abfdesign Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Hi All Using Affinity Publisher, every now and then I 'Save As' to reduce file size to its minimum. I am currently working on a huge brochure that I have had to section because file size was too big over all. But today I have 'Saved As' and file sizes are now reduced form 150mb+ to less than 10mb. I upgraded last night to OS Catalina. Is this something to do with it? I am just worried incase I have inadvertently done something. So don't want to use the new files until I'm sure. They seem perfectly okay. Thanks Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abfdesign Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 To add to this above. I have just noticed the weirdest thing. The file sizes to some that I haven't even opened today have now reduced themselves. Any answers anyone? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanSG Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 I'm not a Mac user, but is it possible that the new OS is misreporting all file sizes? Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abfdesign Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 56 minutes ago, IanSG said: I'm not a Mac user, but is it possible that the new OS is misreporting all file sizes? Thanks. Files seem more manageable now too. I can't see anything wrong with the files, but not as clunky as they were before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abfdesign Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 Has anyone else found this (file size reduced as above)? I go to print this week. I just wanted to check I'm not doing something wrong. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 This is normal and expected behaviour. Like in many other (InDesign, Word, QuarkXPress, …), „Save“ simply adds newly created element to your file. Deleted element aren‘t really deleted (for speed reasons), but only flagged as „deleted“. A „Save As …“ will definitely clean up your file and save only the needed informations. This is the reason, why „saved as“ documents often are considerably smaller ompared to „saved“ documents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abfdesign Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 14 hours ago, mac_heibu said: This is normal and expected behaviour. Like in many other (InDesign, Word, QuarkXPress, …), „Save“ simply adds newly created element to your file. Deleted element aren‘t really deleted (for speed reasons), but only flagged as „deleted“. A „Save As …“ will definitely clean up your file and save only the needed informations. This is the reason, why „saved as“ documents often are considerably smaller ompared to „saved“ documents. Hi Yes I've always known about this (I often 'Save As' from time to time to minimise file size), but since Catalina upgrade the files are massively smaller. This is great, but it was quite surprising how different. So I was just checking if anyone else noticed this. Basically checking it wasn't a problem. I go to print this week on a brochure I have been working on for months. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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