Andreas Scherer
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I totally understand that this can easily require more than 8GB RAM/250GB storage. What I don't understand is why you are blaming APub to break the wall, when it – at least from the info above – requires only a fraction of your other main app? I stick with my observation that the OP with the task at hand will most likely not require more than a base configuration on any current Mx-Mac.
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Indeed not. The next largest RAM consumer is Firefox at around 900MB. I haven't checked VLC (for background noise) nor Rawtherapee (for RAW processing). Apart from the time delay we very rarely have issues. (There have been other times with the old server.) I do copy my projects with "unison" between work and home via a 32GB MicroSD card on a daily basis. No problem there. I still don't buy this argument after three decades of computer usage. I started out with machines at around 8MB RAM and 250MB of internal storage in 1991. Over the years I upgraded both resources at a factor of 1000, but guess what, it never ever matched my own productivity—the machines were always faster and larger than I had use for.
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Amendment re storage usage: At work we are required to store all our projects on the centrally managed NAS, which has more TB than I care to count, so the SSDs only hold installed programs. At home, my private Mac Mini M1 with "228Gi" SSD is "59%" full after two years of use (according to "df -h"). If need be, I could always move stuff to any of my backup SSDs.
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Simultaneously opening half a dozen (6) of my recent APub projects requires about 1.7 GB of RAM on MacOS 13.6.1 Ventura on the Mac Mini M1 described above. I really don't feel the system gets bogged down in any way, shape, or form at all. Using linked ressources keeps all of these projects at around 500–700 KB (yes, Kilobytes!). I guess my gist is: Don't listen to the fearmongers! 😇
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Right To Left Alternatives
Andreas Scherer replied to nawkboy's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
I'd take a look at XeTeX. -
RTL Arabic language support 2023
Andreas Scherer replied to Gihan F's topic in Feedback for the Affinity V2 Suite of Products
There certainly are more options than just these two. -
Formats from other Apps
Andreas Scherer replied to BHIP's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Also SVG comes to mind, e.g., as export format from InkScape. -
No ”Recently Opened Objects“ in dock bar
Andreas Scherer replied to Andreas Scherer's topic in V2 Bugs found on macOS
I guess it just has low priority. I am aware of other programs that do not support the "Recent" feature. -
Font size in Affinity Help
Andreas Scherer replied to Andreas Scherer's topic in V1 Bugs found on macOS
Here's an update for this issue in Affinity V2: At least in Affinity Designer 2.2.0 on macOS Monterey with German keyboard and layout the “Inline Help” (eb0ee) does not react to neither ‘cmd +’ nor ‘cmd -’, i.e., the font size in the Help Viewer doesn't change at all. (In Affinity V1 at least ‘cmd -’ worked in a few steps.) For a better user experience, I have created a small HTML file for import in Firefox (also tested with Tor Browser) with two sets of bookmarks for Affinity Help: Affinity V1 Online Help (045b0) Local Help (8ab56) Affinity V2 Online Help (f8ef9) Local Help (eb0ee) In the web browser you can scale the font size to your heart's content. Enjoy! affinity-help.html -
No, it only has a bluetooth dongle. I studied the Apple info today: with a physical keyboard with a numeric pad, I can get things going ('0' for "click-hold" and '.' for "release"). (I did not try a compact keyboard and the character keys.) However, for key strokes my colleague uses the screen keyboard.
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Yes, it's not really a mouse per se; it's a pair of static buttons for left- and right-click, and a joystick for movement. He can't click the button and kick the stick simultaneously. (There are more advanced devices: https://www.gorlo-todt.de/produkte/maussimulatoren/, but we don't have one at hand right now.) BTW, this is with Affinity V1 on macOS; Windows seems to have a software for "click-and-hold" that works for his needs.
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Will there also be a rebuilt Affinity V1? (1.10.7 or 1.11? – also in light of reported issues with Sonoma.)