite.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
Sterling

Where did my bullets go in Keynote? And why am I missing files?

I've been working on a Keynote presentation that will be exported as a PDF eBook. I opened it up today and I get error messages saying that I have missing files and my square "checkmark-less" bullets have disappeared. (See image below)
I'm using the Black Checkmark Bullets. The checkmark bullets are ok. Its checkmarkless cousin isn't listed in the inspector window when I try to update it manually. I'm also getting a lot of error messages.
This is the first time I've expereinced this problem. Running 10.7.3 on a MBPro (2.66 i7 w/4GB RAM), Keynote 5.1.1).
Ideas to correct this issue? Thanks in advance!

SOLVED -
Used AppCleaner to unstaill Keynote, Pages and Numbers. Reinstalled iWork from disk and ran updates. Issue resolved itself after this.

Why missing file error?

I made the mistake of updating to 10.1 and now I am regretting it.
I have a project with files from another library and I get the missing file (red box) error. I try re-linking, but apparently, you cannot re-link to files that are in a library, I don't get that.
If I drag a clip from a library to a poject in a different library, the video shows up. But, as soon as I grab it and move it on the timeline, I get the Missing File error again.
Very frustraing.
Surely you should be able to share clips between libraries? I set up a library of Shared clips that I use frequently in projects across my other libraries.
Any help would be appreciated.

On Friday I did a new spreadsheet based on a previous spreadsheet to do some serious work. I saved it. I am using 2.3.
index.xml files missing
I have two iterations of Numbers showing under Recent Items. Both of them show 2.3.
I navigated to Applictions/Numbers. That shows as 3.5. I opened from the Applications folder from my hard disk and the needed file opened.
I did a search by name for Numbers/Applications and found three. One was the 3.5 I wanted to use, two were in iWork folders, one in my main disk Applications, the outer in a backup of Applications. I was able to throw away the backup Number, the but one on the hard disk could not be thrown away because it said it was still open. Only the 3.5 version was open. I quit 3.5 and was able to throw away the duplicate 2.3.
I keep previous iWorks/Pages because the new version is a crippled version that does not offer the features and commands on which I came to depend. I am abandoning Apple for my word processing and document creation needs. The newest version is a serious downgrade from the previous Pages functionality. Scrivener requires a learning curve, but has proven to take up the slack of reliability that Apply has dropped.
I will shift all my spreadsheet work to an open source spreadsheet, Numbers has joined Pages in needless lost time in functionality and the simple ability to open the right program for the document created by that program.
Too bad. I despise Microsoft and depended on Apple from 1985 up. I have two Linux boxes in the house and use my Mac primarily for work with previously purchased Adobe programs. When those stop functioning, the iMac will also join my Linux workforce.

Re-install issue: "missing files" ?

My MacBook was getting slow, so I decided to try a clean re-install after backing everything up to an external drive. After I reinstalled OS X Tiger, I reloaded my apps and libraries of preferences and all from the external drive. When I tried to launch Keynote, I got a message saying, "Files that iWork needs are missing. To restore the missing files, use the iWork installer to reinstall iWork." So I tried that; I trashed the apps, deleted the iWork preferences (.plists), and re-installed from the disc, then ran Software Update until it said I was up to date. Now I'm getting the same error message. Any idea how I figure out what files are missing?
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Eric

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Document Warnings - Missing File REDUX

I have a rather lengthy file that continues to give a Document Warnings notice that a Missing File Type of Description "tilepaperblue-420.jpg".
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Spotlight Indexing, Systemstats, Missing File, All After Mavericks Upgrade

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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1755
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Captivate 6 Errors: Missing file libwinpthread-1.dll and The Application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b) on Windows 2008 R2

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