Autosaving nightmare

For the moment you can't turn Autosave off. However be sure and send in your feedback.

In the meantime, going forward, the next time you do something like this remember to pull down File > Duplicate to create a new version of the file before you make any changes. It may take a little time but we'll just have to get used to doing things just a little bit differently.

You can still save a file whenever you want. The Save command is still there. I use it all the time.

Why have to do things differently? SAVE AS is the standard it is part of our computer language, so why change for the sake of chamging. When you want to do a "save as" you dont want to duplicate a file you want to change its name and make it diferent, they are tottaly opsosed things.

The problem is not the consumer changing its that Apple has got it wrong this time.

Apple = Think Different 😉

You can save any time you want, but the problem is you can't not save any time you want. Say you're working on a big file. You make a change. Autosave kicks in, spending 5 seconds to write to disk. You make another minor change. Autosave. Change. Save. I'm working on a 130M OmniOutliner file and I'm spending more time looking at the spinning beachball than I am actually making changes. That just ain't right.

pepa - if you feel like spending a small amount of money for a very good image-editing application, I am happy to report that the new Lion version of Graphic Converter has Autosave and Versions turned OFF by default, although there's a preference that lets you turn them on if you want to. And it still has the "save as" function.

I hope all applications will deal with Autosave this way. Graphic Converter shows that it can be done.

I completely agree. It's a total overreach. I've tried to live with it and I just hate it. I do a lot of video grabs from the quicktime app for work and it just drives me nuts. The app has no save command at all, the OS determines where files are saved, when you duplicate (in attempt to bring back save as), you have to export when I want to just maintain the source file format. It's nuts and a total intrusion into my workflow. I rue the day when Adobe puts autosave in photoshop. They better give the option to disable. I have to buy MS Office now as I refuse to use iWork with autosave. This is the single worst piece of functionality change that I can remember from Apple, and I've been using GUI's since the IIGS.

... the OS determines where files are saved, when you duplicate (in attempt to bring back save as), you have to export when I want to just maintain the source file format.

It simply isn't true that "the OS determines where files are saved." When I duplicate a file, the duplicate is the same file format as the original, and when I save for the first time on the file (CMD+s) I get the standard save dialog and I can save the file where I want. This is same behavior I get when I create a new document, as well.

I have to buy MS Office now as I refuse to use iWork with autosave.

Don't get too comfortable. Microsoft has stated they will be adding support for Autosave + Versions to the Office suite.

are you serious? ok... this is just basics here... and your making a mountain out of nothing. you want to crop the photo and not touch the original... ok open the photo then go to duplicate... which is the same as same as but now it is simpler... so you go to duplicate... crop your photo... then (of course if you export something it is going to look like what you exported) go to file save. Apple wants you to still save your work, but in case you forget, then you are covered. I just explained it to my cat... and if the cat understands then you should have no problem understanding it also. Oh by the my cat crops photos all the time using Lion... so if you continue to have problems you could talk to my cat.

Why don't you just revert to a previous version if you've made changes to a file you want to get rid of?