Publisher File Duplication/Syncing Issue

[mariadacus]

I purchased the full suite of Affinity Software with the intentions of using it on my laptop and iPad.  I created a Publisher document on my laptop, and placed all the related files and media in a Google Drive folder. When I tried to open it on my iPad I had all sorts of errors and issues.  I did some searching and discovered that it would work better if I saved the files via iCloud.  I transferred everything over and it worked.  I was able to open the file and sync it on my iPad.  HOWEVER, I now have an issue with saving the file.  Whenever I save the file on the iPad or laptop as I work back and forth, instead of saving over the current file, it creates a new file.  I just noticed I had myfile14.afpub - so 14 copies of my file.  Whenever I go to open the latest version of the file, all the media resources can't be found and I have to relink every single file. It's already a large file and I don't want to have to relink 100s of images as it grows larger.

I purchased this hoping for an easy - "wherever I am I can work on it" solution, but it's been very frustrating for me so far.  I don't know if this is a device issue, affinity issue, or iCloud issue. I'm attaching a screenshot of my iCloud. Please help.

[v_kyr]

Well take a look at this article here, if the author may does things probably slightly different for sharing between platforms ...

• How to work seamlessly between Affinity for desktop and iPad

[mariadacus]

Thank you.  I did read that article and am using the "Open" option on both devices and waiting for them to sync before opening. The article also states that any cloud storage service would work, but my iPad app could not open the files from my Google Drive.

[Dan C]

Hi @mariadacus,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums & I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble!

Unfortunately we're aware of a few issues with Google Drive and iPadOS and therefore recommend other Cloud services here on the Forums, as you've found.

In regards to the issue you're seeing with iCloud - can you please confirm your exact workflow between Desktop and iPad as I've not seen this being reported previously?

From a cursory Google Search, this issue is being reported elsewhere for multiple applications/files and appears to be an issue with iCloud - https://technology.siprep.org/icloud-sync-creating-duplicate-files-when-saving/

I'd recommend creating a new iCloud folder that is not within the 'Affinity Publisher' folder, then try saving your document here and opening it on iPad, once closed on desktop.

Please do let me know how you get on