Heinrichdsf Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 I'm finding when using the Export Persona, saving to a Google Drive location locally, that it freezes and I just keep getting the spinner. I then have to force quit. However, when I use File > Export to a Google Drive location it does not Freeze. Not ideal as I don't get the features I rely upon from the Export persona. I'm on the latest version of the software (1.10.4) and also Mac Os (12.0.1 Monterey). What's going on? JokeRat 1 Quote
Staff Lee D Posted December 21, 2021 Staff Posted December 21, 2021 We do have some issues regarding saving and cloud drives logged with our developers and some of them relate to Google Drive. Ideally I suggest saving locally first and then move the files to Google Drive manually, same applies to loading files. As we've found that saving/loading directly to cloud drives can increase the risk of data corruption. Quote
Heinrichdsf Posted December 21, 2021 Author Posted December 21, 2021 I see. My sync to the cloud is always paused when I'm working so it's really saving locally on the Google Drive folder. I then at the end of the day resume the file sync. Does this make any difference? It's very furstrating as Google Drive is part of my work-flow. Any idea when we'll see a fix? JokeRat 1 Quote
Heinrichdsf Posted January 12, 2022 Author Posted January 12, 2022 I need to add that the same issue is happening when saving to my desktop. JokeRat and SnapArtboardsToPixels 2 Quote
SnapArtboardsToPixels Posted January 24, 2022 Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 5:07 AM, Heinrichdsf said: I need to add that the same issue is happening when saving to my desktop. Same for me, it seemed like that the local export was working but now I've noticed that both are crashing during most exports. Heinrichdsf and JokeRat 2 Quote
JokeRat Posted May 25, 2022 Posted May 25, 2022 I have the same problem. Interestingly enough it only happens on my Mac, not on my PC. (maybe that gives some more clues for solving this issue) But I'm with Heinrichdsf, Google Drive is essential for my business workflow and saving locally/move manually isn't a valid solution for me. Any new insights when this issue will be tackled? Quote
JokeRat Posted June 29, 2022 Posted June 29, 2022 Does anyone have some news on this? It's really not bearable for my workflow, as some files are "stuck", because as soon as the export modular window opens, Affinity freezes and I'm not able to change the directory to a local folder. Quote
JokeRat Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 Okay, I think I have a solution. It seems that it's a problem between Google Drive and MacOS, or better Spotlight. I did the following: - Go to System Preferences > Spotlight - Go to 'Privacy' (Tab) - Hit '+' and add your Google 'drive' to prevent Spotlight to search through it. With this, I didn't have any issues so far. Hope it helps. Heinrichdsf 1 Quote
Heinrichdsf Posted August 15, 2022 Author Posted August 15, 2022 Hi @JokeRat, interesting solution. I'vejust applied those changes and will monitor how Designer exports. I'll post my feedback here. JokeRat 1 Quote
Heinrichdsf Posted August 24, 2022 Author Posted August 24, 2022 Well, initially a few exports worked fine but as they days went on the same old problem occurred. Sadly this is not a working fix. Affinity, please can you guys get to the bottom of this. Quote
SnapArtboardsToPixels Posted August 31, 2022 Posted August 31, 2022 Sad this is still going on, I went back to illustrator because a crash every second export was just unusable. Quote
norbinw Posted September 7, 2022 Posted September 7, 2022 I'll be thinking HARD on throwing out money again for an Affinity app, if V.2 ever comes out and they charge again for it, as rumors say :)) You can find the workaround in my year old post. Aka. let it crash 2-3x, then DON'T turn off your mac. After every mac restart, it WILL crash 2-3x. While I do understand Affinity has a staff of 10 or so, I do not consider it OK to let errors like this linger for a full year or more. And other bugs too that make you lose money and time to find workarounds. SnapArtboardsToPixels and Heinrichdsf 2 Quote
