Is there a way to turn off autosave feature in Lion OS X?

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How can I turn off the autosave feature on all applications in lion?

If you're looking how to disable Versions (not Autosave), here's the procedure: How to disable Versions in OS X Lion — iolsmit, Jan 18, 2012 at 0:06
Since there is now a correct answer at apple.stackexchange.com/questions/27544/…, I flagged this as a duplicate, seeing as this question has an incorrect answer.. — houbysoft, May 29, 2012 at 18:51

z4mba · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-28 08:14:45Z

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: Disable Autosave and Versions on Lion - Setting

Go to System Preferences > General

Untick "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps".

Then reboot.

answered Jul 28, 2011 at 8:14

z4mba

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Odd. It probably is. I wonder what's the difference between time machine and a setting...
– Eimantas
Jul 28, 2011 at 9:13
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This answer is completely wrong; this only disables the automatic reopening of windows when you quit an app. It does NOT disable autosaving.
– houbysoft
Oct 13, 2011 at 21:59

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