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Hello,

Everytime I start AFD or AFPHO I need to reload my custom preferences.
How do I keep them active without the need of reloading them everytime ?

Thanks.

Mac Studio M1
 

Posted

Which preferences are you referring to? And which OS do you use?

The application Preferences (e.g., from Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Affinity Designer > Preferences (Mac)) should be remembered if you successfully close the application after setting them.

The Studio panel layouts should also be automatically remembered when you successfully close the application.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

Posted

AFD > Preferences (Mac)

I set my preferences and saved them. I then work.
Close the app and when I restart I have to reload them.

I saved my preferences in a folder. Maybe this is the reason ?

Mac Studio M1
 

Posted
3 minutes ago, Albo said:

I saved my preferences in a folder.

What does that mean? The application does not give me any option for where to save them (on Windows). I just Close the Preferences dialog and they are saved automatically.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

Posted
5 minutes ago, Albo said:

You can choose  where to save them on Mac.

So, you're not talking about Preferences in general, but specifically about Keyboard Shortcuts?

The Keyboard Shortcuts you establish should be saved automatically when you Close the Preferences dialog, and Close the application.

That should not be related in any way to where you Save/Load a keyboard shortcuts file from, as far as I know.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

Posted

I have done the same as you, I saved the keyboard shortcuts in a folder in my documents folder here on Mac.

I have never had to "Reload" them. The shortcuts I make remain active all the time through various updates of the Designer, Photo and Publisher. Not to mention quitting the applications and restarting the computer over months and months.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

Posted
4 minutes ago, Albo said:

You can choose  where to save them on Mac.

This is meant only for your keyboard shortcuts AND as an additional copy.

Once you have set custom shortcuts they get saved in the apps pref folder (regardless of being saved additionally via the button).

~/Library/Application Support/Affinity Designer/shortcuts.affshortcuts

macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1

Posted

Thank you all.

Yes. Should have mentioned keyboard shortcuts!

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Once you have set custom shortcuts they get saved in the apps pref folder (regardless of being saved additionally via the button).

Strange that I have to reload. I will remove them and start from scratch and see what happens.

Mac Studio M1
 

Posted

Where are you saving them? As I said I saved mine to a folder in my Documents Folder, not the "~/Library/Application Support/Affinity Designer/shortcuts.affshortcuts" location.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

Posted

Ok. Everything works fine.
I was making the wrong assumption that I needed to save the preferences.
If I simply modify them and close the window then everything is fine.
I can save them if I need a specific workflow with shortcuts.

Also had a few preferences file in the folder I created so I trashed those to start fresh.

Mac Studio M1
 

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