Affinity Photo Files fail to save after editing and/or RAW conversion

[arjay0249]

I recently updated my M1 iMac to Ventura OS 13.0

On two occasions I have not been able to save afphoto files, either after RAW conversion, or after editing. I am advised to close the file. If it is a RAW conversion then I have to reprocess the RAW file but again, I cannot save an .afphoto file. Initially I thought that perhaps the RAW file was corrupted.

Today I went to reprocess an  existing .afphoto file  for printing on a different paper and the same thing happened. I closed it and on reopening I was advised that a recovery file was available. I opened that, made adjustments but on trying to save it I had the same problem.

This is the first time I have encountered this problem in six years of using Affinity Photo. I am assuming it has something to do with the Ventura update as that is the only change I have made. I store, recover and save my photo files to an external 2Tb Samsung T5 SSD which I have found fast and reliable.

Exporting processed RAW conversions as a JPEG works, but I like to have the .afphoto file as a reference. 

 

I have enclosed screenshots of the error messages.

Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks.

 

[walt.farrell]

Possibly this Known Issue from the FAQ: 

Off-by-one in my copying; sorry. See below.

 

[arjay0249]

Nice thought Walt, but this is Affinity Photo on MacOS Desktop. Exporting and sharing use different options, neither of which lead to Print. The workaround suggested by Leigh won't work on OS 13.0 Ventura - I can't even get a Print dialogue box with cmd + P. I'll try updating the printer driver if Canon have updated for Ventura. They aren't the best at fast updates.

Thanks anyway 😊

[walt.farrell]

Sorry; copied the wrong FAQ entry.

 

[arjay0249]

Thanks Walt, I found that eventually and will now try saving locally until the issue is resolved.

Have a good day!

[arjay0249]

On 10/29/2022 at 2:56 PM, walt.farrell said:

Sorry; copied the wrong FAQ entry.

 

I think I have managed to fix this (unless Serif have done it first) While working on another problem where I couldn't get the Print Dialogue box to open in any of the Affinity apps, I ran the complete set of "Clean My Mac" tools which seems to have fixed both problems by removing system junk, binary files etc..