Linked resource permission denied pc/ipad apup file. Icloud

[Mads1234567890]

What to do about this? Made the apup file on my pc and want to access it on my ipad for further editing. How do i grant acess on my ipad?? It does not work to authorise the folder for some reason or im doing something wrong. Affinity puplisher for ipad is totally useless for me if i cant work on pc/ipad on the same file. Embedding all the photos solves the problem- but is not a good workaround really.

i use icloud for shared file management.

is it the lonk that needs to have icloud: first or something. How do you do that if it is the case.

[pruus]

Try some other file services, like SYNC, DROPBOX. Works for me when I share work.

[Mads1234567890]

that is a solution. But i just find it so weird that the ipad/apple cloud service that affinity has specifically built an app to is not working.

[NathanC]

Welcome to the forums @Mads1234567890,

Try pressing 'Authorise Folder', this should prompt a new Finder window, ensure 'iCloud drive' is selected from 'Locations' in the sidebar and then select 'Open' at the top right-hand corner. At this stage, the linked resources should be re-instated, and this authorisation should be remembered moving forward for all new documents.

[Mads1234567890]

i already tried this.

i posted a video of it here. first i only push icloud drive, it goes back demanding me to authorise folder. afterwards i try on the specific file. the same happens.

 

its as if i need to authorise somewhere else or its a bug.

 

best,

Mads

 

 

[NathanC]

Hi @Mads1234567890,

We've just tested this on a document created on a Desktop containing linked resources placed on iCloud, the iOS 'Permission Denied' error prompted, but after pressing 'Authorise folder' and 'Open' on iCloud, the prompt did not subsequently appear. I then repeated this whole process on an entirely separate device, file and iCloud account to be sure. Since we're not able to replicate this, it does potentially indicate a local environment issue. 

I'm not aware of anywhere else this can be authorised, as there isn't an iOS system setting for this, so it needs permission at this point. Could you try force restarting your iPad, and also confirm if you can simply file > place the resource into a document as a linked resource?

 

[PROdult]

Nathan, how did you test this?

We have a rather complex file structure where linked documents can be stored in multiple locations, sometimes deep within the hierarchy, and a single document can contain linked files from different places. We see this dialog quite often - and we hate it. Our impression is that we have to select the exact subfolder where the specific file requiring permission is located.

This might be something imposed on your app by Apple, but it’s one of several security measures from Apple that make iPadOS secure while gradually rendering it completely unusable for serious work in complex apps.

[PROdult]

(Be aware that iCloud drive content can unexpectedly require reauthorization, especially if it is not locally cached on the device, and that iPadOS may remove files from the device to save space, which can cause linked files to suddenly require new authorization - this can be somewhat mitigated by disabling iCloud optimization.)

[Mads1234567890]

The problem still consist for me. I really think affinity should try and fix this with an update someday. It seems like im not the only one having this problem then. It also sounds strange that only some aplle ipad users have this problem. I have the newest ipad pro and this error have made affinity puplisher for ipad obsolete as i wrote before. Its really a shame. Apple icloud is the native cloud service for ipad so it should at least work here i think