Or am I blind?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.7GHz Quad, Core I5, 2x4GB
Same here. Upgraded to Lion and now I can no longer save anything that has already been saved. I am trying to save a text file to a new loacation but there is no "Save" or "Save As". How am I supposed to save my document to a chosen location?
Super frustrating. Can I have my $30 back? This is not progress...
Apparently it's one of the 'advances' in human interface studf.
Autosave is the default in Lion, hence the absence of a Save function after the initial doc creation and naming.
Apparenty some of the "old" Save As function's abilities are made available through the Export or Duplicate function in Lion.
And then there's "versions"....
Personally, I like Save As, especially in a graphics app.
More info here -
http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/LionChanges.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/161357/2011/07/how_to_make_lion_more_like_snow_l eopard.html
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3117939?answerId=15407131022#15407131022
Hello,
I've noticed the lack of "save as" today too...
I've really disappointed by this "new" ergonomy. They want to make desktops to be similar to an iPad. Maybe it can be fanny for the common user, but for professionals it's a real pain!
And even from a conceptual point of view, "save as" it's not at all comparable with versioning. Someone must be drunk at Cupertino! Or that was an idea of some guy from Marketing, they're always up to this dumb ideas.
Is there any way to create a petition to ask Apple reintroduce these options?
The critical question is how OFTEN does Save happen automatically in Lion? Or is it just Save As which has been dropped?
In Adobe CS and Logic Studio I want to Save immediately after getting the project to a state I want to protect/keep before progressing on.
but "save as" can be used to start from a file and go to a different direction, expecially with text files.
I've discovered you can click on "file" > "duplicate" now but there is no shortcut to do it, and you have an alert "are you really sure..?"
it symply makes me loosing time
Welcome to the iOS world of nonthinking, wherein the OS does everything for you. Salient details described in http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/auto-save.html and http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4753
Sorry, but this is the world of the Nanny state --- you do things the way Apple envisions them or you're out of luck... call it "Redmond-think" takes over Cuppertino.
Lion is so Windows like as to no longer provide a reason to switch.
And the "save" feature is even worse... try saving new files (like cutouts from an existing image) ... It defaults to your desktop, and Png. If you decide to change the file location and name from Undefined, and THEN change the file type to jpg from png ... you have to choose your location and rename the file AGAIN... it forgot that fast.
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If it Saves to the Destop by default it's doubly worse for someone like me who has the Mac OS X installed on an internal Solid State Drive but works with all data files on the internal other HD. The Desktop is part of the Finder and OS and anything deposited there needs trashing because moving it only moves a duplicate. Double double duplicates!!
😠 Not clever!
What is going on with our decision power? I'm having much more steps to edit a simple .xml file!!!
Hey Apple, I'm using Word to edit, it's amazing!!! Please, back "Save As"
Here is how to do a Save As in Lion.
1. With your original textedit file open, click FILE/DUPLICATE.
2. Select the duplicate. It will have the original file name plus the workd "copy"
3. Click FILE/SAVE...
4. You will get the SAVE AS dialog box.
If you do not save the copy, it will prompt you when you exit it.
4 steps where 2 would be enough. It doesn’t seem to be a progress.
If you want to report this issue to Apple's engineering, send a bug report or an enhancement request via its Bug Reporter system. To do this, register as an Apple Developer—it's free and available for all Mac users and gets you a look at some development software. Since you already have an Apple username/ID, use that. Once a member, go to Apple BugReporter and file your bug report or enhancement request. You'll get a response and a follow-up number; thus, starting a dialog with engineering.
Another example of designers (the folk who determine the features of apps) deciding they know better than I do what it is that I want to do, what my workflow should be, how I should do things.
Nuts. "Smart" apps, functions, etc., are so dumb they get in the way.
That's one of the reasons I liked like OS 9 so much - its flexibility.
Bring back the choices - let me decide my own path. I'll guarantee you I'll find a more efficient way to do things than someone else deciding for me.
This is smart design in my opinion.
If you did a simple SAVE AS, you would save all the incremental edits and past versions. It could be quite embarassing for a recipient of a note to see all the words you may have edited out.
By changing to Duplicate, you get to zero out all the revisions and versions and start fresh.
Lion - no more "save as" in text edit
