I have a Late 2009 Mac mini (Macmini3,1) on El Capitan running Pages 5.6.2. I also have a Mid 2010 MacBook on High Sierra which was running Pages 7.3 and an iPad Air on iOS running Pages 4.3.
Up until recent updates, I was able to edit any of my Pages documents of any of my devices. But I recently started a new Pages document on my Mac mini, then edited it on my MacBook, and then tried to continue editing it on the Mac mini. I couldn’t open it. A message asked me to update Pages on the Mac mini (which isn’t possible).
I downgraded to Pages 7.1 on my MacBook and that regained me compatibility between Pages documents on the MacBook and Mac mini.
But if I create or edit a Pages document on the iPad which contains a table, I can’t open it on the Mac mini. Documents without a table seem fine.
Some research informs me that my Mac mini is on the Pages plist for unsupported models:
Pages for iOS v4.3 should be compatible all the way back to Pages v5.6 on El Capitan. However, Pages documents also carry along, a list of unsupported hardware models, and the Mac mini Early to Late-2009 or earlier are now unsupported models that will prevent Pages v5.6.2 from opening Pages v7.3 for Mac, and Pages v4.3 for iOS documents.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8651250
Does anyone know if there is something specific about the Macmini3,1 that means it’s unsupported? And what would happen if I edited the plist to remove Mac mini,3.1?
Thanks
Up until recent updates, I was able to edit any of my Pages documents of any of my devices. But I recently started a new Pages document on my Mac mini, then edited it on my MacBook, and then tried to continue editing it on the Mac mini. I couldn’t open it. A message asked me to update Pages on the Mac mini (which isn’t possible).
I downgraded to Pages 7.1 on my MacBook and that regained me compatibility between Pages documents on the MacBook and Mac mini.
But if I create or edit a Pages document on the iPad which contains a table, I can’t open it on the Mac mini. Documents without a table seem fine.
Some research informs me that my Mac mini is on the Pages plist for unsupported models:
Pages for iOS v4.3 should be compatible all the way back to Pages v5.6 on El Capitan. However, Pages documents also carry along, a list of unsupported hardware models, and the Mac mini Early to Late-2009 or earlier are now unsupported models that will prevent Pages v5.6.2 from opening Pages v7.3 for Mac, and Pages v4.3 for iOS documents.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8651250
Does anyone know if there is something specific about the Macmini3,1 that means it’s unsupported? And what would happen if I edited the plist to remove Mac mini,3.1?
Thanks