Sunset Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Correct! File - Open - select file - nothing happens File - Open Recent - select file - opens MacBook Pro 11,2, Intel i7 4 core, 8Gb RAM, Graphics Intel Iris Pro.(died of overuse....) MacBook Pro 16" 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16Gb RAM, iPad Pro 11.4, 256Gb, 10.5 Retina, A10X Fusion chip, Apple pencil Desktop upgraded to Win10 64-bit, Intel i5 quad core, 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA GefORCE GT730 The Win-10 laptop is on permanent loan to my daughter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted November 20, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 20, 2014 Can you - create a new document, "save as" into your subfolder, close the document, then try to open it again using the File - Open. Thanks. SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 No. Create New Doc 1 - ok Save As to AD WIP - ok Close New Doc 1 in AD - ok File - Open - locate New Doc 1 in AD - ok Open the file - blank black screen in AD MacBook Pro 11,2, Intel i7 4 core, 8Gb RAM, Graphics Intel Iris Pro.(died of overuse....) MacBook Pro 16" 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16Gb RAM, iPad Pro 11.4, 256Gb, 10.5 Retina, A10X Fusion chip, Apple pencil Desktop upgraded to Win10 64-bit, Intel i5 quad core, 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA GefORCE GT730 The Win-10 laptop is on permanent loan to my daughter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andrew Tang Posted November 20, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 20, 2014 Can you take a look at the file size of the newly save file that doesn't open properly? You can do this by right clicking on the file -> Get Info -> Size. Can you also hold down Ctrl when you start up the application to clear your settings just so it isn't a UI thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Discovered the slightly different way that Mac does the Ctrl Open. Run-through same procedure as before - new doc, Save As, Open - can find the new doc and appears to open it, but still have a black workspace. MacBook Pro 11,2, Intel i7 4 core, 8Gb RAM, Graphics Intel Iris Pro.(died of overuse....) MacBook Pro 16" 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16Gb RAM, iPad Pro 11.4, 256Gb, 10.5 Retina, A10X Fusion chip, Apple pencil Desktop upgraded to Win10 64-bit, Intel i5 quad core, 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA GefORCE GT730 The Win-10 laptop is on permanent loan to my daughter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 New Doc 3 is 12k MacBook Pro 11,2, Intel i7 4 core, 8Gb RAM, Graphics Intel Iris Pro.(died of overuse....) MacBook Pro 16" 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16Gb RAM, iPad Pro 11.4, 256Gb, 10.5 Retina, A10X Fusion chip, Apple pencil Desktop upgraded to Win10 64-bit, Intel i5 quad core, 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA GefORCE GT730 The Win-10 laptop is on permanent loan to my daughter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 The original file, Sunset at Formby, was 6.2 mb (reasonable for the number of brush strokes it contained). MacBook Pro 11,2, Intel i7 4 core, 8Gb RAM, Graphics Intel Iris Pro.(died of overuse....) MacBook Pro 16" 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16Gb RAM, iPad Pro 11.4, 256Gb, 10.5 Retina, A10X Fusion chip, Apple pencil Desktop upgraded to Win10 64-bit, Intel i5 quad core, 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA GefORCE GT730 The Win-10 laptop is on permanent loan to my daughter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Interesting, just tried to open that original file, Sunset at Formby, which is still in the Documents (but not in any folder within Documents) and that doesn't open with Open . MacBook Pro 11,2, Intel i7 4 core, 8Gb RAM, Graphics Intel Iris Pro.(died of overuse....) MacBook Pro 16" 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16Gb RAM, iPad Pro 11.4, 256Gb, 10.5 Retina, A10X Fusion chip, Apple pencil Desktop upgraded to Win10 64-bit, Intel i5 quad core, 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA GefORCE GT730 The Win-10 laptop is on permanent loan to my daughter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted November 20, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 20, 2014 Do you get an error message when it fails to open? SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 No error message at all when, it just stays as a black workspace. MacBook Pro 11,2, Intel i7 4 core, 8Gb RAM, Graphics Intel Iris Pro.