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Yes, as I understand it was likely my being a little over focused on doing too many things at the same time! I'm sure things will be working now.

My most likely explanation for what happened is I might have renamed a parent folder while the Affinity file was still open. Which of course would have messed up the path. I didn't think about this until after I made this post but it occurred to me that I did need to rename some folders and likely forgot to close every single file down first. Ever since then everything has been working great in Affinity so I'm not so worried about it at all at this point.

Okay, that sounds good. So neither the "Sites" folder with its peculiarities nor restarting the Mac actually contributed to the cause or solution of the problem.

My most likely explanation for what happened is I might have renamed a parent folder while the Affinity file was still open. Which of course would have messed up the path. I didn't think about this until after I made this post but it occurred to me that I did need to rename some folders and likely forgot to close every single file down first. Ever since then everything has been working great in Affinity so I'm not so worried about it at all at this point.

It is a local website.

I'm on Mac. When you go to the Home folder they have a built in folder for storing local websites that you have made. My drawing files for those websites are all stored in that local folder. 

Yeah, I didn't mention the app, it was a little hard to know which one I should use because I didn't know if the effect would be vector or raster (or a raster effect within Designer.) It will be fun to use all those effects I think it will really add something to the rather flat design.

Just started graphic design and tryna grow. here is my current piece in different colors! Feel free to follow my Instagram @grsnthetalmid
 
 

@carl123 It is good to know it is not just me that has this problem. @Hangman I never turned off "keep selected" but okay it sounds like part of this is a reported bug.

@Hangman Yes, view mode is set to vector. The weight was thin so I changed the default to something thicker. Not sure why it was set that thin. @MEB Keep selected was checked.
It seems to be working fine now. I'm not sure what was going on but sometimes the stroke would stay there after I drew it and sometimes it would disappear. If it happens again I'll pay closer attention and post a follow up.

Wise choice. A mere 42 days of patience from installing 15.0 can save one from numerous issues. Personally, I’ll hold off until Affinity’s 2.6.1 release; by then, Affinity, macOS, and other applications should be mature and stable choices for serious work.
I find it easier to be patient with macOS upgrades, as none of the new features in macOS, iOS, or iPadOS are genuinely useful for me. I believe it's time for a dedicated macOS/iPadOS enterprise (or whatever) edition and a youth edition - just not in the Microsoft way.
I think I read about one or two other minor issues, though they may not even be related to macOS 15.

Apps: Designer, Photo and Publisher
Platforms: Various (improvement specific)
Miscellaneous Improvements
Selection Box can now be set for Objects Rotated by 90°, 180° or -90° Stroke Width Tool - better handling of size variance and pressures that have profiles or are inverted. Size variance is extended to cater for the range of the control point the user is editing. Stroke Width Tool - added 'Reset' button to the context toolbar Preflight will now warn if text flows contain mismatched scaling Vector and Pixel Brushes are now searchable. A search field is present just above the category selector. (only searches the currently selected Category) (Desktop) Stroke Width Tool - Added a right-click context menu (when you're not right clicking over the actual curve itself) (iPad) Sliders behaves like a normal slider (i.e such as the Opacity and Noise ones on the Colour Panel). A tap/click on the slider will move the slider's handle to that position. Tap/click then drag will move the handle to match the touch/cursor position. (iPad) Quick Shapes: When there is no shape selected apply values to the default shape. The Tags Panel has been updated to allow users to use Alt Tag and Extended Description XMP tags inside images (added 2.6.0.2831)

Their products had potential many years ago but now:
their products have a lot of bugs their users wait for years for features that don't appear the features they introduce are of lower quality (precision, usability, workflow) than those of their competitors development and improvements are excessively slow they have no clear strategy  
Canva spent around $380 million to acquire Affinity. Serif's profits over the last 5 years have been around £60 million, which is around $15.7 million in profit per year at current exchange rates. I don't think Canva shareholders are interested in 20+ years wait to get a return on their investment.
Bigger dev-team, faster development and better quality in combination with attractive pricing model is a better idea to retain and gain new customers and profits than slow organic growth with mediocore app. It's not rocket science 🚀

And more recently we have posts like this: 
 
 

Thanks for your feedback however this is the macOS standard for this menu option, and is not named by the Affinity app - if you open Finder, Safari or other macOS default apps, you'll find the Window menu uses the same named options.
I hope this clears things up!

You can also find details of the four pledges we are making to our community here

So far 2.4 beta has resolved this problem pretty well! So glad to see this important bug fixed!

The issue "[macOS] App Window Disappears after disconnecting and re-connecting an external monitor between app sessions" (REF: AF-417) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.4.0.2211".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us.

Can confirm that this is still an issue in Somona 14.1.2.
The worst bit is that even after closing and reopening the app, it remains stuck off screen.
I don't understand how this only happens with Affinity and no other apps I've ever used?
 

Thanks for letting me know - this issue is currently still unresolved by our team in both 2.2 & 2.3, though I'll be sure to update the development log, including this information now.
We're hoping to have this issue resolved ASAP, thanks for your continued patience and understanding here

Hi All,
Below is the list of all new feature and improvements which are included in the 2.3 beta (bug fix list is available here).
To learn more about these features please click on the link to go to each feature's dedicated post. To give feedback or report bugs against any of these features please reply to that same post (also check out bug reporting and feedback tips).
• Move Data Entry improvements
• New tags panel for adding Alt Text to images and objects
• Spiral Tool
• Ability to change Asset Panel background colour
• Fields now available in Find and Replace
• Pixel grid added
• "Keep selected" preference now available in Pencil Tool
• Create and place password protected PDFs
I should say in general we are now aiming to do slightly smaller updates more regularly than before so we can test and release in smaller chunks. This will allow us to get improvements and fixes out quicker, as well as having overall benefit to the stability of the apps.
The beta phase will now be shorter (4-6 weeks) for any update, and for that reason we will be avoiding any significant changes to functionality during beta as we focus on fixing bugs and correcting unintentional behaviour. This does mean that more of your improvement suggestions may need to wait until a future update (e.g. like some of the Move Data Entry suggestions you made during 2.2 beta which have now been added to 2.3), but please keep those suggestions coming!
Getting the 2.3 beta
If you have not enrolled into the beta program yet and would like to take part, you can do so here. This will immediately give you access to the latest 2.3 beta builds to try for yourself.
If you are already enrolled in the beta program you have two options:
1. If you still have the 2.2 beta installed, you can now run up those beta versions and you will be prompted to update them to the 2.3 beta.
2. If you have uninstalled the 2.2 beta, you will need to go back to Your Account -> Downloads and product keys and find your previous order for the Affinity Beta Software Program, and you can download the 2.3 beta from there.
Thanks,
Ash

Im very happy whit all new features and this!!!
Congrats Affinity Team.

Congrats!

Hi All,
We have just made 2.2 live across all App Stores and our website. As always, the feedback we have received from you all during this beta has been an incredible help in both shaping the new features as well as squashing many bugs!
The build we have released is the same as RC3 (build 2005), meaning for the time being whether you use the latest beta version or switch to using the release version they are the same. If you anticipate taking part in the next beta you may wish to keep your current beta version installed, as this will be updated on auto update when a new beta is available. This will either be a 2.2 patch if we feel one is needed, or moving straight onto a 2.3 beta.
It would be impossible for us to do what we do without your support, and I just wanted to say a huge thanks for everything you have contributed to this release.
All the best,
Ash

This worked for me by making the toolbar clickable so I was able to drag it over to the studio display. Thankfully I didn't need the top part the window to show in order to drag it over like I do with many programs! That would have made things really difficult.