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How to open a newer Sketch document with an older version of Sketch (twitter.com)

almost 6 years ago from Matt Kelsh, Handsome Designer

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Marc Edwards, almost 6 years ago
Make sure you duplicate the document first. I take no responsibility for stuff breaking.
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- Matt Kelsh, almost 6 years ago
  Though, if you can't open a file because of arbitrary versioning, you still can't open the file.
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Powers Gray, almost 6 years ago
Doesn't work for me.
I'm trying to convert a 42+ Sketch file created on the required El Capitan+ OS, to an earlier 41.2 Sketch file that only requires 10.10 Yosemite OS with no luck.
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- Marc Edwards, almost 6 years ago
  Did you make sure you just ZIP the files, and not the enclosing folder? What error are you seeing?
  Was that prior to the JSON file format?
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  - Powers Gray, over 5 years ago
    Yes, I'm only zipping the files. The error reads: 'The document “test.sketch” could not be opened.' I think they switched to json on version 43.
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    - Marc Edwards, over 5 years ago
      Yep, they did. And sorry, that means this trick won’t work for earlier versions.
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