Update of Open File When Changed On iCloud

[skmwrp]

Hello,

Here's the scenario: Have an AD file on iCloud Drive opened on Mac. Go to work on it on iPad and save the changes back to iCloud.

Right now, to get the file open on the Mac to show these changes, we close it and then open it again.

Is there an easier, quicker, shortcut way to accomplish this? Because we do this like a hundred times a day. (Well, okay, dozens.)

Thanks. 

[Dan C]

Hi @skmwrp,

Unfortunately as far as I'm aware, you will have to close and re-open the file in Affinity to see the updated changes - my apologies.

You could have a Linked file placed in Publisher that would update on your desktop each time the file is changed in iCloud, however you wouldn't be able to edit the file in Publisher, simply display the updated changes.

Other users have requested more robust 'collaboration' tools that would allow for the document to update without being closed and this is something our devs may look into in the future.

I hope this helps

[skmwrp]

3 minutes ago, Dan C said:

Other users have requested more robust 'collaboration' tools that would allow for the document to update without being closed and this is something our devs may look into in the future.

Thanks, but this is a no-rush sort of thing with us. We were just wondering if there was something we were missing, like a Refresh menu item.

Keyboard shortcuts on AD iPad is what we have on our hopin'n'prayin' list. That would massively increase our productivity.

[R C-R]

6 hours ago, skmwrp said:

Keyboard shortcuts on AD iPad is what we have on our hopin'n'prayin' list.

There is already limited support for this: Open AD on your iPad, tap the gear icon at the top of the screen to open the Preferences window. The next to last item on the left should be Shortcuts, so tap that to get a list of the shortcuts on the right. If you want to change a shortcut tap on it to select it & (like with the desktop version) type the new shortcut on your keyboard.

But unfortunately, some items (like close) are not (yet?) supported.

[skmwrp]

9 minutes ago, R C-R said:

There is already limited support for this: Open AD on your iPad, tap the gear icon at the top of the screen to open the Preferences window. The next to last item on the left should be Shortcuts, so tap that to get a list of the shortcuts on the right. If you want to change a shortcut tap on it to select it & (like with the desktop version) type the new shortcut on your keyboard.

But unfortunately, some items (like close) are not (yet?) supported.

Thanks, we already use what we can.

It's the missing & broken stuff that's slowing us down: Undo (two-finger-tap response seems to be iffy), Redo (three-finger-tap is hard when you're holding an Apple Pencil and wearing an artist glove while the other hand is resting on a keyboard), Deselect (don't know how many times we've changed something that was selected somewhere on the zoomed-in screen), Brush Resize, Close Window, Hide UI (because it keeps reappearing when you pop open a studio to select something and then stays when you close the studio, and hitting that little target in the top right is a pain).

[R C-R]

10 minutes ago, skmwrp said:

Undo (two-finger-tap response seems to be iffy), Redo (three-finger-tap is hard when you're holding an Apple Pencil...

In Preferences Interface, there is an option to show Undo & Redo buttons. Enable that & they will appear at the bottom right of the screen (as < & > symbols). I find that much easier to use, with or without using the Apple Pencil.

[skmwrp]

Just now, R C-R said:

In Preferences Interface, there is an option to show Undo & Redo buttons. Enable that & they will appear at the bottom right of the screen (as < & > symbols). I find that much easier to use, with or without using the Apple Pencil.

Thanks, we already have them showing but, personally, I don't actually use them. Maybe I should try, because my two-finger-taps have been driving me crazy lately.

Still would prefer to rest my thumb on an Undo key, though. We use small numpads and remap the AD commands to that, and I have more than six buttons waiting patiently to be useful.

[R C-R]

11 minutes ago, skmwrp said:

Maybe I should try, because my two-finger-taps have been driving me crazy lately.

It may vary with iPad model but on my old 6th gen non-pro one, tapping with more than one finger is hit or miss in just about every app. That's part of why I use the buttons, which for me work great with the Pencil.

As for an Undo key, I think if it is anything like the desktop versions, it would have to be a regular key plus a modifier (most likely CMD) to be accepted. I do not know if a single key on a keypad could be remapped to that.

[skmwrp]

12 minutes ago, R C-R said:

As for an Undo key, I think if it is anything like the desktop versions, it would have to be a regular key plus a modifier (most likely CMD) to be accepted. I do not know if a single key on a keypad could be remapped to that.

It'd be no different than Save & Duplicate currently on the iPad. They have them set as Cmd-S/Cmd-J, but we mapped it to + and 7 on our keypad and they work.

Only Deselect is having a problem. It doesn't work with any key combination.