Temp files needed?

[AmyM]

Are the temp files under /2.0/temp directory needed, or can they be deleted? There is a download cache folder, as well, is that needed?

Also, is there an auto save or backup option to setup, to recover while working on an image, so if crash happens, not everything is lost? The app crashes once in a while, so I save every 5 minutes right now, but if I forget, I lose a ton of edits.

Thanks!

[loukash]

2 hours ago, AmyM said:

Are the temp files under /2.0/temp directory needed, or can they be deleted? There is a download cache folder, as well, is that needed?

Not needed unless immediately after a crash where you may want to rescue anything you may have been working on. So if there are older "orphaned" files, you can delete them all.

2 hours ago, AmyM said:

is there an auto save or backup option to setup

Preferences → Performance → File Recovery Interval
I'm setting mine to 60 seconds.
When a crash occures, any open document should then automatically reopen on subsequent app launch in the state when the last recovery save was done.

[thomaso]

It's a bit risky to make such a statement without knowing the full path. In case you refer to your user library and a parent folder where also your user settings & custom app resources (brushes etc) get stored, with a full path like this (on mac) "~/Library/Application Support/Affinity Publisher/temp", then, yes, the temp files may get deleted without influence on the documents – while I would not manipulate such a system folder as long the application is opened.

The download cache folder might contain data that get created on app launch (e.g. for the 'welcome window') and thus deleting these wouldn't last long. Again, the full path might matter to avoid confusion or risk.

The autosave option is in the app preferences > performance.

[walt.farrell]

4 minutes ago, loukash said:

Preferences → Performance → File Recovery Interval
I'm setting mine to 60 seconds.
When a crash occures, any open document should then automatically reopen on subsequent app launch in the state when the last recovery save was done.

It's more complicated than that.

1. Any files that you created (File > New, for example) in the session that crashed and didn't specifically Save will automatically generate a prompt to recover the file when you restart the application.
2. For files that you Opened, and worked on (or that you had Saved) in the crashed session you will only get the recovery prompt when you next Open the original file. That could happen when you next use File > Open and select the file. But it might happen for other reasons, depending on your application Settings and (on macOS) your system settings for when files are automatically reopened. If you don't have the application or the system set to automatically reopen the files, though, you won't be offered the recovery option until you manually choose to reopen the original file. 
   
   Make sure you don't clear the autosave folder until you have recovered all the work through one of these methods.

[loukash]

5 minutes ago, thomaso said:

It's a bit risky to make such a statement without knowing the full path

The question was about the "temp", "cache", "autosave" and "backup" folders which are all named like this for a reason.

2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

It's more complicated than that.

Thanks for expanding on that. I didn't remember all the details off the top of my head.