Fernando Ribeiro Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Same issue as another used reported for Publisher. Photo not longer starts. Macbook Pro M2 2022 / Ventura 13.2.1 Using control on startup (Clear User Defaults and Don't restore ...), didn't work. Tried also with Reset studio but didn't work. Let me know if you want me to send the crash report. Quote Macbook Pro // M2 16GB // Ventura 13.2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Hi @Fernando Ribeiro, I believe this is an issue with the mru.dat file, the suggested advice here is to rename the mru.dat file (to something like mru(org).dat though it doesn't matter how you rename it) which you will find located here... /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Affinity Photo 2 Beta/mru.dat Hopefully, that will allow you to run Photo again without issues... Patrick Connor 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2415) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2415) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2415) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Ribeiro Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 Thank you @Hangman It worked. Quote Macbook Pro // M2 16GB // Ventura 13.2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Ribeiro Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 39 minutes ago, Fernando Ribeiro said: Thank you @Hangman It worked. But now when I try to open a file from Beta on the regular version 2 I get a warning that the file as features from a later version of Affinity and cannot be opened. testefile.afphoto Quote Macbook Pro // M2 16GB // Ventura 13.2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 19 minutes ago, Fernando Ribeiro said: But now when I try to open a file from Beta on the regular version 2 I get a warning that the file as features from a later version of Affinity and cannot be opened. Isn't that the expected behaviour, as the beta is a later version than the current release version! Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Ribeiro Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 On 3/4/2023 at 1:55 PM, PaulEC said: Surely that is expected behaviour, as the beta is a later version than the current release version! Well, I've been using Beta and the regular version with the same files and hadn't had a problem yet. Only now. Can you please try to open the file I've attached on the previous post, on the regular version, and see if the alert pops ? Thanks Quote Macbook Pro // M2 16GB // Ventura 13.2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 I've tried it and get the same message. Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Yes, files from the latest 2.1 beta cannot be opened in 2.0.4. Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF My system: Affinity 2.4.2 for macOS Sonoma 14.4.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 51 minutes ago, Fernando Ribeiro said: But now when I try to open a file from Beta on the regular version 2 I get a warning that the file as features from a later version of Affinity and cannot be opened. There's appears to be something wrong with your testefile.afphoto file as it is only 8KB in size. I can open it in the latest Beta .1713 but it's just a blank 72dpi 1,920px x 1,080px document containing no layers... Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2415) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2415) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2415) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 19 hours ago, Hangman said: There's appears to be something wrong with your testefile.afphoto file as it is only 8KB in size. I can open it in the latest Beta .1713 but it's just a blank 72dpi 1,920px x 1,080px document containing no layers... Possibly just a quick blank file uploaded to show the opening issue Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Ribeiro Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 6 hours ago, carl123 said: Possibly just a quick blank file uploaded to show the opening issue Your correct. Just a blank file. Quote Macbook Pro // M2 16GB // Ventura 13.2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu schwendener Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) 2 of 3 pictures opened fine, the third one crashes the Photo Beta. File is opening fine in release build. MacBook Pro. Can upload the whole crash report if it helps. Happened a few minutes ago, also happening with other pictures now.Edit: restarting the Mac did not help. Gets as far as stating "loading 1 document", then quits. Also crashes (as described by others) when I just want to open it without importing a photo. Edited March 5, 2023 by manu schwendener added detail Quote manuschwendener.ch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted March 6, 2023 Staff Share Posted March 6, 2023 this is the MRU.dat problem - delete/rename the file as reccomended by Hangman on the 2nd post in this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu schwendener Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 But it's not working as it should yet for Fernando Ribeiro, if I read the posts correctly. Quote manuschwendener.ch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Ribeiro Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 34 minutes ago, manu schwendener said: But it's not working as it should yet for Fernando Ribeiro, if I read the posts correctly. It's working after deleting the MRU.dat file. Quote Macbook Pro // M2 16GB // Ventura 13.2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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