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mta

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Jan 10, 2012
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Hello

I updated to the new Pages OSX app when it was released. However, I recently noticed one of my apps that work with Pages will not work with the new version. Is there any way to download the old version again?
I have OSX Mavericks.

thanks
 

CrickettGrrrl

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Feb 10, 2012
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Hello

I updated to the new Pages OSX app when it was released. However, I recently noticed one of my apps that work with Pages will not work with the new version. Is there any way to download the old version again?
I have OSX Mavericks.

thanks

If the older Pages, etc. were on your computer when you downloaded the new versions, the install would have moved the '09 iWorks into a folder within your Applications folder. Check there first.
 

mta

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Jan 10, 2012
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I had it in that folder, but I removed it a month after updating for space purposes, and I had not figured out the plugin would not work.
 

Bear

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I had it in that folder, but I removed it a month after updating for space purposes, and I had not figured out the plugin would not work.
If you have a Time Machine backup, you could get it from there.

And the easiest way to get the previous version (if you don't have a backup) is install 10.7 or 10.8 on an external disk, patch OS X to 10.7.5 or 10.8.5. Boot from that and install Pages from the App Store. Copy Pages into an iWork '09 folder on the Mavericks disk.
 

mta

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Jan 10, 2012
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So since pages 5.0 is not compatible with 10.8 the appstore will let me download pages 09 instead of forcing me to update to mavericks first?
 

mta

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Jan 10, 2012
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If you have a Time Machine backup, you could get it from there.

And the easiest way to get the previous version (if you don't have a backup) is install 10.7 or 10.8 on an external disk, patch OS X to 10.7.5 or 10.8.5. Boot from that and install Pages from the App Store. Copy Pages into an iWork '09 folder on the Mavericks disk.

Luckily I found an old time machine backup that had the old pages version. never thought of that. Thank you! :)
 
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