Lukc666 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 I installed Affinity Publisher on a new M1 macbook pro and moved my main work files to icloud to have access from both the new and old machines. File Structure: icloud > project folder > project file (originally c. 7 MB) icloud > project folder > assets > linked image files (total c. 500 MB) Quite soon I noticed that Publisher became very unresponsive and saving a file took a long time. After checking, I saw that the project file was mushrooming with each save. Soon it had grown from around 6 MB to 750 MB plus. Eventually, after some online digging, I tested the following "hack-around" which brought the project file back to its normal size: 1. open resource manager 2. make all (apparently) linked files embedded 3. make all embedded files linked 4. save project file However, the file bloat returns regularly and I have to do the "linked > embedded > linked" trick every few days. Has anyone else come across this bug? Does anyone have any clue what's going on? I suspect some kind of interaction between Publisher and iCloud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted April 11, 2022 Staff Share Posted April 11, 2022 Hi @Lukc666, I can confirm that this is a known issue specific to M1 Macs which is logged with the developers for resolution. This file bloat issue can occur when files are saved to both iCloud or locally. Lukc666 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukc666 Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 Ah! Thank you for the clarification — I had thought about doing some local-only disk tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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