iPad Designer: Saving that goes on too long

[VectorCat]

I’m working on a file that’s about 77kb and is not complex: few shapes, no gradients. I just Saved and the spinning gear and “Saving” have been on the screen for several minutes. Given that this is a small, relatively simple file, what could be the reason for this unusually long save time?

thank you

[Dan C]

Hi @VectorCat,

There may be many reasons for this, such as other applications running on your iPad in the background, your save location (ie a cloud location) etc.

Can you please confirm for me:

• What model iPad are you using?
• What version of iOS is installed?
• What is your save location during the delay?

Are you able to provide a copy of this document here for me also?

Many thanks in advance

[VectorCat]

Thank you, Dan.

iPad Model: 12.9” iPad Pro 2nd Gen; iPad OS 15.5; Save Location during delay: iPad > Files > Affinity Designer

Pallet_iPad_Better_Perspective.afdesign

[Dan C]

Thanks for your file and information! I've tested this here on our iPad Pro 2nd gen and I'm seeing the file save locally in ~1sec, even after making changes.

Have you restarted your iPad recently? I'd recommend performing a Force Restart and then try saving once again. Does this change the save time for you please?

[VectorCat]

I did a restart after seeing the abnormally-long save. Had to force quite Designer, but my changes had been captured.

Thank you!

[Dan C]

My apologies, just to confirm - did the issue persist after the restart, or has this reduced the saving time?

[VectorCat]

My bad..I whiffed on that question. Yes, after the restart, I resumed work on the same file which had just taken an unusual amount of time to save, and found that subsequent savings took the usual amount of time - for this file, a few moments.

 

Thank you

[Dan C]

No problem at all, glad to hear this!