Unable to reinstall older Pages version on macOS 12.7.6

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Unable to reinstall older Pages version on macOS 12.7.6

I had problems copying notes from Numbers to Pages, and following advice on this community I delated the Pages app, to reinstall updated version and guess what.

I cant reinstall Pages off App store, because my system is 12.7.6 and new latest version of Pages wont work on this system! Now have no Pages at all?

Any idea where I can download older versions of Pages ( and live with the glitches) compatible with this system? Very big problem for me at moment!!

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Original Title: Word deleated from MAC

Posted on Nov 2, 2025 9:58 AM

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VikingOSX

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Nov 2, 2025 6:35 PM in response to Oisin Creagh

Apple does not provide a standalone location to download full installers of past Pages versions.

If you previously installed Pages from the Mac App Store since Oct 2013, then you can get it for macOS Monterey as Pages v13.1. On the otherhand, if Pages was preinstalled on your Mac, whether by Apple, or a third-party reseller, then you could only reinstall Pages from a current Time Machine drive.

If you installed Pages beforehand, launch the Mac App Store. Sign in with the same Apple ID that you used to install it previously. Press cmd+0 (zero) to open the Purchased panel and Pages should have some download indicator. You would then have one or more dialogs appear with the last offering to install the last compatible version of Pages for macOS Monterey. Do not click cancel on any dialog.

You can copy a selection of cells from Numbers and then simply paste into Pages to form a new table there, or if you have just inserted a new table. you can click once in cell A1, and then paste to use that table for the Numbers data.

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