RBorzea Posted September 25, 2023 Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) I attempted to search the forum and online but could not find this answer. Does anyone know where these macros get stored into if its a path? If not I know I can export the current macro which is fine but for knowledge base wise I'd like to know. Also is there a bug in the Photo 2.2 when creating/recording a macro and saving it saves the file extension of *.afmacro without the "s" at the end, and even if you add it and attempt to import it states its not a valid macro... This may be a end user issue haha but maybe someone can clarify that, and how to import it back once saved. Edited September 25, 2023 by RBorzea better wording Quote
v_kyr Posted September 25, 2023 Posted September 25, 2023 33 minutes ago, RBorzea said: Also is there a bug in the Photo 2.2 when creating/recording a macro and saving it saves the file extension of *.afmacro without the "s" at the end Which is correct even it might look puzzling, as there is a difference between a Macro (*.afmacro file) and Libraries (*.afmacros file) here. See related ... Macros Macro panel Library panel *.afmacro files imported via the macro panel *.afmacros files are imported via the libraries panel Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
RBorzea Posted September 25, 2023 Author Posted September 25, 2023 V_Kyr, thanks for that clarification! I see that now. Quote
v_kyr Posted September 25, 2023 Posted September 25, 2023 56 minutes ago, RBorzea said: Does anyone know where these macros get stored into if its a path? On macOS APh v1 from MacApp Store these are stored in a macros.propcol file under ... ~/Library/Containers/com.seriflabs.affinityphoto/Data/Library/Application Support/user/macros.propcol ... so in a user related APh library path. Under APh V2.2 I would expect those to be then instead placed in a macros.propcol file under the users home ".affinity/..." path. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
walt.farrell Posted September 25, 2023 Posted September 25, 2023 1 hour ago, RBorzea said: Does anyone know where these macros get stored into if its a path? If not I know I can export the current macro which is fine but for knowledge base wise I'd like to know. The FAQ shows were the various .propcol files are stored: Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Markowolf333 Posted March 24 Posted March 24 I know where macros are located within the application, and none of the replies show where they are physically located in the hard drive. In Affinity Photo, where are macros stored on the hard disk of a Windows 11 PC? I want to back them up in one go instead of having to export the individual groups. I have tried searching in File Explorer for afmacro under my user profile, but couldn't find anything. Any help will be much appreciated. Quote
Komatös Posted March 24 Posted March 24 3 hours ago, Markowolf333 said: where they are physically located in the hard drive. The paths have changed for most of the additional content. For MSIX installations enter (c&p) %userprofile%/.affinity/common/2.0/user in the file explorer path line. For MSI/Exe installations the path is %appdata%/Affinity/Common/2.0/user All additional (common) content is stored here in .propcol files. Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
Markowolf333 Posted March 25 Posted March 25 21 hours ago, Komatös said: The paths have changed for most of the additional content. For MSIX installations enter (c&p) %userprofile%/.affinity/common/2.0/user in the file explorer path line. For MSI/Exe installations the path is %appdata%/Affinity/Common/2.0/user All additional (common) content is stored here in .propcol files. Hello, thanks for your reply. So the file I'm looking for is macros.propcol? Therefore you don't see the individual macros just the collection in the file macros.propcol So if I was to back this file up, I could add it at a later date if I re-built my Windows PC? Quote
Komatös Posted March 25 Posted March 25 4 hours ago, Markowolf333 said: So if I was to back this file up, I could add it at a later date if I re-built my Windows PC? Yes, but you should back up the entire shared folder. This folder also contains the licensing information. Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
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