Open recent files does not work

[stuartbarry]

I have just updated to Publisher 2.5.5. I can open a file by fusing file open or clicking from Finder, but open recent (either from the menu or the initial opening panel) does not work.

[carl123]

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[NathanC]

Hi @stuartbarry,

This isn't one I can replicate and it is likely related to your local user environment. I'd advise trying one of the following:

1. Go to File -> Open Recent -> Clear Menu to clear the existing list, and then try opening a file to populate the list and see if it works moving forward.

2. Delete the MRU.dat file in ~/library/Application Support/Affinity Publisher 2 restart the app and see if it works moving forward for recent files.

[Damon Reynolds]

Same problem here.

I do not have ~/library/Application Support/Affinity Publisher 2

I only have ~/Library/Group Containers/6LVTQB9699.com.seriflabs/v2/Affinity Publisher 2

There is no MRU.dat file I can find.

At the same time, quicklook stopped working across all my affinity apps too.

[Oscar 3.0]

Same issue here, Affinity Publisher v.2.5.7 (macOS)

I did both suggestions 1 and 2 posted by Nathan, no luck

Open recent doesn't work anymore, not with the initial opening panel, not from the menu.

Maybe this is a Sonoma v14.7.1 (or 14.7.2) issue, as:
a) I have this issue since upgrading from Ventura 13.7.1 to Sonoma 14.7.1 with update to 14.7.2 (my current macOS) 
b) there seems to be more issues with Sonoma 14.7.x (like Finder issues I experience, having to force quit & restart Finder daily one or two times)

[Damon Reynolds]

Also the same here. Only Publisher.  Photo and Designer are both fine for me. Also tried the 'fix' but also don't have the folder ~/library/Application Support/Affinity Publisher 2 so can't find anything to delete or reset.

Quicklook is now working for me - it didn't for a long while - albeit with low res images.  Better than nothing though.

[Oscar 3.0]

3 hours ago, Damon Reynolds said:

Also the same here. Only Publisher.  Photo and Designer are both fine for me. Also tried the 'fix' but also don't have the folder ~/library/Application Support/Affinity Publisher 2 so can't find anything to delete or reset.

Quicklook is now working for me - it didn't for a long while - albeit with low res images.  Better than nothing though.

I do have the folder and deleted the MRU.dat file, but no luck.

Today I had to work with Affinity Designer v.1  (1.10.8) on an older file originally made with Designer version 1. 
Designer works terribly terribly slow! Every one or two minutes I have to look at the annoying beachball. This is totally new, did not experienced this before, I discovered this because I had to work with that old file.

The only thing I can think of being the cause of this, is again my upgrade from Ventura 13.7.1 to Sonoma 14.7.1 because nothing else (!) has changed, Designer was and is the same version as before the macOS upgrade. Hopefully my upcoming upgrade tot Sequoia will solve these issues  

[awcomix]

I have this same issue with Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 and mac mini (Apple M2 Pro) running Sequoia 15.0 (24A335)

[NathanC]

It's not something myself or any other members of the tech team have ever been able to replicate so this does somewhat limit what advice I can give, what happens if you clear the open recents list via File -> Open Recent -> Clear Menu and then create and save a brand new document, close it and then re-open that newly saved document from the recents list?

[Oscar 3.0]

24 minutes ago, awcomix said:

I have this same issue with Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 and mac mini (Apple M2 Pro) running Sequoia 15.0 (24A335)

Not nice 😞 

Maybe updating to 15.2 helps? I was advised for another software issue (not Affinity) to not upgrade to Sequoia until at least version .2 (15.2), which is available now.

[Oscar 3.0]

8 minutes ago, NathanC said:

It's not something myself or any other members of the tech team have ever been able to replicate so this does somewhat limit what advice I can give, what happens if you clear the open recents list via File -> Open Recent -> Clear Menu and then create and save a brand new document, close it and then re-open that newly saved document from the recents list?

