iPad “Project File Modified”

Dorico
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Hello, I get this strange message on my iPad, while working on a project:

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If I click “Rename” nothing happens.
Same, if I click “Cancel”.
I just keep on working on that file.
At the same time, why does it say “File has been deleted”? because I have not deleted the file.
Another strange thing: if I tap onto the “Share” button, choose “as Dorico Project” and then “Save to Files”, the file explorer only pops up very shortly and disappears. So I can’t do a Save. Luckily the project does auto-save when I close the project.

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Is this project located in iCloud Drive? I presume it must be. Are you sure there’s no way the file could have been modified in iCloud Drive via another device?

3

Hello Daniel, yes file location is in iCloud.
That is, where I duplicated my original project file (version in e-Minor) to have a second project - to make a separate version in a Minor. Both files have different names of course.
If I remember correctly: I did open the a-Minor version file on my desktop computer to do the initial transposition. From then on I worked on the project on the iPad.
On the desktop I have Dorico version 4, on the iPad version 5.
So far I had no issues working on one project with different Dorico versions.

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I have made further experiments:

  1. In the Files App I double-tap a .dorico file which has its place in iCloud. Beforehand I had made sure, the file had been loaded completly. Dorico launches, but gives an error “can’t open file”. I close Dorico, then from within Dorico “open other file” and navigate to the same file. This way it opens-no problem.
  2. from within Dorico I try to Export/Save the open project to File. If I click onto the Folder symbol, the destination menu only pops up very shortly and is instantly gone. So I can’t save the project under a new name.
  3. if I try to export to music.XML nothing happens. So this is also not possible.
  4. export to WAV and pdf does work
  5. further experiment: I create a new project in Dorico. Save it to iCloud location. this time no problems.
  6. it seems, problems do exist, if existing files try to get opened.
  7. I am aware that “iCloud” is actually a folder on the device, which gets synchronised to other locations via the internet.
  8. just in case, I will create a Diagnostic report and attach it here:
    Dorico Diagnostics.zip (154.8 KB)
    This after unsuccessfully having tried to save as Dorico project.