Mac OS X Lion's feature that automatically saves documents as you are working on them.
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How to Make G-mail Remember my User ID and Passwords with Safari
I work in marketing and have several G-mail accounts established exclusively for my clients advertising programs that I must access frequently. Until a few days ago, each time I opened any G-mail ...
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When editing files on a (Windows?) networked drive I get “could not be saved” errors
When I edit files that are stored locally, everything works fine, but when editing files that are stored on my networked home directory (at uni here), I get:
The document "<x>" could not be ...
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Batch file saving in Bridge
I'm attempting to batch save a large number of .ai files through Adobe Photoshop via Bridge. I am trying to save the files using "Save for Web and Devies" with a change in dimensions of 40%. I have ...
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Does Mac OSX Mountain Lion autosave/versions interact badly with git?
I use git with some of my documents and wonder if the autosaved versions created by Mountain Lion could interfere (or even break) git versioning?
This is important for me as I do not work on Macs ...
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Unresponsive save dialogs in Preview
With the introduction of Mountain Lion, Preview acts up whenever I need to save a file. It does this regardless of whether I use File > Save or Command+S. The logs tell the same story:
10/20/12 ...
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Can revisions, auto save and versions be completely and permanently neutered from OS X? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to completely disable auto-save and versions in Mac OS X Lion?
I have given these changes a good try and they irritate me more than they should. I want "auto-save", ...
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What are these giant files in ~/Library/Autosave Information/?
In my ~/Library/Autosave Information/ folder on 10.7, I have some fairly routine-looking files—a few unsaved scratch documents in applications that use Autosave, and accompanying plists for those ...
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How does Versions work with iCloud?
Just wondering how, if at all, Versions on Pages for Mountain Lion (10.8) works with iCloud, specifically in relation to iOS 5 devices.
My own testing seems to indicate that a Pages document created ...
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Applications occasionally start showing “The document could not be autosaved” dialogs
Every now and then, some application (usually TextEdit) starts showing dialogs like this when I try to close or save any document:
The document “2.txt” could not be autosaved.
Your changes ...
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Why does my Macbook Pro try to shut down when I leave it unattended?
When I close the lid of my Macbook Pro (Lion), it goes to sleep, which is good: it powers down without closing my applications.
But if I just leave the computer unattended for a while without closing ...
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Is there a searchable list of applications that support OS X's resume/autosave/iCloud features?
I just upgraded to Lion and I'd like to know what applications support OS X's resume/autosave/iCloud features. Is there a searchable list of applications that support these features?
Update: This ...
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The document “x” could not be saved. You don’t have permission
I am getting the following error:
The document could not be saved. You don't have permission
The error is not helpful at all because it does not point to where I don't have permission. To save ...
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Where does Lion's autosave feature save past versions?
I just plugged in a USB stick, edited a text file a few times, and found that I could browse through the revision history of the file, even though it's on an external drive. Are these revisions saved ...
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How to completely disable auto-save and versions in Mac OS X Lion?
I hate the automatic saving and versioning in Mac OS X Lion.
Is there a way to completely turn it off?
(This has been asked before here, but the answer and the linked article are completely wrong, ...
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Is there a way to turn off autosave feature in Lion OS X?
How can I turn off the autosave feature on all applications in lion?
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Unsaved Files in OS X Lion
Where do unsaved files go in Lion?
I quit TextEdit without saving since I had no intention of saving, but with autosave the file still got save somewhere since when I reopen TextEdit the file I was ...
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Can I change how often Lion's “Versions” feature saves files?
Is it possible to change Versions' save frequency?
For some kind of work, one hour's worth of work is too much to lose!
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Which text editors take advantage of Lion's Versions feature?
I've been a fervent user of Textmate for many a year, and I hope to continue to be one. However, the versions feature of OSX seems like a great and easy to use idea.
I'm mostly doing HTML, CSS and ...
