pixelstuff Posted January 2 Posted January 2 I noticed in settings > Linked Services of the Affinity desktop apps there is a link to Dropbox item. I did that and the apps appear linked to Dropbox here: https://www.dropbox.com/account/connected_apps Afterward I was expecting to see Dropbox in the browser, prompt me to launch the appropriate Affinity desktop app without having to download the file first, but it doesn't. Dropbox just says it cannot load the file type and has a regular download button. Just like before. What is this Linked Service supposed to do? Quote
Latens Posted January 2 Posted January 2 https://affinity.help/publisher2/English.lproj/pages/Media/linkedServices.html pixelstuff 1 Quote .
pixelstuff Posted January 2 Author Posted January 2 Thanks. Now I'm wondering if OneDrive, Google Drive, and Adobe Creative Cloud Drive need to be added, or do those services operate more like iCloud. Quote
Latens Posted January 2 Posted January 2 Probably but only when they rewrite the fileformat so it finally works with all cloud services and it doesn't corrupt your files. Quote .
walt.farrell Posted January 3 Posted January 3 14 hours ago, pixelstuff said: Now I'm wondering if OneDrive, Google Drive, and Adobe Creative Cloud Drive need to be added, or do those services operate more like iCloud. Affinity provides this function only for Dropbox (optional) and iCloud (handled automatically), not for other cloud providers. 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 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
pixelstuff Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 9 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Affinity provides this function only for Dropbox (optional) and iCloud (handled automatically), not for other cloud providers. Stating the obvious. R C-R 1 Quote
Alfred Posted January 4 Posted January 4 12 hours ago, pixelstuff said: Stating the obvious. If it were that obvious you wouldn’t have asked about it! Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Latens Posted January 4 Posted January 4 7 minutes ago, Alfred said: If it were that obvious you wouldn’t have asked about it! It's about answering a question that's already been answered. Quote .
walt.farrell Posted January 4 Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Return said: It's about answering a question that's already been answered. It answered the question about whether the others work like iCloud. They don't, and support would need to be added. 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 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Latens Posted January 4 Posted January 4 I think @pixelstuff obviously has distilled that information from the help page. But let me say thank you for your contribution in this thread. walt.farrell 1 Quote .
pixelstuff Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 On 1/2/2025 at 4:10 PM, pixelstuff said: Thanks. Now I'm wondering if OneDrive, Google Drive, and Adobe Creative Cloud Drive need to be added, or do those services operate more like iCloud. What I had attempted to say without so many words is, the help file obviously leaves out OneDrive, Google Drive, and Adobe Creative Cloud Drive, so presumably they aren't supported. Therefore, I wonder if those will be added as future manually linked services in upcoming versions of the Affinity apps or if those cloud drives have OS level support like iCloud does and will be seamlessly integrated at some point. Or I guess maybe they'll never have support added. What @walt.farrell replied basically just reiterated what was obviously derived from the help file. walt.farrell and Latens 1 1 Quote
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