[Photo on iPad, the iCloud sync madness]

Let me start quite harsh. I hate the current state of document handling of Affinity Photo on iPad. It makes all the simple operations extremely confusing. Every single app on my iPad has adopted simple way of working with files, if you want to create new file, your file gets created in the specific app folder on iCloud Drive. iWork works this way, Pixelmator Photo works this way, Pixelmator works this way. Etc.

However, apps in Affinity Photo on iPad are not stored in iCloud Drive by default. Heck, they are not even stored in local files app. No. They are effectively stored in restricted local app storage, outside of iCloud Drive, outside of files. Affinity calls these files “open”. Meaning they are somehow opened in Affinity Photo. Technically, they are just file copies inside of restricted affinity photo app storage.

Why this bothers me? Because whenever I create duplicate of files, or new file in Affinity Photo, I name it, I also have to remember to save it inside iCloud Drive. I have to do this every single time when I want to save changes.

All my file structure inside of Affinity Photo (meaning projects) does not propagate into iCloud Drive either. Which means, if I delete the app, I loose all my files.

Why Affinity? Why? Are you trying to mess up my head? Stop trying to reinvent the wheel, just do things how they are meant to be done.