Designer 2 Crash

[SymbioticDesign]

So as you might know, there is a new Mac OS out. I went to do the update, but Designer 2 wouldn't quit. It kept wanting to save my last 3 images, which I know had been saved. I tried Don't Save and Cancel. Cancel cancelled out the quit, I guess. Don't Save had to be select for each image, but then the program did not quit. 

When viewing the app, there was no active image. Nothing active in the menu, either. 

I finally selected Save on each image, figuring I had backup copies anyway. The program still did not quit. I then held down the touch ID button and did a hard shutdown. Upon booting up later, I got this error when MacOS reloaded everything that had been running...

Holy crap, I lost access to my microSDCard from the OS... but that's where I saved the screenshot. The update hasn't been installed yet, and that's where I saved the screen grab.

The error was like... Unable to connect with Affinity Software, make sure your release is current.

That microSDCard is also where I saved those last 3 image files (and others, trying to take the load off the SSD because it's soldered on the motherboard like a throw-away toy, now).

Well...

[firstdefence]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, for the future try force quitting before shutting down. How do you do that...

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From time to time, an app you’re using will hang, freeze, or fail to quit when you want it to. Luckily, there’s a built-in way to close a bothersome app, even when it refuses to quit normally.

In times like that, right-click the app’s icon in the Dock, then hold the Option key. This will change the Quit command in the context menu to Force Quit. Click this and the app should close, even if it isn’t responding. Alternatively, you can click the Apple icon in the menu bar and click Force Quit (or press Option, Command and Escape together), then choose the app from the Force Quit Applications window.

 

So the MicroSD card is now showing as Blank? if so your only option is to try a recovery app. 

[SymbioticDesign]

I was so disappointed that I just left everything and came back later. The microSDCard was back, all the files readable.

I was hunting for the force quit, but got so upset I couldn't handle it anymore.  It didn't show in the UI like it was supposed to. I was hunting for the key combo and just had had enough because without that microSDcard I couldn't do a thing.

It was a good time for a nap, anyway.