Like, would like more if… Posted September 9, 2022 Posted September 9, 2022 On 12/17/2021 at 4:29 PM, Heinrichdsf said: I'm finding when using the Export Persona, saving to a Google Drive location locally, that it freezes and I just keep getting the spinner. I then have to force quit. However, when I use File > Export to a Google Drive location it does not Freeze. Not ideal as I don't get the features I rely upon from the Export persona. I'm on the latest version of the software (1.10.4) and also Mac Os (12.0.1 Monterey). What's going on? Same thing with using a collaborative dropbox set up with synced local files. Always fails to export first time (of the day, switch off overnight). Seems to work fine after App restart. Quote Mac Studio M1 Max 32GB RAM running Sequioa 15 OS ASUS ProArt screen and Hewlett Packard HD second screen. Affinity Suite 2.5.5 and Beta releases
devanbumstead Posted September 9, 2022 Posted September 9, 2022 I'm finding the exact problem when exporting to Dropbox as well. App crashes, then it works the second time. This is repeatable every time. Mac OS 12.5.1 | App 1.10.5 | 2021 Apple M1 Max MacBook Pro | Multiple external hard drives are connected as well as a secondary monitor. But issue seems to land squarely on the Export Persona's ability to export to Dropbox (or any cloud storage evidently). Quote
Heinrichdsf Posted September 30, 2022 Author Posted September 30, 2022 On 9/9/2022 at 10:44 PM, devanbumstead said: I'm finding the exact problem when exporting to Dropbox as well. App crashes, then it works the second time. This is repeatable every time. Mac OS 12.5.1 | App 1.10.5 | 2021 Apple M1 Max MacBook Pro | Multiple external hard drives are connected as well as a secondary monitor. But issue seems to land squarely on the Export Persona's ability to export to Dropbox (or any cloud storage evidently). My experience varies. Most of the time it just keeps crashing so I don't even bother using the export persona (not great when you are a web designer and rely on it). Then on very rare occasions, when I am feelign lucky, I chance using it and it works. However mine crashes no matter where I try to save the files to; local or cloud storage. Quote
Bambao Posted November 10, 2022 Posted November 10, 2022 On 1/25/2022 at 6:16 AM, SnapArtboardsToPixels said: Same for me, it seemed like that the local export was working but now I've noticed that both are crashing during most exports. Same issue here, even in V2 version. Every time I'm in Export Persona and exporting a file, the moment I want to select a folder Designer is freezing up. Thought V2 would have solved this problem but no!!! Mac OS Ventura 13.0.1 | App 2.0.0 | 2022 Apple M1 Max Studio Quote
Heinrichdsf Posted November 15, 2022 Author Posted November 15, 2022 Same happening with the new V2 Trial...dissapointing. Quote
SnapArtboardsToPixels Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 I kind of am glad I can not buy a version until they fix this. Quote
Heinrichdsf Posted December 14, 2022 Author Posted December 14, 2022 I was enjoying the non-freezing while working on Windows! I'm back on my Mac now and it's still freezing upon export even with v2..."sigh" SnapArtboardsToPixels 1 Quote
Rriver Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 In my case, exporting a single file (slice) works fine, but Designer freezes when I try to export multiple slices at once by clicking on the button at the bottom of the slice panel. When it freezes, I have to force quit the app in order to do anything else. Once you are able to save a single file to a folder, though, it lets you export multiple slices. But then, when you try to export multiple slices at once with another file, Designer freezes after showing the finder dialog. It has happened on V1 and continues to do so on V2. I use the following: macOS Ventura 13.1 Affinity Designer 2.0.4 Mac Studio 2022 M1 Max I use Google Drive and it is running in the back, but I am saving files on the local drive, not to the Google Drive folder. I also use Adobe Creative Cloud storage, and I usually save to a folder which is synced with it. I really hope this gets fixed soon. genki 1 Quote
Gurgamel Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 Same issue for me, really messes up the workflow and efficiency. Shame that it is not fixed in v2. Must be a very common problem for many people who use the app. Only tried with OS X Quote
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