AD How to transfer documents from one iPad Pro to a new one

[McLiz]

Hi I’ve been creating documents on iPad Pro A in Affinity Designer and need to transfer them to iPad Pro B.  I can’t seem to work out where the documents are stored or how I could move them.  I tried a search in the forums but could not find anything similar.

Any ideas? - iOS  12.1.1

[Paul Mudditt]

Perform a backup to iCloud or Mac or PC and restore backup to new device is simplest method overall.

 

[Blende21]

Hello, I would suggest the same. As long as you still have the old iPad, nothing can go wrong. It is more critical if the old one is discarded at once.

From my understanding, it is important to export all the „pending“ work from the app before. As long as it is only within the app (no copy on iCloud-drive or similar), it can get lost when the app is closing unexpectedly. Even when not planning to switch devices, exporting often is good practice.

So first save everything from within of the app to a server/service, then do the iCloud-Backup (or a local one using iTunes to a PC or Mac), and then move to the new iPad and install yourself there. ICloud will copy itself, a local iTunes-BU has to be installed manually.

More details can be found on the apple support pages.

[DM1]

@McLiz If you check in settings (Designer) Under General you should see it set to either iCloud or Local iPad. Depending on which, Designer will have created a folder (Designer) either on icloaud or On My IPad. You can check in Files.

Now the iOS 'confusing' part. Unless you actually Save a Copy while editing (Document menu), or use Save in the Home screen project icons 'Burger menu', your files will not have been save to either of these locations. Instead they will be held in an area of memory reserved for the app (usually referred to as the sandbox). Files in the sandbox are only viewable in Designers 'Home' screen. Files 'Saved' are placed into the Designer folder in .afdesigner format and can be viewed in Files. They can be copied/moved etc. 

If you have .afdesign Files you can transfer them using the Airdrop feature (quick and easy). If your files haven't been 'Saved' you will need to either save them or use iTunes to backup and restore) the app (with its 'hidden' files.

Personally I would get in the habit of Saving my files, that way if anything happens to Designer you will still retain copies of your work. Files not saved are deleted when the app is uninstalled.

Hope I haven't confused the issue too much. 

[McLiz]

Thanks everyone, I chose the Hamburger option in the end, changed my default to iCloud, made a copy, saved the copy to iCloud, then pulled down the copy file to the new iPad. Worked a treat. Cheers. 

[sfoster71]

Airdrop works for me :-).  (Under export/share) I’d also suggest a neat app on iPad called FileBrowser Biz which allows “computer” file sharing to pretty much everything.

[DM1]

Can,t find an app called FileBrowser Biz. Can you provide link.