Lots of crashes

    I am getting lots of crashes and lost work today.

    I have had a couple of crashes when I have moved an element using arrows and shift. That was in pixel. In that case the app simply shut down. When I reopened there was a recovery file.

    I have also had a couple of crashes where it has stopped responding for no obvious reason. In those cases, when I reopened there was NO recovery file. So I lost everything since the last save. Since I am doing pen and ink via my Huion, that can be a lot of work.

    Is there an autosave setting anywhere? It would at least limit the damage. I try and save often, but I get distracted.

    So far, not wildly impressed. This feels a bit beta-ish.

    Affinity V2 & V3. Windows 11, Ryzen 9 9950X, Asus ProArt X870, 128GB Ram, RTX 5080. Huion Pro 27" Touch, LG 40".

    Quote from Joss

    Is there an autosave setting anywhere?

    Lower your Settings→Performance→File Recovery Interval. I keep mine at 60.
    On Mac, the autosave file is in ~/Library/Application Support/Affinity/autosave folder.

    If the app crashes, you may want to make a copy of the *.autosave file first before you relaunch Affinity, and change its suffix to *.af. Then you can open it as a regular document in case the auto-recovery should fail.

    As I remember, their autosave isn’t reliable. Make Ctrl+S a habit - stick a note on your screen as a reminder.

    And even more important: if you don’t use backup software, use “Save As” now and then or make daily copies of any important projects. Affinity has a history of file corruption.

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