(died of overuse....) MacBook Pro 16" 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16Gb RAM, iPad Pro 11.4, 256Gb, 10.5 Retina, A10X Fusion chip, Apple pencil Desktop upgraded to Win10 64-bit, Intel i5 quad core, 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA GefORCE GT730 The Win-10 laptop is on permanent loan to my daughter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andrew Tang Posted November 20, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 20, 2014 Can you also try the console application again before opening a document. Once opened, do Command-1 to make sure it is showing at a 100% zoom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 I can email it if it's clearer; Command1 didn't work for me, so I stretched the box instead.You guys are very patient whilst I learn the Mac. MacBook Pro 11,2, Intel i7 4 core, 8Gb RAM, Graphics Intel Iris Pro.(died of overuse....) MacBook Pro 16" 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16Gb RAM, iPad Pro 11.4, 256Gb, 10.5 Retina, A10X Fusion chip, Apple pencil Desktop upgraded to Win10 64-bit, Intel i5 quad core, 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA GefORCE GT730 The Win-10 laptop is on permanent loan to my daughter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 WORKING - hold this space, but I restarted my computer (again).......... MacBook Pro 11,2, Intel i7 4 core, 8Gb RAM, Graphics Intel Iris Pro.(died of overuse....) MacBook Pro 16" 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16Gb RAM, iPad Pro 11.4, 256Gb, 10.5 Retina, A10X Fusion chip, Apple pencil Desktop upgraded to Win10 64-bit, Intel i5 quad core, 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA GefORCE GT730 The Win-10 laptop is on permanent loan to my daughter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Solved. Everything appears to be working normally again. MacBook Pro 11,2, Intel i7 4 core, 8Gb RAM, Graphics Intel Iris Pro.(died of overuse....) MacBook Pro 16" 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16Gb RAM, iPad Pro 11.4, 256Gb, 10.5 Retina, A10X Fusion chip, Apple pencil Desktop upgraded to Win10 64-bit, Intel i5 quad core, 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA GefORCE GT730 The Win-10 laptop is on permanent loan to my daughter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 SORTED. I've tried lots of variations and I can open any document in any folder, no error messages, no problems. I am wondering, though, this afternoon, if I've occasionally hit "done" instead of "open"? I'm not aware that I might have been doing that, but I suddenly realised that I'm used to seeing cancel and open in Windows - and in some of the Mac boxes, too - and some of the terminology on the Mac does take a bit of getting used to. The first windows machine I used was a 356 (?), that's a long time on Windows, bat 1990. MacBook Pro 11,2, Intel i7 4 core, 8Gb RAM, Graphics Intel Iris Pro.(died of overuse....) MacBook Pro 16" 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16Gb RAM, iPad Pro 11.4, 256Gb, 10.5 Retina, A10X Fusion chip, Apple pencil Desktop upgraded to Win10 64-bit, Intel i5 quad core, 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA GefORCE GT730 The Win-10 laptop is on permanent loan to my daughter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andrew Tang Posted November 20, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 20, 2014 Well, I'm happy that it's finally working as normal for you now. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Phew, so am I. The second restart seems to have settled everything. I've had nothing but issues with Yosemite, no Mac for a week until it suddenly started working again, couldn't even log on. Had it all checked at the Apple shop. So this looks like something that I tried just before the update and the update might have fixed it but, as with my previous update experience, it took a while to bed in. Thank you so much, guys, for all your help. I know a lot more about Macs now. (And I love Affinity) MacBook Pro 11,2, Intel i7 4 core, 8Gb RAM, Graphics Intel Iris Pro.(died of overuse....) MacBook Pro 16" 2021, Apple M1 Pro, 16Gb RAM, iPad Pro 11.4, 256Gb, 10.5 Retina, A10X Fusion chip, Apple pencil Desktop upgraded to Win10 64-bit, Intel i5 quad core, 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA GefORCE GT730 The Win-10 laptop is on permanent loan to my daughter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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