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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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Do OS X Lion's Versions and Resume features store the cached data for encrypted .sparsebundle images in a secure way?
I store sensitive information on my laptop in encrypted .sparsebundle images which are made with apps like Disk Utility, Knox and Espionage. The question is, if I upgrade to Lion, when I'm working on ...
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How can I share all document revisions with another Mac?
Mac OS ‘Lion’ introduced a version control system with a fancy user interface called Versions. I’m slowly getting used to working with it and find it quite powerful.
I have found out how to share the ...
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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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Disable autosave in Preview
Preview, by default, persists edits to the underlying file immediately. (i.e. if you crop something, the underlying file becomes cropped). I find this behavior very irritating.
I tried enabling ...
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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 ...
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What is "TALagent" and why is it "Exiting out of boredom"?
I'm trying to help a colleague whose MacBook periodically switches off without warning (I've had similar problems on a Mac Mini, so it's not power related).
While investigating the logs in Library/...
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How to delete saved versions in Mac OS X Lion
The new Versions feature in Lion stores old versions of the document I'm working on in case to revert back to some older version of the document. However, how can I delete the version files for a ...
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Is it possible to download and install multiple versions of Safari on macOS?
Is it possible to download and install multiple versions of Safari on macOS?
I need to test something out on my MacBook with the latest version of Safari (13), but I don't want to update my current ...
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How to use Dropbox for applications with Lion Versions support?
I have several Numbers files that I sync between my laptop and desktop. I upgraded both machines to Lion and the latest version of Numbers. I love the Versions feature: many of these spreadsheets that ...
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What are the implications of how versions are stored?
I haven't found good data about how the versions feature is implemented. As I see it there are three ways it could be implemented:
The separate versions are all in one file (possibly as resource ...
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Did Apple get rid of autosave and versions in Mavericks?
(As a heads up, I've hardly used any versions of OS X newer than Snow Leopard. So, I might be missing something obvious here).
I recently installed Mountain Lion and after that Mavericks. While on ...
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Installing specific iOS version on iPhone 4S
I've been asked to purchase an iPhone 4S for a team of developers for testing purposes. Two requirements that have been asked of the iPhone are:
it should run iOS 7.0 instead of the most recent 7.1 (...
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Revert to last saved, now that saving has been obsoleted
Now that more and more document based applications do the modern "save, duplicate, revert to" Versions thing instead of the traditional "save, save as, revert".
Having had 30 ...
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