OS Ventura: Ask to Keep Changes

Where is this in OS Ventura System Preferences? I want to turn off this autosaving and overwriting and destroying my original documents and files when I have not asked for it.

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David

iMac 24″, macOS 13.3

Posted on Apr 21, 2023 9:51 AM

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Posted on Apr 21, 2023 10:40 AM

To disable auto-save, you’ll need to turn on “Ask to keep changes when closing documents” in Settings > Desktop & Dock :

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Apr 21, 2023 10:40 AM in response to hectorberlioz

To disable auto-save, you’ll need to turn on “Ask to keep changes when closing documents” in Settings > Desktop & Dock :

OS Ventura: Ask to Keep Changes

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