3 ms·

Well, I downloaded the Mac app, and here's what I don't like: - Goodness gracious, that icon. And 3.5GB????? - Requires a login (so I suppose no disconnected

by rcarmo 1y ago

Well, I downloaded the Mac app, and here's what I don't like: - Goodness gracious, that icon. And 3.5GB????? - Requires a login (so I suppose no disconnected operation) - Seems to jumble together the vector, bitmap and publishing apps (which I very much prefer to have as separate things) Mostly everything I've been able to try in 30 minutes seems to work, but a 3.5GB app is a sad sign of the times. Will most likely keep using the old versions until they die on me, especially on the iPad.

jama211 1y ago
It’s because it’s four apps in one, they merged the affinity suite apps then added their own ai app too
- rcarmo 1y ago
  Fine, but the Mac mini I downloaded this in has very little internal storage, so I am not using this and will only keep the old designer and publisher apps around (Pixelmator is better for my use case)
  - whywhywhywhy 1y ago
    Well the same Adobe apps would be around 10GB so it's a bit pointless to complain about it.
    - a96 1y ago
      Just because something has an even worse version of the problem doesn't mean complaining about it is pointless. The opposite.
egypturnash 1y ago
> a 3.5GB app is a sad sign of the times. It's par for the course, Illustrator 2025 is 2.8 gigs on my Mac for just the binary, 3.29 gigs for its directory in /Applications for some of its support files, plus however much space it takes up in ~/Library for more of its support files. Photoshop's another 4.8 gigs for its binary and InDesign's another 2, so Affinity's doing pretty well to get some part of the functionality of all of those in a mere 3.5 gigs. Or Adobe's hilariously bloated. Or both. Let's go with both, really.
tredre3 1y ago
> so I suppose no disconnected operation) You're wrong about that point, it works offline just fine after activation. It's even stated in their FAQ. Of course it's possible for them to change that at any time.
sprkwd 1y ago
Can I work in more than one app at the same time?
aagd 1y ago
Well, the old Affinity Designer 2, Photo 2 and Publisher 2 together are 8.68 GB (Mac)

by rcarmo 1y ago

jama211 1y ago

It’s because it’s four apps in one, they merged the affinity suite apps then added their own ai app too

rcarmo 1y ago
Fine, but the Mac mini I downloaded this in has very little internal storage, so I am not using this and will only keep the old designer and publisher apps around (Pixelmator is better for my use case)
- whywhywhywhy 1y ago
  Well the same Adobe apps would be around 10GB so it's a bit pointless to complain about it.
  - a96 1y ago
    Just because something has an even worse version of the problem doesn't mean complaining about it is pointless. The opposite.

egypturnash 1y ago

> a 3.5GB app is a sad sign of the times. It's par for the course, Illustrator 2025 is 2.8 gigs on my Mac for just the binary, 3.29 gigs for its directory in /Applications for some of its support files, plus however much space it takes up in ~/Library for more of its support files. Photoshop's another 4.8 gigs for its binary and InDesign's another 2, so Affinity's doing pretty well to get some part of the functionality of all of those in a mere 3.5 gigs. Or Adobe's hilariously bloated. Or both. Let's go with both, really.

tredre3 1y ago

> so I suppose no disconnected operation) You're wrong about that point, it works offline just fine after activation. It's even stated in their FAQ. Of course it's possible for them to change that at any time.

sprkwd 1y ago

Can I work in more than one app at the same time?

aagd 1y ago

Well, the old Affinity Designer 2, Photo 2 and Publisher 2 together are 8.68 GB (Mac)