Affinity Designer 2 for macOS - (2.6.0)

[Patrick Connor]

We are pleased to announce an update for the macOS release of Affinity Designer 2, version 2.6.0

The changes in Affinity Designer 2 for macOS 2.6.0 are listed in this FAQ forum thread, with the fixed bugs listed in the second post:

Those are the changes made since the last release Affinity Designer 2 for macOS (2.5.7)

 

To get notified when any new releases are made please follow the latest releases thread by clicking here

UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (which is free for all V2 users)

The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in application menu, Affinity Designer > About).

If you’ve purchased from the Mac App Store— updates are done automatically next time you run your software after it is available in the Mac App Store. If this does not happen for you, open the Mac App Store app and go to the Updates page and then Store > Reload page or press CMD+R. This should hopefully force the update to show. Apple sometimes phase roll outs around the world which can mean it may take up to 72 hours for your update to be available.

If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the software it will check for updates and offer to download and install any available update, or in the application main menu there is an option Check for Updates. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Designer for macOS) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Mac app store purchases, which update through the Mac App Store).

[Patrick Connor]

All Readers

This thread is solely for commenting on this announcement. 

Please do not post bugs or problems that you find when using this version of the software in this thread, instead make a new thread in the V2 Bugs on macOS section and questions about usage go in the Desktop Questions forum.

[BigStef]

Hi Guys,

I have just updated Affinity Publisher in Version 2.6 and the first thing I see is : No more trouble with embeded PDF visualisation !

Thank you so much for this solved issue ! 🙂

You rocks !

[Ahmed Ibrahim]

While there are some notable improvements, we’re disappointed to see that Arabic text support remains unavailable.

I’m unsure why Serif’s management has yet to prioritize this feature, especially since becoming part of Canva—a platform that fully accommodates Arabic text formatting. This omission is deeply frustrating for artists and creatives in the MENA region, limiting our ability to work effectively.

We hope this critical functionality can be addressed soon, as it would greatly benefit your growing user base in Arabic-speaking communities.

[digisam]

Please can you include the release notes within the update announcement dialogue?

Love the software but this one thing does bug me. What makes it worse is the link you provide takes you to a post announcing the release, not the release notes. You have to click through again to see a different post with the notes on it.

In the scale of the work involved in developing the software, it can't take that much time to put the notes in the announcement.

 

 

 

 

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