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21 minutes ago, Barbarazo said:

I bought it but can't access it in my application finder. I am constanly re installing it. Please help

Hi and welcome to the forums.

I assume you must have installed it from the Serif website which would have downloaded a DMG (disk image) file. Perhaps you have dragged the application icon from the DMG to the dock rather than the installed application's icon from Applications to the dock? That would explain why it keeps disappearing.

Good luck.

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Hi @Barbarazo,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums :)

As above, I suspect the Affinity app hasn't quite been installed correctly, causing the behaviour you're seeing.

The install process has previously been covered by my colleague MEB, could you please check the steps shown below post and ensure you're following this workflow exactly with the downloaded .DMG file?

Once you have installed the app using this method, you should find it appears within your Applications folder and should be retained here, as expected.

I hope this helps!

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7 hours ago, MikeTO said:

Hi and welcome to the forums.

I assume you must have installed it from the Serif website which would have downloaded a DMG (disk image) file. Perhaps you have dragged the application icon from the DMG to the dock rather than the installed application's icon from Applications to the dock? That would explain why it keeps disappearing.

Good luck.

Thank you for your attention. I bought it from Affinity itself, I downloaded the installer and so It seemed to have installed but everytime I shutdown my mini mac it simply disappears. Can't seen it in my application folder. I hope that gives you a better understanding of my problem. Thanks Again.

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18 minutes ago, Barbarazo said:

Thank you for your attention. I bought it from Affinity itself, I downloaded the installer and so It seemed to have installed but everytime I shutdown my mini mac it simply disappears. Can't seen it in my application folder. I hope that gives you a better understanding of my problem. Thanks Again.

So it means I have to go to the dmg and do the whole process again. The first time I installed it I registered it with all the information provided by Affinity.

7 hours ago, MikeTO said:

Hi and welcome to the forums.

I assume you must have installed it from the Serif website which would have downloaded a DMG (disk image) file. Perhaps you have dragged the application icon from the DMG to the dock rather than the installed application's icon from Applications to the dock? That would explain why it keeps disappearing.

Good luck.

Thank you for your attention. I bought it from Affinity itself, I downloaded the installer and so It seemed to have installed but everytime I shutdown my mini mac it simply disappears. Can't seen it in my application folder. I hope that gives you a better understanding of my problem. Thanks Again.

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You need to follow the instructions in the post by MEB that Dan C linked to, 3 posts above this one.

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38 minutes ago, Barbarazo said:

Thank you for your attention. I bought it from Affinity itself, I downloaded the installer and so It seemed to have installed but everytime I shutdown my mini mac it simply disappears. Can't seen it in my application folder. I hope that gives you a better understanding of my problem. Thanks Again.

Just want to thank you. I instead of cliking on the dmg I dragged Afinnity to my application folder. Once opened I clicked to have it in my dock. Thanks alot.

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