michie
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24 minutes ago, dcr said:
What iOS versions are on those? I have an iPod with iOS 4 and an iPad with iOS 6. I manage them both from a MacBook Pro with Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard). I can't buy/download new songs though. I have a Mac with Monterey but I haven't moved my iTunes library to it. One of these days, I'm going to experiment to see if I can buy a song on the Monterey Mac and manage to get it into iTunes on the Snow Leopard Mac.
I just buy CD's (as I like to own my music instead of renting them). I convert the music from CD's into mp3. I will be storing them on my external hard drive dedicated to just music, then put them on my old macbook if it works out with the iPod I have. I just don't have the time to do right now.
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20 hours ago, PaoloT said:
iTunes has not been taken away: it has (finally!) been split into dedicated apps. Open Music if you want music, Books if you want books, and the Finder for moving files.
Paolo
I did a search on this topic and it said that if I upgrade to Catalina I will have to Apple Music and not iTunes. I sitll have an old iPod touch with 30 pins hook up in my car. I will use it until I can't. I did try my very old macbook pro and it changed and started up fine so I might just use that macbook for my itunes if it is compatible with my iPod then upgrade to Catalina.
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19 hours ago, dcr said:
"Scribus should run on your Mac." Thanks for this I will check it out.
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3 hours ago, PaoloT said:
What could the older Pages do that is not possible in the current version? I find several things that are now possible, and weren't in the past, but can't remember the missing features.
As far as I remember, Pages has never been a replacement of something like InDesign - that is the real target of Publisher. It was, as is, a very good way of publishing personal documents, posters, leaflets, but nothing comparable to s professional publisher, with detailed control on typography and color, and management of long documents.
Pages has something that Publisher still hasn't, like the great way of publishing eBooks, but I’m still convinced that this latter is not completely a job for page layout programs.
Paolo
I am not looking to publish ebooks. I was looking for a page layout program. I used InDesign for a long time before that I used Pagemaker, an old Adobe product. I'm a retired graphic designer but have been doing some freelance. I may just give up on freelance considering my 2019 macbook pro was $3,000 and I can't update to Affinity 2 because I don't want to update my OS due to iTunes being taken away. I also refuse to pay for Adobe's subscription program, as I am not doing graphic design full time. It appears that Apple's new practices to make things go obsolete faster and faster, all of course to make more money. I probably won't buy another mac. I've starting oil painting, it's fun and my teacher said I could get to the point where I can sell my work. So maybe I'll just paint and go back to silversmithing.
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1 hour ago, Corgi said:
One idea I had was for Serif to make an exception to their v1 license agreement such that v1 licenses are transferable to systems which are running an OS that v2 doesn't support. In other words, a user running an older version of Windows 10 or MacOS could activate a v1 license on their system, which they get from some other user who no longer needs v1.
The benefits of that are: People like @michie get to use Affinity products, Serif doesn't lose revenue due to transferred licenses cannibalizing v2 revenue for these old systems, and Serif doesn't have to make any changes to their store or executables.
The problems: Unless Serif does some work, there will still be the problem of product keys being tied to the original purchaser's email address, and unless Serif makes changes somehow, they won't be able to enforce the OS restriction. So allowing such license transfers might in fact cannibalize some v2 revenue for dishonest users.
On the other hand, with respect to that latter concern, Serif already relies on the goodwill of users not to sell/transfer v1 licenses. So it's not really requiring any more honesty on the part of the user base. Serif could just say they allow unused v1 licenses to be applied to someone else's downrev system and leave it at that.
Or, if they don't want to deal with that, they could simply put v1 back up for sale at a reduced price, with suitable warnings that it's a version with limited support.
I would really appreciate if Affinity would put V1 back up for sale even with limited support. I believe it would help people in my same situation. I still want Affinity Publisher. Crogi, I want to add that you have been very helpful and kind in trying to accomplish what many other companies would not. I appreciate you. 🙂
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On 11/13/2022 at 7:29 AM, Dangerous said:
Why would you expect an old version of a program to open the files of a new version with incompatible features and why would you want to?
If you are 'trying out' a new program it make sense to duplicate the file and open the dup or open the file and SAVE AS giving it a similar name just in case till you are ready to commit fully to the new program. When I try things I'm not sure about I copy the files (have copied over 10 gig of files 'just in case') so I don't mess up. Commonsense really.
The reason compatibility between V1 and V2 is important is that a file that is created in an old version may need editing from clients. So a graphic designer would have to keep both programs and the downfall is that the old one isn't going to supported. That's a huge issue.
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56 minutes ago, deeds said:
10.13.6 is the last version of MacOS with the original, non iOS riddled font handling, and many other benefits of not having become contorted to bring compatibility with iOS apps.
It's also the last version that runs light and fast with Audio apps with minimal intrusion from the T1/T2 and subsequent efforts at security, and the last before obligatory forms of app signing and new forms of hardware encryption that have all sorts of side effects for serious pro work.
Some professional software recognises this. Ableton Live is one of the best. Sadly, most professional software companies have decided to follow Apple's strong encouragement of only supporting later Mac and iOS versions as Apple considers this a great way to sell upgraded, newer systems...
