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Thank you!!!! This is quite helpful. But I would still love to be able to save all files or close files in batch! That part still stands.

Is there no way to rename files on the live docs screen? V1 had a menu button on each file that allowed you to rename, close, or save and I’m not seeing a way to do anything other than close files. in that same vein, my biggest ask for v2 was a way to either batch close, or batch save files from the screen. It’s so time consuming individually saving files and this would be very welcome. I noticed that you can now batch import photos and place them in documents which is HUGE so thanks for that. But file management needs some of that same attention to detail. thanks!

Hey team, first off thank you for the much needed UI improvements. I saw in the FAQs that migrating data on iPad is unavailable because of “App Sandboxing”. Totally get that but can you not build an update to Designer v1 that just allows you to “export all user data” to the iOS files app with fonts, brushes and any other imported data? That way you can migrate data a bit more easily into V2? You can of course do this with documents, but there is no way to export fonts and stuff once they have been imported. I’ve been using designer on iPad for YEARs now and installed so many things. It’s going to take me weeks if I’m having to manually go through and reinstall everything again little by little.

I will preface this by saying that i am a power user of affinity designer. Working on an iPad Pro as a designer has drastically changed the way that i work for the better. I am so happy to be able to rely less on adobe products. I know affinity is a small team, but the file management for the apps has remained largely unchanged since i forced myself to use their applications in 2019. WE NEED BATCH. THe giant squares for projects with no list sorting or changing of thumbnail sizes is highly annoying. Having to individually save files to the cloud or HD is absolutely insane. As a designer and photographer creating tons of assets on the go, I’m not always the most organized. SO when I’m approaching storage limits and i have to sit down for an hour or two to save and close files (a 2-3 step process) when it could easily be done in batch is frustrating. Next up - importing to a file. Every week I am creating massive 20-30 photo collages, and i have to import individual images one-by-one. This is an huge time-suck. You can select multiple images in the files app, but dragging them all into designer results in a single photo being placed, despite iOS recognizing that multiple photos are being moved. Lots of the time I am using Dropbox, and Dropbox likes to freeze and completely stop working through the files app integration. Obviously this isn’t affinity’s fault. But if i could move things more easily and faster, the Dropbox integration problem wouldn’t be as big of an issue for me. Most of the time I get to about the 15th photo imported, and affinity will crash and not save my project and i lose all the photos I imported. When I am home, my workaround is to create my file in designer for Mac, drag and drop my batch of images (this takes 30 seconds and is absolutely how it should work on iPad), save to cloud, wait for it to upload, download to my iPad, open and work. But i am not always home to do this. It’s 2022, your apps are amazing, please make the file management equally as amazing. I am typing this because I’ve reached the end of my rope. I desperately want to keep using these apps, but i just can’t rely on them to work like i need them to all the time. SO please read this as tough love, not just ramblings of a grumpy jerk who barely uses the app. Thank you for all that you do!