VectorCat Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Is it too soon to know whether there are problems for Affinity software running on a Mac with Catalina as the OS? Affinity are my main tools. If Catalina brings problems, I can wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Mojave, Catalina and Apple Photos are currently not working, as designed. I also have problems with iPad Pro and AP USB drive, if that is important to you. I enjoy AP as a hobby, not a professional, so I can afford to wait for updates, which will follow. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&q=Catalina&sortby=newest&search_and_or=and&page=1 https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/designer/full-feature-list/ Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 29, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 29, 2019 Hi VectorCat The main Catalina issue we're aware of is as Cecil mentioned, when using AP & Catalina we're currently unable to save back to Apple Photos, although our developers are looking to fix this asap. AFAIK there are minimal other 'OS specific' bugs with Affinity and Catalina, but the forum search provided by Psenda may help here. 2 hours ago, Pšenda said: https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/designer/full-feature-list/ This section of our website is due to be updated very shortly and will include Catalina 10.15 in our official list of supported operating systems Pšenda 1 Quote Please Note: I am now out of the office until Tuesday 2nd April on annual leave. If you require urgent assistance, please create a new thread and a member of our team will be sure to assist asap. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 On 10/29/2019 at 2:28 AM, Dan C said: Hi VectorCat The main Catalina issue we're aware of is as Cecil mentioned, when using AP & Catalina we're currently unable to save back to Apple Photos, although our developers are looking to fix this asap. AFAIK there are minimal other 'OS specific' bugs with Affinity and Catalina, but the forum search provided by Psenda may help here. This section of our website is due to be updated very shortly and will include Catalina 10.15 in our official list of supported operating systems Is there any new information about Affinity Products and how well they work with Catalina? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 16 hours ago, VectorCat said: Is there any new information about Affinity Products and how well they work with Catalina? Thank you! I just put “Catalina” in the Search box for these forums. Several entries. Personally, I don’t see any reason to gum up my iMac with it. Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 That’s the beauty of macOS upgrades, users choice, Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Cecil said: That’s the beauty of macOS upgrades, users choice, This is true for every OS. It is always up to the user to decide if he needs the latest OS/application to work. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, Pšenda said: This is true for every OS. It is always up to the user to decide if he needs the latest OS/application to work. Thank you, it was tongue & cheek response. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 One concern regarding updating the OS is about security updates. Jowday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 2 hours ago, VectorCat said: One concern regarding updating the OS is about security updates. When Apple ceases to supply security updates I upgrade to a new(ish) OS. That hasn't happened to me in yonks though. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 How long is a ‘yonk?’ DbeeBotanicalArt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 16 hours ago, Cecil said: That’s the beauty of macOS upgrades, users choice, Except that if you buy a new Mac, it probably will not run a macOS version older than the one originally installed on it when you bought it. There are hacks that sometimes make it possible to install an older OS version but since older macOS versions may lack hardware level support for some of the subsystems in the newer Macs, that older OS version either may not boot the Mac at all or cause instabilities or other problems. Personally, the only reason I would like to run Catalina is for the Sidecar feature, but since my iMac is too old to meet the minimum requirements for that, I have no good reason to install it. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted December 16, 2019 Staff Share Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/14/2019 at 11:25 PM, VectorCat said: Is there any new information about Affinity Products and how well they work with Catalina? As far as I'm aware, the main issue (and only Catalina OS specific that I can currently recall - although I'm certain there will be a few others) is the 'round trip' saving to Apple Photos. This is still with our developers to be fixed, however we're hopeful that the next beta version (and therefore retail update) should fix this issue for all users - both Catalina and non Catalina users alike! Quote Please Note: I am now out of the office until Tuesday 2nd April on annual leave. If you require urgent assistance, please create a new thread and a member of our team will be sure to assist asap. