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Hi @MEB, I just did the same thing once again, with another image, and this time I didn't get any error or popup. I have restarted my computer after the first error I had earlier. This has fixed the problem maybe.... I will try again later and see if it seems ok. Thanks.

Edited a simple photo on Mac, exported the JPG and shut down the app. Everything seemed to work fine, but after a minute or so, an error message popped up, saying that Photo did not closed properly and offered a restart option. I restarted the app and all I could see is that the file I was working on did not show up in the "recents" files list. Crash report attached. Affinity Photo 2 Affinity Store-2025-07-08-094458.ips

I created the files from scratch, one using RGB and the other using CMYK. Maybe converting from one to another changes something, could it be that history is saved with the file ?

Same here, 10K with 2.6.3 on Mac and also on iPad

Well I just can't get it to crash now. The three jpg files that I placed are not in a group. I created and put in a group 5 rectangles behind the jpg images, and then changed the color of the group.... it doesn't crash anymore. The only difference I can see is that when I forced quit AP when it crashed (in fact, it did not crash, it hang forever displaying the spinning beach ball) it was completely removed from memory. I can see it by the longer restart. I'll try again later. Thanks

Thanks @Hangman, I will have to recreate it from scratch as everything was lost, but it was not important work. It could be the AF-7094, but I'm on a Mac, this report is from a Windows user. Il will try do recreate it and let you know.

Simple white background with 3 jpg files placed on it. Added 5 square shapes, grouped them and when I clicked the color wheel to change the color I got the spinning beach ball. I waited a while and I had to force quit. Affinity Photo 2 Affinity Store_2025-05-30-093903_Mac-Mini-de-Alain.diag

Sequoia 15.5 and it works fine

As mentioned above, you can't upgrade ram or internal SSD in new Macs. I use a M2 Pro Mac mini with 16 GB ram and 512GB SSD. I have a 2 TB fast external drive and it's fast and way cheaper than the Apple SSD upgrade. All my work in Affinity apps is on the external drive and never had any problem. It's a different story working with files stored on iCloud and OneDrive. I have a backup of everything on iCloud. I also have a Macbook Air with the same specs and it works perfectly.

Here is what those 4 "Auto..." buttons did on your picture. Nothing else.

All of the above remind me of so many misguided and unfounded statements over the years. Man will never fly, a motor cars will never replace a horse, video discs then video tapes will kill cinema and movies. There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. The Internet is just a passing fad. People will never want to shop online, and so more. C'mon, we all survived and have better tools that make our jobs and life easier, amateurs and pros. And with all the money and ressources Canva have, they probably know what they are doing.

Well @Old Bruce you made my day. It works like it used to now, thanks.

I think that what he means is that by default, when using the pen tool, it's set with a white color fill by default, or the last fill color used. That bugs me too. The default in previous versions was "no fill" so you could trace around something without hiding it. Now you have to go select "no fill" in the color panell. Just one useless step.

Hard to believe that after so many years this bug has never been fixed. It works on Macbook but not on Mac Mini or Mac Studio as they need an external monitor. It's a shame, this should have been fixed way before adding AI selection or other gadgets. I come back on the forum after a new update to see if bugs like color picker and file locked have been fixed.... but no... not yet. That's why I went back to Photoshop, not perfect, but let me work without making me swear.

This forum is getting out of control. When you write that someone is weird you get one point penalty (two weeks ago) and remove your post. But anything else ... no problem. Here, having to remove this "Is it what we want" makes no sense at all. Serif has lost control over their software and also the forum. It's getting worst everyday, that's not very reassuring for the future. Serif you can give me all the penalty points you want, you just simply lost it. The majority of the posts are about new bugs in new versions and bug not fixed since years ago. It looks like Serif is now a 3 or 4 persons company now. I'm out.