Default location for Save As (and Export)

[Sharon Villines]

I still don't understand if the save to option is a feature of the Apple IO why the only program I have problems with is Affinity Photo. I save frequently to keep prior work. Having to check every time to be sure where the file will be saved to is irritating and frustrating and invites me to look for alternatives to Affinity.

Having the default change every time I open and save a file means I have recent copies of a file all over my laptop and have to remember to check to be sure I'm opening the most recent copy of the file. If I open a file from from a folder, I expect it to save back to exactly that folder unless I use "Save As" and change the location.

I have installed DefaultFolderX and it seems to work but I'm irritated to have to install an add on just to make Affinity safe to use.

[erkerkerk]

@Sharon Villines Agreed, this was one of a few major longstanding UX oversights that kept me from purchasing Affinity.

[mzisxx]

Hello
Are there any plans to add this feature? It would be really helpful.

[p10n]

100% Agree.

If I would start today, I would rather invest in Corel. But I am locked in with all my files in Affinity format...

[Digidoggy2]

 

We have been using all three Affinity apps on 20 mac workstations now for several years. Also we are teaching our students how to work with Affinity Photo. We are extremely frustrated with all Affinity apps choosing the last destination that was used for exports instead of the location of the original file. And now we feel even more frustrated as we found out that this topic is discussed since ages without any reaction! What can we do....go back to Adobe??????

 

[gw_westdale]

This keeps driving me crazy - I work on several things in the same day and each time I do a test export or save as new version I have to go through the same rigmarole.  There may be some customers who have multiple sources and all their exports go to a single folder but I cannot imagine working that way.  At the very least could we have this as an application level option.

 

[Unfocused711]

For me (on Windows 10), Affinity Publisher always tries to export to the last directory referenced. For example, if I add a photo to my document from my Photos directory, then it will default to export my pdf file to that Photos directory.  I have just replaced a photo from three different directories and, in each case, my subsequent export defaulted to each of those directories.  This is incredibly frustrating and could cause a costly error if I then sent the wrong pdf to be printed.  Surely there should be a default option that will always send my export to a specific directory, or to the same directory as the afpub file, or to the same directory that it was last saved to. Or something logical!  As it is, the behaviour is utterly ridiculous.  I do hope you can tell me that such an option exists somewhere and that I haven't spotted it or, at the very least, that something is in the pipeline to rectify this issue.

[gw_westdale]

Has anyone noticed that this thread is  EIGHT YEARS OLD  - is it just in the 'too hard' pile ? I cannot believe it would be a challenge to code.

[AllSaints]

Still waiting. 

[gw_westdale]

2 hours ago, AllSaints said:

Still waiting. 

I have , for once, raised a new topic to call attention. Bad practice, but I feel it is justfied in this case.

[p10n]

On 6/19/2024 at 2:57 PM, gw_westdale said:

Has anyone noticed that this thread is  EIGHT YEARS OLD  - is it just in the 'too hard' pile ? I cannot believe it would be a challenge to code.

I am desparate with the Affinity guys here.

What do they need to wake up? Bad reviews in the app store? A shitstorm on social media?

(Still using the workaround DefaultFolderX, otherwise I would get mad with this. I would seriously use Corel nowadays, if I did not have a lot of Affinity files around.)

[AliMu]

On 6/19/2024 at 3:57 PM, gw_westdale said:

Has anyone noticed that this thread is  EIGHT YEARS OLD  - is it just in the 'too hard' pile ? I cannot believe it would be a challenge to code.

It seems based on this rate, my requests will take a decade or so

And to answer your question, No, it's not hard to change the default exporting path, 2-3 lines of code should be enough

[lepr]

2 hours ago, AliMu said:

It seems based on this rate, my requests will take a decade or so

Based on the current rate, it will never happen 😀

[AliMu]

3 minutes ago, lepr said:

Based on the current rate, it will never happen 😀

Thanks, this helps a lot 😂

[Timothy Blinks]

One things for sure, I'm not going to buy the next major version if Affinity can't fix this tiny and incredibly annoying, time-wasting lack of a basic functionality.

I talked myself into the last upgrade because they finally added footnotes, which I reckoned was worth... something. Maybe not what I paid for it, but something.

Hey, screw votes, maybe if we get as many people as possible vowing not to give Affinity anymore $, there will be a change.

[Pšenda]

On 6/19/2024 at 2:51 PM, Unfocused711 said:

that will always send my export to a specific directory

I recommend using the File Explorer features (namely, pinning a folder to Quick Access so that the selection of a specific folder/folders is always quickly available), whose dialog is used for the standard Open, SaveAs and Export commands.