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Hi. I have the Affinity Publisher app on both my iPad and MacBook Air. I wanted to sync them via Dropbox so that I could work on one device and, when I later open the file in another device, the changes will be there. I went to Affinity Preferences in Macbook and told it to link  Affinity Publisher to Dropbox, but instead Dropbox linked and uploaded my entire Documents folder into a folder it listed as Mac. It took me forever to drill down and find that folder, but I finally found and deleted it so my storage space is restored. (My account is free Basic, 2GB limit.)

I think when I clicked the Preferences to link to Dropbox, there was a popup that asked if Dropbox could access my Documents folder, but I don't think accessing is the same as uploading.

I went into Affinity Preferences to unlink Dropbox so it wouldn't happen again, but I still want to be able sync files between devices. So the question is, what did I do wrong and how can I link only Publisher with my Dropbox account? Should I just drag the folder where I keep afpub files into my Dropbox folder, or will that cause other problems?

Any advice appreciated.

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It sounds like your configuration of Dropbox is incorrect. The function in Publisher does not determine what gets synched, that's a setting in Dropbox itself. 

The setting in Publisher, if I understand it correctly, just ensures that if you use Dropbox, the links from Publisher documents to other linked files that happen to be stored in Dropbox will work correctly, and you won't have to Relink the linked files when you work on the other machine.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1

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14 hours ago, Red Sands said:

iCloud has some major drawbacks.

  1. Exchange of files with Windows is one long bad experience, the Windows client is badly coded and designed.
  2. No file versioning. I recovered quite a few documents in Dropbox when I discovered I had made some disastrous errors hours before. I do have a backup program but Dropbox and file versioning is better for this scenario.
  3. Dropbox just does a better job overall

I agree, except I'm on a Mac. I've used Dropbox for years and loved it, and I dislike how iCloud takes over everything in sight. For example, I don't even have the Documents folder checked in iCloud options, but it uploads them anyway and hogs storage space.

Someone in Dropbox tech contacted me, so hopefully he'll find out where the problem originated. In the meantime, I can upload the file to an "Affinity docs" folder in Dropbox when I'm finished in one device, and then access it from Dropbox if I need to open it in another device. Unfortunately, so far I'm finding that using Publisher in iPad is frustrating because it has limitations and isn't intuitive like the desktop app. (The reason I logged in tonight is to find out how to scroll from one page to the next to make editing changes.)  I don't think the iPad version is suitable for someone writing a novel, but it's probably good for those who want to create newsletters, brochures, blog posts and that sort of thing. 

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9 hours ago, Celeste Joseph said:

The reason I logged in tonight is to find out how to scroll from one page to the next to make editing changes.)

In case you haven't found that yet, you can use the Pages studio for navigation.

Or, if you enable the View Tool in Preferences/tools, its Context bar has a page navigator.

 

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1

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7 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Or, if you enable the View Tool in Preferences/tools, its Context bar has a page navigator.

??? I do not see a page navigator in the Context toolbar of Affinity Publisher V1 or V2.

Are you maybe thinking about the page navigator at the bottom left of the Status bar? That appears in all of the Affinity apps if the document has pages & it doesn't matter which tool is selected for it to appear.

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51 minutes ago, R C-R said:

??? I do not see a page navigator in the Context toolbar of Affinity Publisher V1 or V2.

Are you maybe thinking about the page navigator at the bottom left of the Status bar? That appears in all of the Affinity apps if the document has pages & it doesn't matter which tool is selected for it to appear.

Celeste was speaking of iPad in the comment I responded to.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1

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