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I've installed a trial version on MAC of AF.

Eeach time I run the app I see this: 1689931083_CleanShot2022-08-23at12_51.29@2x.jpg.c76c3b243004d0f3689564ff21364032.jpg

 

What's going on?

I don't want to have any big file (2,93GB) on my desktop and wait several minutes for running the app.

What is this?

How to normally install the app?

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6 hours ago, Dan C said:

Hi @MichalM,

Welcome to the Affinity forums :)

A colleague has previously covered the Mac installation steps here -

Once the app has been installed, you can right click on the mounted disk icon on your desktop and select 'Unmount' to remove this.

I hope this helps!

The thing is...

after unmounting archive from my desktop and clicking the app icon - all the steps repeat again:

- icon is jumping

- archive is again mounted on desktop and I see a big file 

- I'm waiting serveral minutes for processing something (I don't know what)

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57 minutes ago, MichalM said:

The thing is...

after unmounting archive from my desktop and clicking the app icon - all the steps repeat again:

- icon is jumping

- archive is again mounted on desktop and I see a big file 

- I'm waiting serveral minutes for processing something (I don't know what)

That sounds like: 

1. You have an icon for the installer .dmg file on your desktop.

2. You are clicking on that icon, rather than on the icon for the installed application, which would not be on your desktop.

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52 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

That sounds like: 

1. You have an icon for the installer .dmg file on your desktop.

2. You are clicking on that icon, rather than on the icon for the installed application, which would not be on your desktop.

I'm clicking on the icon of installed app, inside DOCK.

But then 3GB archive appears on the desktop.

App is already installed. I want to run an app in 1 second ... without mounting anything, unpacking and get of rid of this big file on the desktop.

I don't understand what's going on.

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6 minutes ago, MichalM said:

App is already installed. I want to run an app in 1 second ... without mounting anything, unpacking and get of rid of this big file on the desktop.

If your Applications folder doesn't look like this then you have not installed Photo.

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Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear.

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

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52 minutes ago, MichalM said:

Yes. I have an icon in  the Application folder.

Is that the one in the Dock? Drag the one in the Dock out and away from the dock to remove it from the dock entirely. Now start Photo from the Photo Application Icon in the Applications folder.

Your problem really does sound like the Icon in the Dock is from the .DMG file and not the one in the Applications folder.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear.

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

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