Affinity-Inspiration Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 The Apple iOS Files app is super buggy. Can I substitute it for another Files app from the App Store and use it as the default. All the Affinity apps appear to use the Apple Files app by default, and as a result Affinity won’t work because the Files app won’t work. I thought I had it fixed. But nope. Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS @Affinity-Inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 12 hours ago, Affinity-Inspiration said: The Apple iOS Files app is super buggy. Can I substitute it for another Files app from the App Store and use it as the default. All the Affinity apps appear to use the Apple Files app by default, and as a result Affinity won’t work because the Files app won’t work. I thought I had it fixed. But nope. I use the files app all the time and never encountered a bug, are you using it with some external device ? Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity-Inspiration Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 16 minutes ago, Paul Mudditt said: I use the files app all the time and never encountered a bug, are you using it with some external device ? No. I’ve been using it for years now. No problem until after the last update of iOS I think. Now it locks up. Won’t display folders. In Affinity and other apps go to save and it won’t display folders. The only way to get it working again is a restart of the iPad. It’s a proper nuisance. Dosent matter what I’m trying to access. Sometimes it’s fine. Sometimes it’s not. Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS @Affinity-Inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 That is worrying, sounds like your file system may have some corruptions, you do have plenty of iPad space still left? Assuming that is ok then I would ensure you are backed up to iCloud AND your desktop then try one or more of these:- 1. Closing ALL OPEN apps, wait a about a minute then doing a Forced Restart. You will not lose any settings or data. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9955c007/ipados 2. If that does not solve it, try Settings -> General -> Transfer or Reset iPad -> Reset -> Reset All Settings. You will lose Wifi passwords and have to re-enter any customisations you have done eg widgets etc. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9a74dc01/ipados 3. If that does not solve it then you will need to consider erasing your iPad and restore it from backup. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9a74c804/ipados Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity-Inspiration Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 3 minutes ago, Paul Mudditt said: That is worrying, sounds like your file system may have some corruptions, you do have plenty of iPad space still left? Assuming that is ok then I would ensure you are backed up to iCloud AND your desktop then try one or more of these:- 1. Closing ALL OPEN apps, wait a about a minute then doing a Forced Restart. You will not lose any settings or data. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9955c007/ipados 2. If that does not solve it, try Settings -> General -> Transfer or Reset iPad -> Reset -> Reset All Settings. You will lose Wifi passwords and have to re-enter any customisations you have done eg widgets etc. 3. If that does not solve it then you will need to consider erasing your iPad and restore it from backup. Yes, that's what I thought. Or I could just wait until the new iPad Mini 7 comes out later. this year 🙂 I did a full reset about a week ago, and it was fine for a few days. The next step is a complete reinstall. A pain, but not as bad as having to do it on a desktop Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS @Affinity-Inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 1 minute ago, Affinity-Inspiration said: Yes, that's what I thought. Or I could just wait until the new iPad Mini 7 comes out later. this year 🙂 I did a full reset about a week ago, and it was fine for a few days. The next step is a complete reinstall. A pain, but not as bad as having to do it on a desktop Backup and restore is very robust now using iCloud and my preferred method, if you have tens of thousands of photos it can take several days to fully restore. However if low level file system is damaged you may need to use a desktop restore or even more a DFU restore cycle. Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity-Inspiration Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 On 4/15/2024 at 10:09 AM, Paul Mudditt said: Backup and restore is very robust now using iCloud and my preferred method, if you have tens of thousands of photos it can take several days to fully restore. However if low level file system is damaged you may need to use a desktop restore or even more a DFU restore cycle. I did a full reinstall today. So far so good. Stress test over the next few days. Paul Mudditt 1 Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS @Affinity-Inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumspot Posted Saturday at 02:37 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:37 PM Files app is broken. Is there another way to open files in affinity without the files app? Dropbox or google drive or other cloud directly without going through the files app? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted Saturday at 02:50 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:50 PM 11 minutes ago, Plumspot said: Files app is broken. Is there another way to open files in affinity without the files app? Dropbox or google drive or other cloud directly without going through the files app? Files app is not broken but sounds like your iPad may be. It is possible for your iPad’s flash memory to be corrupted so follow the instructions above to try and repair your iPad. Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity-Inspiration Posted Saturday at 03:06 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 03:06 PM 15 minutes ago, Paul Mudditt said: Files app is not broken but sounds like your iPad may be. It is possible for your iPad’s flash memory to be corrupted so follow the instructions above to try and repair your iPad. Did a complete reinstall of the iPad. Seems to be ok now. Paul Mudditt 1 Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS @Affinity-Inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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