Is it Possible to Share/Export System Swatches from Affinity V2 Desktop to my Affinity V2 iPad Apps?

[APPLIOrg]

Good Afternoon:
 

I have several hundred Swatches that I use when designing for different clients on my desktop Affinity V2 desktop apps (Publisher, Designer, & Photo), and need to transfer/share/export them to my iPad apps.

Is there an easy way to do this?

I've attempted to export Swatches from the desktop app, but they keep saving as .clr files, rather than the .afpalette files I need for the iPad.

I'm using

Affinity 2.5.6 on MacOS Sequoia 15.1.1 (24B91)

I've tried searching these forums and Google, and am unable to find an easy way to share assets/swatches/et cetera between the desktop and iPad version.

[walt.farrell]

As mentioned in https://colorslurp.com/blog/a-complete-guide-to-clr-files-on-mac the .clr format is specific to macOS, but they suggest that you can convert (export) them using macOS functions to different formats such as .ase (Adobe Swatch Exchange). And according the the Help for Photo on iPad, the .ase format is supported for importing.

Perhaps that will let you accomplish what you need?

 

[APPLIOrg]

@walt.farrell

So, essentially, I need to purchase a third-party software (in this case, ColorSlurp, according to the link you sent) in order to share color swatches between different Affinity software versions? Is that correct?

That seems...burdensome.

Your post suggests "using macOS functions," but it's not clear from that article that that is possible, nor what such functions are.

[walt.farrell]

Sorry, I have no more information. Try a web search for convert .clr files to .ase and you may come up with other alternatives for conversion.

Note that this is really an Apple issue, not an Affinity application issue, in my opinion. Apple is the one that made their systems incompatible.