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 13 hours ago, R C-R said: Except that if you buy a new Mac, it probably will not run a macOS version older than the one originally installed on it when you bought it. There are hacks that sometimes make it possible to install an older OS version but since older macOS versions may lack hardware level support for some of the subsystems in the newer Macs, that older OS version either may not boot the Mac at all or cause instabilities or other problems. Personally, the only reason I would like to run Catalina is for the Sidecar feature, but since my iMac is too old to meet the minimum requirements for that, I have no good reason to install it. My first macOS was March 2019, Mojave. Always a Windows user, started UNIVAC 1050-II, 1966, my old Dell Studio and monitor were cremated. I jumped on the iMac and 5K monitor. I agree totally with Dan C, Apple Photos and AP problems. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Cecil said: My first macOS was March 2019, Mojave. My first Mac OS was System 7.1, first released in October of 1992, long before Apple switched to Intel CPUs. The first Intel Mac I owned was a 24" 2008 iMac, eventually upgraded to Snow Leopard (10.6) but not to Lion (10.7) or beyond because Snow Leopard was the last OS X version to support Rosetta, which allowed Intel Macs to run many PPC apps. Catalina is similar in that it will not run any 32 bit apps. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Well actually my first Apple OS was the ROM based OS in my Apple II, back in early '79. Then went to DOS. Ah remember what it was like to have whopping 16KB of RAM in your computer, which included screen memory. And another 16K cost about $100. But when you hit 48K you knew you could do anything without having to worry about running out of memory. But saving your programs onto an audio cassette was a nightmare. When the first floppy disk was released I rushed out to get one. Imagine being able to save 113.75 KB on each disk, it was heaven. Later I would drool over the hard drive I saw in computer stores, it actually held an unimaginable 5MB, wow. I couldn't justify it, there was no way I'd ever need 5MB storage. What a waste to pay what was being asked for something so impossibly huge. Joachim_L 1 Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Gear maker said: I couldn't justify it, there was no way I'd ever need 5MB storage. LOL! Back in the heyday of the 'classic' PPC-based Mac era, it did not take me long to almost fill the OEM 230 MB drive in my 'pizza box' style Mac Centris 660AV. I wanted to replace it with a Power Mac 8600 tower, in part so I could add a second aftermarket drive to its free 5.25" bay, but the 8600's were in short supply so I ended up getting a SuperMac S900/200 (a.k.a. the Pulsar 2000) clone instead. By the time I retired it a few years later, I had added to its OEM 2.1 GB drive two rather pricey high performance 1 GB HD's to it, both connected via a faster aftermarket "UltraSCSI" PCI card for a total storage capacity of 4.1 GB ... & all three drives were close to full. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 So...have macos catalina-specific issues been corrected? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hello VectorCat, If you are referring to the problems between AP and Apple Photos playing nicely together under Catalina then, no, this still hasn’t been fixed yet. Quote macOS 10.15.7 | 15" Macbook Pro, 2017 | 4 Core i7 3.1GHz CPU | Radeon Pro 555 2GB GPU + Integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 1.536GB | 16GB RAM | Wacom Intuos4 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 $80, for the 512 GB card, I guess 1 TB is possible. https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-400GB-microSDXC-Adapter/dp/B07SC7BZHR?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-ipad-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B074RNRM2B&th=1 Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Cecil said: $80, for the 512 GB card, I guess 1 TB is possible. https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-400GB-microSDXC-Adapter/dp/B07SC7BZHR?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-ipad-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B074RNRM2B&th=1 Any context with "Catalina + Affinity?" that escapes me? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Most likely misplaced/wrong-posted, done it myself often enough. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 14 hours ago, Pšenda said: Any context with "Catalina + Affinity?" that escapes me? 14 hours ago, Old Bruce said: Most likely misplaced/wrong-posted, done it myself often enough. I beg forgiveness @Pšenda that my failed attempt to quote R C-R post above failed, one which I do find puzzling that you felt a need to post that it was the only post that did not contributed to Catalina + Affinity. If you had alternative motivation, be specific. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 45 minutes ago, Cecil said: I beg forgiveness @Pšenda that my failed attempt to quote R C-R post above failed ... And my post was about @Gear maker's post about the first Apple OS ... which was in response to my earlier post about my first Mac OS being System 7.1 ... which was in response to your post about your first Mac OS being Mojave ... which was in response to my post about new Macs not being able to run older macOS versions. Joachim_L and Gear maker 2 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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