bpdavis Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 With Affinity Designer 1, there was a registry modification available that disabled the "An update is available" message box that appears EVERY time AD is started. That same modification does not work with Affinity Designer 2, and I was wondering how to disable the prompt. I'm surprised that (like most software titles) an ability to disable updates is not available in the settings. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 In Settings > Software Update there should be four choices for how often to check. One of them is "Never." That should do what you want, but is there some reason have you not updated to the current version? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 6 hours ago, R C-R said: n Settings > Software Update This does not exist in Windows.. R C-R 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 6 hours ago, Ron P. said: This does not exist in Windows.. Does it maybe depend on which store it was bought from or which installer was used? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 35 minutes ago, R C-R said: Does it maybe depend on which store it was bought from or which installer was used? No; it's just a difference between the Windows and macOS implementations of the Affinity applications. R C-R 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpdavis Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 So, what I'm hearing is that the Mac version can disable it. Interesting. That means the functionality is there. Why is this not enabled for Windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 7 hours ago, bpdavis said: That means the functionality is there. The functionality is there for the macOS implementation. Program delivery and installation, and thus also updating is handled very differently between the macOS and Windows applications. I doubt that it's simply a matter of exposing a setting; the code is probably not present at all. R C-R 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpdavis Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 Ok, Im playing the "software developer" card. I'm a software developer with some (albeit limited) knowledge of art. Affinity Designer is a tool I enjoy using for its power and overall simplicity. It's simply a good tool! That said, because I am a software developer, I find it difficult to believe that the code base for the mac and pc versions would differ that much. The ability to remove the nag is a very simple true/false check. Does user want update notifications? If yes, show nag. Its going to be dirt simple regardless of what the platform is. And since it has apparently been done for Apple, it should be a VERY easy process to put in place for the pc version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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