In other words planned obsolescence. It's getting really tiresome. Everyone is so worried about plastic grocery bags but there is a ton more waste that from planned obsolescence, in my opinion. I actually probably won't buy an apple computer next time and it's the only type I have ever bought since I started using computers.
- DDesignDude and PaoloT
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9 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said:
I'm struggling to do for you what I wanted to do, as I can no longer see V1 available on our system (it's been deprecated as an application). My plan was for you to buy Publisher V2, but to ALSO drop a license for Publisher V1 into your account, but I simply haven't found a way to do that yet, so didn't come back to the thread suggesting it. I'll see if anyone can suggest a way I can give you a macOS Publisher 1. If I cannot then I'm sorry to have wasted your time
Not a waste of time at all. You attempted gave me an option, that was kind of you and much appreciated. 🙂
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9 hours ago, Patrick Connor said:
If you already have V1 DON'T WORRY AND DON'T BUY V2. As I said you will find it in the store you already bought it on.
What is your OS and where did you get V1?
I purchase V1 designer and photo on the affinity website but did not buy publisher at the time. I think it was in 2020 but am not sure what OS I was using at the time. I just have decisions to make. Thanks for your replies.
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1 hour ago, myclay said:
point is; the Thread here is about a user who complained not to get V1 licenses.
Serif team responded and says they can give V1 licenses when V2 is purchased.
its a fantastic deal especially considering that V1 will get some compatibility patches.Um I did not complain, it was a suggestion to Serif Affinity, to make V1 available for people in the same situation as me. I get that's buying V2 is a good deal but at this point I am trying to make the decision if I am going to keep doing freelance work. I am not as proficient with Affinity Photo and Designer. I used Adobe Creative Suite it for so many years that I was super fast and knew where every tool was and all the key commands.
The graphic design industry has changed a great deal, there are cheaply priced designers that can be found online from overseas. There are some clients just don't care that much about quality design and skills and are okay with just getting the job done cheaply. I guess only large design firms get the clients that care about excellent design and have the clients that will pay for the talent and skills.
I've been very lucky and had a good career that I loved as a graphic designer. Now retired from graphic design and only do small jobs once in awhile. So it's on me if I really want to keep putting money into expensive computers and keep buying programs. I have appreciated having an option to use non subscription graphics suite (didn't buy V1 publisher at the time). So it's on me to make up my mind. Thanks for everyone's input.
- Adalbertus and myclay
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44 minutes ago, Distill7 said:
He said that you have to purchase Publisher V2 in order for him to be able to arrange a V1 license.
Since I would be unable to use V2 it would be kind of useless for me to purchase that version. I wanted to purchase V1 of publisher which I am sure other people would be in the same situation and why I asked. Oh well, I appreciate your clarifying what he said though, as I misunderstood.
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2 hours ago, Patrick Connor said:
Did you already buy V1 before we launched V2 or not? If you are, then you will still find it in the store where you bought it.
If you don't own V1 yet, then buy V2 at the current discounted price, come back and post here and I can arrange for you to get a copy of V1 instead.
I did already bought V1 of Affinity Photo and Designer a few years ago. What I want is V1 of Publisher. I can't use V2 because my OS on my macbook pro is 10.14.6 (please read my original post). I had downloaded the trial V2 and it doesn't work on my macbook due to my not wanting to upgrade my OS and losing itunes.
If you can arrange for me to get a V1 of Publisher that would be great, thanks so much.
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I downloaded trial version Affinity 2 but cannot use it as I have a macbook pro that is OS 10.14.6. I don't want to upgrade my OS as I do not want to lose itunes. I paid $3,000 for my macbook pro in 2019 so I am not about to buy a new one. I purchased Affinity 1 Photo and Designer. Since I cannot use Affinity 2 and would like to have Affinity 1 Publisher. Would Affinity put the old versions of the programs back up for sale? I know I am not the only person in this situation. Thanks for reading and please consider putting the Affinity 1 programs back up for sale.
michie
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On 11/9/2022 at 4:44 PM, kat said:
Just bought v2 but I'm on 10.14.6. How do I get a refund. So sad.
I was really excited about an updated Affinity 2 suite. I downloaded the 30 trial. Unfortunately my 2019 macbook pro still has OS version 10.14.6 as well. The reason is I want to keep this particular version of the OS is that I want to keep itunes and if I upgrade I will lose that.
Honestly 2019 isn't that old of a computer for these programs not being compatible. Very disappointing.
Making Affinity 1 available for purchase/download for those who cannot use Affinity 2
in Feedback for the Affinity V2 Suite of Products
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Hello,
I downloaded Scibus for page layout, it's free, adequate... meh. I just decided to quit doing freelance, it was onlyt small amounts as, I'm a retired graphic designer. I have taken up oil painting and it's super satisfying, there's an irony though. A few of the experienced painters in the class have ipad pro's with procreate and it's very helpful with the grid lines (which affinity photo also does) for setting up proportions on composition sketches on the canvas. Now I want an ipad pro (though it's not a must have), if I end up getting one, I will likely buy the affinity suite if it goes on sale again. I find the irony kind of amusing. Give Scribus a try and best of luck to you.