Thanks Nathan for your reply; I already did that exactly as described in your post from October 2024.

Didn't make any difference  

[MikeTO]

I doubt this will work but if you're grasping at straws:

1. Open macOS System Settings, search for Recent, select "Recent documents, applications, and servers" on the left, and set "Recent documents, applications, and servers" to "None".
2. Start Affinity Publisher, create a new document, save it, and quit
3. Change the macOS setting back to what it was before
4. Start Publisher and try your recent menu.

Setting recent to None just stops the files from being listed so I doubt this will help but it can't hurt to try. When you restart Publisher that test document you created should be in the list along with whatever was in the list before you tried this.

[Oscar 3.0]

15 hours ago, MikeTO said:

I doubt this will work but if you're grasping at straws:

1. Open macOS System Settings, search for Recent, select "Recent documents, applications, and servers" on the left, and set "Recent documents, applications, and servers" to "None".
2. Start Affinity Publisher, create a new document, save it, and quit
3. Change the macOS setting back to what it was before
4. Start Publisher and try your recent menu.

Setting recent to None just stops the files from being listed so I doubt this will help but it can't hurt to try. When you restart Publisher that test document you created should be in the list along with whatever was in the list before you tried this.

Could this clear the 'recent documents list' of all my other applications too, Mike?
For me the recent documents list is not only for convenient opening, but also as an extra reminder what files I'm working with at the moment.

I'll have to think if losing those recent documents list in all my apps is what I want, because the issue with Publisher doesn't make me grasping at straws
It's not that kind of a problem, for now I can live with opening documents the 'normal' way. The issue might be solved in some future update.

Thanks anyway for your suggestion!

[MikeTO]

8 hours ago, Oscar 3.0 said:

Could this clear the 'recent documents list' of all my other applications too, Mike?
For me the recent documents list is not only for convenient opening, but also as an extra reminder what files I'm working with at the moment.

I'll have to think if losing those recent documents list in all my apps is what I want, because the issue with Publisher doesn't make me grasping at straws
It's not that kind of a problem, for now I can live with opening documents the 'normal' way. The issue might be solved in some future update.

The steps I provided will display the recent menu in all applications, but re-enable it without losing anything that was there before for all apps. This is why I don't think that suggestion will really help your situation, but it's worth a try if everything else has failed and it can't hurt.

[Oscar 3.0]

18 hours ago, MikeTO said:

The steps I provided will display the recent menu in all applications, but re-enable it without losing anything that was there before for all apps. This is why I don't think that suggestion will really help your situation, but it's worth a try if everything else has failed and it can't hurt.

Thanks Mike 👍

[awcomix]

I just updated to 15.2. Opened Affinity Public and successfully opened a file from 'open recent'.

[Oscar 3.0]

On 1/20/2025 at 12:36 AM, awcomix said:

I just updated to 15.2. Opened Affinity Public and successfully opened a file from 'open recent'.

Oh, that's good to hear. I'm planning to upgrade Sonoma to Sequoia once 15.3 is released  

[prophet]

Ran into this issue today. Wonder where those mysterious ghost glyph tooltips came from?

AD 2.5.7 + Sonoma 14.7.2

 

 

[MikeTO]

Those tooltips should appear when you hover over a glyph in the Glyphs panel. Is that panel open somewhere on the screen? Is it possibly behind the main app window?

[prophet]

The glyph browser is open, yes. Down below my Character panel. But why would the tooltips be showing for no reason after selecting a file from the Open Recent menu?

[MikeTO]

30 minutes ago, prophet said:

The glyph browser is open, yes. Down below my Character panel. But why would the tooltips be showing for no reason after selecting a file from the Open Recent menu?

I don't know, but I bet if you close it they won't appear. You could play around with it and see if moving the glyph browser makes them appear elsewhere.

Do you have Windows display magnification (zoom) set to above 100%? Do you use a multiple monitor setup? I don't know the answer but this information might help others figure it out.

Good luck