ChrisOmfH Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Hi, my question is going to be very elementary, but I suppose that can happen when one is a beginner - and I'm certainly that. I'm trying various things in Affinity Designer & when I go to close the program & I get the prompt to save or not save, even if I click don't save, the project is there for me to open the next time I open the program. I don't want to save everything I'm using to experiment/learn the program with - can someone please shed some light on this? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 29, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 29, 2016 Hi ChrisOmfH, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) If you select don't save, the file will not be saved but it will still reopen next time you run the program. That's one feature of the program in case you want to continue working with the files from the previous session. You can turn this off going to Affinity Preferences, General section and unchecking Reopen document on startup. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisOmfH Posted September 29, 2016 Author Share Posted September 29, 2016 Thank you - my next question would then be, how do I get rid of - as in delete for good, the files that I don't want to keep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 29, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 29, 2016 Hi ChrisOmfH, I was editing my previous reply while you added this new post. Please check it out. Regarding you last question. If you want to get rid of a file you have saved previously simply select it in Finder (or File Explorer if you are using Windows) and delete it as you would do for any other file: drag it to the Trash/Recycle Bin. There's no way to delete files within the Affinity app itself. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 I have 'Reopen document on startup' selected, but, AD for Mac never opens previous document on startup, for me. So, why is that? Quote Art & Logo Design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 29, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 29, 2016 What OS are you running Rick? El Capitan, macOS Sierra? I'm logging this. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.6 Unlike the OP, this is one feature I would like. That's one of the great things about Xara. You can work on a documemt (or many documents) and close Xara. And upon re-opening, all the files are still there. And Xara makes 10 backups of any file you're working on. Cheers, Miguel. Quote Art & Logo Design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted September 29, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 29, 2016 It should be working - if the OS has it turned on, then we should be doing it... I'll ask about it tomorrow, thanks :) MEB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 29, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 29, 2016 Hi Rik, This is working correctly but must also be enabled at the OS level as MattP pointed out. I forgot about this completely. Go to Mac OS X System Preferences, General tab and uncheck Close windows when quitting an app (near the bottom). It should now work as expected. Thanks Matt. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Well, Miguel. I've done all that, and Affinity Designer still doesn't open a document I was working on. Here's what I've tried. I start AD I open a new or a recent document. Make some changes to it. Close AD. AD asks if I want to save the changed. I select 'Don't save' When I start AD again, no document that was open, opens up again. So, have I misunderstood something? Quote Art & Logo Design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 It would be good if an expert could answer my last post. Thanking you in advance. Quote Art & Logo Design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andrew Tang Posted October 3, 2016 Staff Share Posted October 3, 2016 Well, Miguel. I've done all that, and Affinity Designer still doesn't open a document I was working on. Here's what I've tried. I start AD I open a new or a recent document. Make some changes to it. Close AD. AD asks if I want to save the changed. I select 'Don't save' When I start AD again, no document that was open, opens up again. So, have I misunderstood something? Pretty much what Miguel have already said, the conditions to get it to work is as follows: Apple Menu > System Preferences... > General > Close windows when quitting an app (unchecked) Affinity Menu > Preferences > Reopen document on Startup (checked) If that doesn't work for you, I suspect it could be the way you are closing the application. You must make sure that you are closing the application in its entirety, and not the document. This has to be done via Cmd+Q, or Affinity Menu > Quit. This tells the application you want to quit the application, with all documents opened. If you press the red cross button (in the top left of the window), or use Cmd+W, this will close the document which tells the application not to open it again. If you are doing all the steps above, then the best way to diagnose your issue is via a Quicktime Screen recording which can show us the 2 checkbox settings, and the actions you are doing which you can upload here, or send to us at support(at)seriflabs(dot)com. Hopefully this will show us exactly what might be going wrong. Thanks, Ad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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