MLE Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 I cannot register, I get "please wait a moment" on the screen. For a looooong time. MacBook Pro, Mojave 10.14.6 I also cannot see any of the tutorial videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted March 14, 2022 Staff Share Posted March 14, 2022 Hi @MLE, Welcome to the Affinity Forums Sorry to hear you're having trouble! In regards to registering the Affinity app, we'll need to move the attached .cfg file into the correct hidden folder for Affinity to detect this. If you open Finder, you should see the top menu bar on your Mac now has Finder options, if you hover over the Go menu, and hold down the Alt key, you should see that Library appears as an option in the list. Selecting this with the Alt key held down should launch an 'elevated' version of Finder, with no folders hidden. Once opened, navigate to the below folder - ~/Library/Application Support/Affinity Publisher/ You should see other files/folders here already, such as a 'user' folder. Simply copy and paste the afreg.cfg file into the 'Affinity Publisher' folder and restart the app. In regards to our tutorials, these are hosted on Vimeo.com, which I believe is blocked in certain geolocations. Can you please confirm for me, what region are you currently in? Does the below page display correctly and allow you to view any tutorials? https://affinity.serif.com/tutorials/publisher/desktop/ Many thanks in advance! afreg.cfg Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 I try and try...but I cannot get Affinity Designer to be able to register.. Although putting the afreg.cfg file in place the app won't let me register. System: Mac OS 12.3.1, Affinity Designer 1.10.5 (Mac App Store) on a M1 Max MacBook Pro. By the way - I also use the apps on my Intel iMac Desktop without issues in registering.... Also on the system Affinity Photo 1.10.5 (Mac App Store) and Affinity Publisher 1.10.5 (Serif store). they both work without issues in registering! Any help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Tom Lachecki Posted April 2, 2022 Staff Share Posted April 2, 2022 Hi @Nightshade, This indicates a problem with the data file used for this service. Looking in the "user" folder (visible at the far right of your screenshot), is there a file named ws.dat? If so, please close the app, rename the file to ws.dat.bak, then re-open the app and try again. If this fixes the problem, would you be willing to send over the ws.dat.bak file for analysis if we provide a Dropbox link? If not, please provide the full path to the Application Support directory shown so we can work out why that data file isn't being created properly. Thanks Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuberth Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 I have a similar problem with Affinity Designer, on the Mac OS X 12.4 only have a different structure of the path. of the program Affinity Designer version 1.10.5 with Affinity Photo, Publisher I have no problems with the login. Where can be buried the error ? Thanks a lot with kind regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted June 29, 2022 Staff Share Posted June 29, 2022 Hi @Schuberth, Welcome to the Affinity Forums Sorry to hear you're having trouble. Can you please provide a screenshot of the error message you're seeing in Designer? Many thanks in advance! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuberth Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I bought the software through your website. My operating system is OS X 12.4 The registration error mentioned here in the forum, with the designer still exists with the software version 1.10.5. here is one of the known screenshots Where can I register Affinity Designer online? to see if it works ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Tom Lachecki Posted June 30, 2022 Staff Share Posted June 30, 2022 Hi @Schuberth - I'd like to try checking something in your system installation. Could you do the following: Go to Designer's Preferences Under "General", click the button to open the Lens Profiles folder in Finder Type ⌥ + ⌘ + C to copy the full path of the folder to the clipboard Post that path here, or you can PM it to me Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuberth Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I do not quite understand them under general I see this screenshot 1 Where can I find the "Lens Profiles" folder? in the finder ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Tom Lachecki Posted June 30, 2022 Staff Share Posted June 30, 2022 Sorry, I forgot that button is only in Photo! If you could tell me the full/complete path of that ws.dat file, that would be very helpful. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convince Me Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Try Creating Missing Folder if Missing I purchased Affinity software many years ago and installed it on an older Mac Book. I wanted to install it on a newer device, but I had to sign in first. I couldn't sign in because I never registered my purchase/product. I fired up my old Mac where it's installed, and I received the same error messages in this thread--Hello. My old Mac runs High Sierra and can't be updated any further than that. For me, the "Affinity Photo" folder, where this thread says to copy the file "afreg.cfg" (where in other cases the file might need to be copied to "Affinity Publisher," "Affinity Designer," etc.), didn't exist--so, I created the folder "Affinity Photo", then I copied the "afreg.cfg" to it. I started my Affinity Photo software, tried to register, and this time it worked! I see missing folders in some of these previous posts too, and hope that this might help someone in the future. Tom Lachecki 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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