Deleting photos from Affinity photo on a 2019 iMac 27"

[jeff childs]

I am relatively new to Affinity Photo. Currently using a 2019 27" iMac w/Mojave 10.14.5 and I cannot seem to delete any photo that has been Affinity Photo edited.  My current workflow to do so is: Open AP>file>open (which shows folders I have made containing the photos)>right click on photo thumbnail>move to trash.  Nothing happens. Must be missing something?

I have an older 2010 iMac 21" that works just fine.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[markw]

Hello Jeff and welcome to the Affinity forums
I have not tried this in AP before, but what I would say is that in my experience using File > Open as a means of general system file management e.g. Duplicate, Move To Trash etc… varies in third party apps. Some let you, some don’t.
I’ve never been sure if using the Open window in this way was intended by Apple or not but pretty much all their system apps seem to let you do it.

 

[v_kyr]

1 hour ago, jeff childs said:

My current workflow to do so is: Open AP>file>open (which shows folders I have made containing the photos)>right click on photo thumbnail>move to trash.  Nothing happens. Must be missing something?

It's possibly a file handle problem in that specific case. Usually you won't delete files this way and instead use the Finder to select and remove files to trash. Also sometimes if some app has set a file opened handle on a file (the file is in use by some app) the OS might not delete that file then until it is closed and it's file handle released. The later depends on how apps do perform their file i/o internally here.

[R C-R]

10 hours ago, jeff childs said:

My current workflow to do so is: Open AP>file>open (which shows folders I have made containing the photos)>right click on photo thumbnail>move to trash.  Nothing happens. Must be missing something?

I never tried deleting files from the Affinity Photo Open menu before, but I tried it just now, first by right-clicking on a file & choosing the duplicate option, which worked, & then by right-clicking on the duplicate & choosing "Move to Trash." That also worked.

Of course, it only works on files that are not greyed out in the Open window, which means it works only unlocked files Affinity Photo can open, but other than that, it worked fine.

[jeff childs]

 Shall keep digging away at this...still unusual it works fine on my older iMac, not the new. Twill keep you posted.  I will review AP open/edit/save/close filing and workflow tutorials again and specifically see if they are 'locked' as R C-R mentioned. 

It could simply be that I do not completely understand where/how AP files the edited version (if I do not give it a specific location).   If I edit via Photos and use AP as an extension  (Photo>Edit>right click>edit in AP" )...all edited photos are easily managed. 

Still bit confusing to me, but I shall pursue!

Thank you everyone!