Auto-saving works great except when I’m using an existing document as a template to make a new one only to remember 45 minutes in that I forgot to disable auto-save or make a copy to start with and the original document is gone.
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TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoNo, thanks!
Burninator05@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh yes, I had this too. Templates filled with random content from various team members. Now we switched to dotx templates to avoid this kind of situation.
wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
MS disabled the auto-save function for anything on a local disk, which is necessary for me because I use *gasp* version control software.
The_v@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you turn off a few of Microsoft’s more insane tracking in the privacy settings, it disables the autosave “feature”. The autosave fucked up version tracking badly enough that it was nice to have a global kill button.
I have found that turning off most new “features” that Microsoft makes recently is usually for the best.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Makes sense. You wouldn’t want to hammer that file onto disk every second.
wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Yes I do. I made a change. Save it. My disk can take it.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
in good software autosave happens with a slight delay of 10 seconds or so. It’s really not uncommon.