Elastic9 Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 Hi guys, I just found out that the Affinity products on MacOS can use the Spotlight(?) search function to find "all" functions within Photo, Designer and Publisher. Is this a truly MacOS exclusive option or has Affinity also implemented this search function on Windows? I have the feeling that such a search function could be extremely helpful on Windows. (If this function already exists on Windows, I apologize for my ignorance, and would ask you to "show" me where and how I can find this search function in Affinity products). Quote
walt.farrell Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 13 minutes ago, Elastic9 said: I just found out that the Affinity products on MacOS can use the Spotlight(?) search function to find "all" functions within Photo, Designer and Publisher. Is this a truly MacOS exclusive option or has Affinity also implemented this search function on Windows? It is a macOS function implemented as part of the Help menu, not by the Affinity applications. Windows doesn't provide an equivalent function, so it's not available to anyone on Windows. 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
Elastic9 Posted August 9, 2024 Author Posted August 9, 2024 Hmmm, well, that's a real bummer. Does anyone know if Serif plans to implement such a search function in the future? Quote
Ron P. Posted August 10, 2024 Posted August 10, 2024 5 hours ago, Elastic9 said: Hmmm, well, that's a real bummer. Does anyone know if Serif plans to implement such a search function in the future? I'd say probably not. As Walt posted, it is a Mac function, not an Affinity. So MS Windows would need to design and make it so apps use it. R C-R 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.6..; Affinity Designer 2.6..; Affinity Publisher 2.6..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win11 Home Version:24H2, Build: 26100.1742: 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; Wacom Intuos 3 PTZ-431W
R C-R Posted August 10, 2024 Posted August 10, 2024 8 hours ago, Ron P. said: I'd say probably not. As Walt posted, it is a Mac function, not an Affinity. So MS Windows would need to design and make it so apps use it. And presumably it would not be limited to the Affinity apps but work with other apps as well, like it does with Macs. Ron P. 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
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