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Loss of Save As function in iWork '09

I'm a longtime Mac user (since 1984), and I also used AppleWorks for as long as it was around, switching to iWork when it came out, and most recently I was using iWork '09. But recently I switched to MS Office for one simple reason--loss of the Save As function. This was something I used frequently, and the things I have to do now to do the same thing I used to do so simply with Save as is crazy, and I can't for the life of me understand why Apple ditched such a simple and widely used function.


But here is my question. I would like to voice my displeasure to Apple, specifically the iWork team, for this change, but don't know where to go to do it. Or maybe this is the place...maybe Apple techies monitor this site to pick up tips, complaints...I don't know. Any ideas?

Posted on Feb 14, 2012 10:03 AM

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Feb 14, 2012 10:08 AM in response to ohfelt

This has nothing to do with iWork. It's a change in OS X. Specifically part of Lion's AutoSave and Versions. Doing the equivalent of Save As takes one extra step. Of course if you don't need to change a file's name or its location, then filesaving is completely automatic. So nothing was "ditched."


See OS X Lion- About Auto Save and Versions.


The changes in Lion were brought about because it's what users have requested. If you don't like it you can express an opinion at Apple Feedback.

Feb 14, 2012 11:57 AM in response to Kappy

If you have made changes before duplicating, Autosave will incorporate them into the original file, whereas Save As… would not. And the original is still open. Sometimes one or the other of those things may be what you want,in which case the new system may be more convenient. But, to get the behavior expected from Save As…, you have to do all four.

Feb 14, 2012 2:24 PM in response to Kappy

Yes...you can (1) adapt, or (2) go back to Snow Leopard, or (3) switch to MS Office, as I did. But as a longtime user of AppleWorks, and then iWork, the switch was painful...although now I'm used to Office and everything is OK. The purpose of this post was to find out where to go to voice my original displeasure at the loss of the function to Apple.


(I don't understand why Apple could not have buried the Save As function in some obscure right-click menu, or made the function available in a Preferences option...something like that.)

Feb 14, 2012 2:29 PM in response to ohfelt

Don't get too used to things. The next big update for Office will most likely incorporate the new autosave and versions. "Save As is dead. Long live Save As."


"(I don't understand why Apple could not have buried the Save As function in some obscure right-click menu, or made the function available in a Preferences option...something like that.)"


How ironic since you can do a Save As by selecting Duplicate and then selecting Save from the File menu. Voila! It's not buried nor obscure.

Feb 14, 2012 2:32 PM in response to Kappy

It's easier just to switch (and really the new function is not as simple as you make it sound, not for me and a lot of others; it's cumbersome and confusing). When Office gets rid of Save As, if they ever do...well, that's when I will adapt. But I likely will never use iWork again, and I feel bad about that.

Feb 14, 2012 2:37 PM in response to ohfelt

Apparently not bad enough to adapt to Lion's new ways nor bad enough to downgrade to Snow Leopard. Why bang your head against the wall? Or does it just feel that good when you stop?


The new method is that simple, but you and others would rather fight than switch. It's no more or less cumbersome than learning how to use new software. Only in this case the learning curve isn't very steep or long.


Sory, but I just don't get the mind-set. I'm 70 years old but I can adapt to change when it's called for or necessary. You just "move on."

Feb 14, 2012 2:41 PM in response to Kappy

You only move on if you have to, and I didn't because MS Office still incorpoarates Save As. Office is considerably more powerful and feature-rich than iWork, so there are other benefits to swtiching...although I had hoped to see iWork progress and become and equal competitor to Office. There needs to be another office suite besides MS Office, especially sine WordPerfect abandoned the Mac market.

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