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Dan, Thanks for the reply. It's a shame that we Affinity V1 owners will have to keep bearing the error issue that was discovered about 2 years ago. I purchased all three Affinity apps: Photo, Designer, and Publisher. and I can not upgrade to V2 at the moment as it is an additional expense after purchasing all three apps, even with the 25% discount. Once again, I appreciate the response.

Dan, I am using Affinity V1.

I was hoping that someone from Affinity would update on this ongoing issue.

After finding this forum topic, this seems to have been going on for over a year now with no resolution, yet. I have a new MacBook Air 13" (M2–2022 model), macOS Ventura 13.4, using Affinity Photo 1.10.6. I also have Designer and Publisher. These are not the new V2 apps. I have also been experiencing the same exact two issues as stated above: Having to select "Edit with Affinity Photo" twice from within Apple Photos, whether Affinity is open or not. After editing in Affinity Photo and going back to Apple Photos to save, receiving the error message: "Cannot edit with Edit in Affinity Photo - there was an unexpected error". I have also been encountering a few other issues most of the time as follows: If a photo has been edited in any way in Apple Photos (crop, magic wand, etc.) and saved in Apple Photos, many times the original unedited version is what opens up when selecting to edit in Affinity Photo. Randomly a previous edited photo will be the one to open up in Affinity Photo to be edited. Also randomly, a previous edited photo from Affinity Photo will open up in Apple Photos when saving/closing edit in Affinity Photo. Not sure when these issues will be resolved. it's important since I rely on Affinity for my edits. Any help will be greatly appreciated. In God's Harmony

A "marquee selection" of objects on the page by using the Move Tool doesn't work for my scanned pdf. I scanned pages from a music book and created one pdf file of all the pages. These are not separate objects within a pdf page since they were scanned. When I select the Move tool and get the arrow, clicking anywhere on the image just selects the entire page. It's fine, I can rotate by hand showing a grid to help me align the page to straighten it, then click on the artboard and crop to omit the blank areas. Thanks for your help.

Yes, I know how to do that. But, when I read your statement, "if you select everything on the page (using a marquee selection...)" I was under the impression to actually use the marquee tool to select the entire page or portions of it, and then be able to rotate, which does not happen. I must select the pdf image (not the artboard) in the layers panel to be able to rotate. Perhaps I misunderstood your explanation.

walt.farrell, Thank you so much. I opened the pdf in Designer, clicked on the image and experimented. All as you said. If I click on the artboard of the image instead, and go to Pixel Persona to select a rectangular marquee, I am able to select a portion, but see no object group with a bounding box with ability to rotate.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm not needing to isolate any part/image/object within an individual pdf page, just the page as a whole. I'll just rotate by hand as needed. Thanks again.

I appreciate the replies from both of you. I only needed to straighten and crop a few of the pages from the multi-page pdf file, and I don't need to do multiple pages at once. It is not a batch process I'm speaking of, just being able to select pages in the pdf file one at a time. What led me to think it would be possible is that when I saw the multiple dartboards that showed up, clicking on the down arrow of the dartboard would reveal the individual image for that specific pdf page. I thought crop would be available since I was only selecting the individual image in that layer. As to straightening the image from any of the corners, I'm aware of that feature, it's just easier to have the straighten tool. The ability to have the crop and straighten tool when selecting the individual image from the drop down of the art board it is in would be beneficial.

Excuse the terminology, I just meant to say that I opened a pdf file.

I have imported a pdf file with multiple pages into the macOS desktop version of Photo, Designer, and Publisher, and the crop tool is grayed out in all three apps. If I open single pdf page in Photo, then crop and straighten tools are available. In Designer and Publisher, only the crop tool is available and no straighten. What I wanted to do was straighten and then crop a few pdf pages and then save in the same pdf format. Photo has a great straighten tool, but it's not available for any pdf with multiple pages. Is this possible?

Callum, I'm on macOS 10.13.6, and have been on this version for quite some time. The issue of "download", "install" had not shown up until recently, with no new OS updates being made, therefore, it is improbable that it is due to the macOS version since it appeared fine prior.

Jeremy, It's probably best to do that. Thanks.

Patrick, Totally understandable. I was getting tired myself. It seems to be an issue with MAS, not Affinity. My Affinity Publisher updated with the prompt when opening it, but this one was purchased directly from Affinity. Not sure if I should have purchased Photo and Designer direct, as well. Thanks for the response, and may God keep all of you and your families healthy & safe!

Old Bruce, I appreciate your input on what happened. It would be beneficial to know it was moved so I can find it. Although, I still think it was relevant on this thread.