Affinity Photo hangs when opening multiple pdf files from Alfred "Open With..."

[Hans-Pe]

I have observed the following in connection with Affinity Photo (AP):

 

When I action a single pdf file in Alfred with “Open With...” into AP, AP loads the file after asking for some options first, see screenshot.

 

If I put two or more pdf files into the file buffer and then press shift-option-right (⇧ ⌥ →) to action them with “open with...” into AP, AP hangs after loading the first file and I have to force quit AP.

 

I suspect the problem is the Open Options prompt, because when I use regular image files (jpeg, png,... ), these are opened by AP without prompting, all files are loaded into AP in separate tabs as expected.

 

When I do the same with pdf files selected from a Finder window ("open with" in context menu) or from Terminal with open command, all files are opened in separate tabs in AP as expected.

 

I worked around the problem by creating a new file action for single and multiple image and pdf files with a run script action:

open -b com.seriflabs.affinityphoto2 "$@"

 

This works without any problems.

 

Gruß

Hans-Peter

 

 

Alfred 5.5.1 Build 2273, Friday 13th September 2024

macOS Sequoia 15.2

Affinity Photo 2.5.6