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Disable autosave

Hello, anybody figured out how one can disable autosave? I just *don't* want it, and I have my reasons.

Thanks,


l.

Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 10:30 AM

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Posted on Jul 21, 2011 10:32 AM

I don't think so.

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Sep 2, 2011 10:52 AM in response to papalapapp

Here you aren't speaking to Apple representative but to end users like you.


File a report to Apple thru the feedback channel.

A bug in the application must be reported to Keynote team, not to Lion's one which doesn't work upon this app.


Go to "Provide Keynote Feedback" in the "Keynote" menu, describe precisely what you get.

Then, cross your fingers, and wait at least for the next update ;-)


Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 2 septembre 2011 19:51:43

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Sep 2, 2011 12:40 PM in response to papalapapp

It seems that you don't know the way I behave.


I write when I want, where I want, the way I want.


Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 2 septembre 2011 21:38:40

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Sep 4, 2011 7:21 AM in response to lucafrombrooklyn

Auto-save and versioning is really a nonsense. Today I was taking some quick notes on text edit before it crashed and I lost data. Auto-save and versioning didn't prevent data loosing but they keep getting on my workflow. I do appeal again to Apple, please stop treating your costumers as stupid and let them choose. It's a shame I can't delete TextEdit so I would not open it again by accident.

Sep 4, 2011 9:36 AM in response to joaomcarvalho

(1) As far as I know, the autosave feature apply if you saved at least once.

If you didn't do that, it's normal that you retrieve nothing but the culprit isn't the app, just you !


(2) Everybody may delete TextEdit :

Run this short script:

--{code}

set p2a to path toapplications folderastext

set unix_path to quoted form of POSIX path of (p2a & "TextEdit.app")

do shell script "rm -R " & unix_path with administrator privileges

--{code}


What's a shame is to see wrong statements posted by users which don't know what they are ranting about.

It seems that some are doing their best to prove that Apple made choices matching their customers means.


Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 4 septembre 2011 18:33:13


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To be the AW6 successor, iWork MUST integrate a TRUE DB, not a list organizer !

Sep 5, 2011 2:20 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

The culprit it's the app and it's stupid workfow. I used it for years and it worked very well. And I know what I'm ranting about. That's why I stopped using Preview and TextEdit for many tasks (until I opened it by mistake). Both apps have their own workflow and refuse to accept mine. I was complaining that the only time it could have been useful it wasn't. I just finished to write something and before I even have the chance to save the document TextView crashed and didn't recover the file. I know that TextEdit keep opening files I never saved, that where garbage. This time it didn't!

Sep 5, 2011 2:29 AM in response to joaomcarvalho

joaomcarvalho wrote:


The culprit it's the app and it's stupid workfow. I used it for years and it worked very well. And I know what I'm ranting about.

As it's often the case, I think that it's the one which wrote that "it's stupid workflow" wich deserve the compliment.


You wrote " It's a shame I can't delete TextEdit so I would not open it again by accident." which is wrong !

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 5 septembre 2011 11:26:42

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Sep 5, 2011 3:56 AM in response to Tom in London

Now now, good people, let's not start a flame war. 🙂


I've found Yvan to be extremely helpful (along with a lot of others, given the amount of points he's acquired) and his scripts have saved my arse several times.


I've been the victim myself of a few hard and unfair comments from others...I put it down to people misreading my intent in a text based forum, especially when using idioms, or just venting general frustration with words like 'stupd' etc that can be misread to those whose first language isn't English.


We could all do with showing a bit more tolerance here, methinks (Yvan included!).

Sep 5, 2011 6:54 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

You felt free to write that Apple introduced "an idiotic workflow" which imply that those which designed it are idiotic.

So I feel free to return the compliment to yourself.

If my message is a flame, yours was too.

No less, no more.


You are ranting about features which were deliberately added.

The engineers which designed them are no more idiotic than yourself.

Some in this thread are so dumb that they are unable to copy a four letters first name with no error. Not surprising to see that they are unable to accomodate to new features.

I repeat to the attention of those which didn't understood that :


I write when I want, were I want and the way I want.


Ă€ bon entendeur salut !


Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 5 septembre 2011 15:54:41

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