Vaclav Slovacek Posted September 28, 2022 Posted September 28, 2022 I cannot open file as Affinity Designer is stuck in Loading phase (in screenshot). I have worked on the file without problems. Then based on suggestion here I have enable Save with History to trace another issue happening in Designer: I have tried the following: Restore older version of the file from Time Machine. Restart Designer Restart macOS Tried opening in Publisher - also stuck Delete Designer and re-download it from AppStore Send the file over to my wife's MacBook (she COULD open it), she Saved As... the file and she sent it back to me and I still cannot open it I have macOS Big Sur, my wife has Monterey if that may be causing issues. I cannot share the document. If you give me upload link I will provide it. To be honest reliability seems to be a significant issue with Affinity. I really want to love the products as it is a great alternative to Adobe feature-wise. However I have burned a lot of time recovering from these issues. Quote
Vaclav Slovacek Posted September 28, 2022 Author Posted September 28, 2022 One more thing I have tried: Create a new file in Designer on my wife's MacBook Copy all layers from the original file Saved the new document Sent over to my MacBook Stuck on loading again Quote
Vaclav Slovacek Posted September 28, 2022 Author Posted September 28, 2022 Another try: I have reverted back to a Time Machine version from 25th Sep and still cannot open the file. I have opened it several times since then. So it seems the problem is not caused by the file itself but by Affinity Designer/Publisher on my system. Any ideas what is can be? How to fresh install them or something? Quote
Vaclav Slovacek Posted September 28, 2022 Author Posted September 28, 2022 OK. Resolved. Apparently one of the linked files exploded in size from 2MB to 350MB whan saved with history causing load to be stuck. unitof 1 Quote
unitof Posted December 6, 2023 Posted December 6, 2023 I'm experiencing this error as well for a (downloaded locally) file in iCloud Drive, but without any link I'm aware of, and certainly not a large one. Affinity Designer just sits for (presumably) ever at Loading 1 document. I got it on 2.2.1 (I believe), and thought updating to 2.3.0 might fix it, but so far same behavior. I did have to force quit, as quitting any other way raises an "At least one file is currently being opened. Please wait for files to load before quitting the application." dialog. Tried duplicating the file to my home directory, outside of iCloud Drive, but same issue when opening it. About to try a reboot and, when home, opening the same file on iPad to see if any different. Quote
MikeTO Posted December 6, 2023 Posted December 6, 2023 17 minutes ago, unitof said: I'm experiencing this error as well for a (downloaded locally) file in iCloud Drive, but without any link I'm aware of, and certainly not a large one. Affinity Designer just sits for (presumably) ever at Loading 1 document. I got it on 2.2.1 (I believe), and thought updating to 2.3.0 might fix it, but so far same behavior. I did have to force quit, as quitting any other way raises an "At least one file is currently being opened. Please wait for files to load before quitting the application." dialog. Tried duplicating the file to my home directory, outside of iCloud Drive, but same issue when opening it. About to try a reboot and, when home, opening the same file on iPad to see if any different. Hi, there is an FAQ for this issue. Can you confirm which version of macOS you are using? If it's Sonoma, when did you upgrade to it? Check the file in Finder and if it doesn't show as downloaded to your device, try downloading it from Finder before opening it in Affinity. Good luck! Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.3, MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) and iPad Air (M2)
unitof Posted December 6, 2023 Posted December 6, 2023 I did download the file, and it did show as downloaded locally in Finder/iCloud Drive. And I am on Sonoma 14.1.1 (23B81). Originally upgrade to Sonoma about a month ago, after the 14.1 stable release. However, did did just finally open, after "opening" for around half an hour! Possible iCloud Drive was doing some odd syncing in the background, it was showing an "uploading" indicator (for an entirely separate other file). Quote
Itomi Posted May 1, 2024 Posted May 1, 2024 This is a maddening error. When you configure a new mac or similar and try to open an Affinity file from iCloud the loading take AGES... and it's not a problem of downloading the file, it's Affinity that gets stuck on loading for literally hours and then suddenly, finally, opens the file. You have to solve this one guys Quote
Itomi Posted May 1, 2024 Posted May 1, 2024 Even if I download the project file from iCloud on my Mac, and I open it from the download folder... Affinity Designer get stuck on "loading one document"... makes no sense at all. Quote
MikeTO Posted May 1, 2024 Posted May 1, 2024 I think it has something to do with opening an iCloud document when your computer is busy syncing other iCloud files. I don't know why this is the case but others have found that waiting until macOS has finished its iCloud updates solves the problem. I agree it shouldn't be this way but it's what we know. Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.3, MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) and iPad Air (M2)
Joe Raymundo Posted May 22, 2024 Posted May 22, 2024 Having same problem, but now i cant figure out how to handle iCloud syncing… its going on weeks with me trying a bunch of different things. Quote
MikeTO Posted May 23, 2024 Posted May 23, 2024 Hi @Joe Raymundo and welcome to the forum. If you've been having problems for weeks then it's likely a different issue because the issue with upgrading to Sonoma generally resolves itself within 24 hours after iCloud finishes syncing in the background. Which version of macOS you are using? Try renaming the folder containing the images and other resources (or move the files so they're not in their original location) and then open the afpub document. Publisher will be unable to find them and will prompt you to relink the images. Cancel that for now - does the document open now? If so, then use the Resource Manager to try to relink the documents. Good luck! Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.3, MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) and iPad Air (M2)
Zaxonov Posted October 25, 2024 Posted October 25, 2024 I also have the same issues with a file stored on iCloud Drive. Also, while still downloaded locally, it won't open, supposedly because iCloud is stuck in a sync. I have this issues with other app while working on files that are on iCloud Drive. Apple drives me nuts with their iCloud Drive... issues like this has been going on for years. Quote
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