I have a very simple question: how do I view where Lion has autosaved my current version to (without the convoluted route of using finder)? In days gone by i'd simply use the save as function to see where it was being saved.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
alloneword wrote:
I have a very simple question: how do I view where Lion has autosaved my current version to (without the convoluted route of using finder)? In days gone by i'd simply use the save as function to see where it was being saved.
Current version of what?
Pete
Open the document.
Click the title on the titlebar (downword triangle).
From the popup select "Browse All Versions.."
(sorry PeterMAc87) to clarify -I am working in Numbers - I do not know where the current document is saved - how do I find where Lion has 'autosaved' the version I'm using
Clearly the clunky way would be to search using the filename in the finder - the shortcut I used to use was clicking on 'save as' to see where it had been located before.
(thanks Dominic23 for your advise - however "Brouse all versions.." doesn't show me where the file is archived on my system)
Hope this makes sense - I realise much of tech support is about formulating the right question...
(sorry PeterMAc87) to clarify -I am working in Numbers - I do not know where the current document is saved - how do I find where Lion has 'autosaved' the version I'm using
Clearly the clunky way would be to search using the filename in the finder - the shortcut I used to use was clicking on 'save as' to see where it had been located before.
(thanks Dominic23 for your advise - however "Brouse all versions.." doesn't show me where the file is archived on my system)
It's actually even easier than using Save As to see the full path to the currently open document. Just do a "Secondary click" on the document title in its window's title bar.
Like you, I relied upon Save As my whole life to check a file's location and considered it a must-have capability. Turns out it's even faster to use the single-click method to reveal the full path to the open document. It displays the entire path to the current document starting from the level of your Mac, and works for files stored on drives as well as iCloud.
If you're not sure how to do a secondary click, go into System Preferences, select Trackpad, Point & Click to find the current preference for secondary click on your Mac. If you happen to have a mouse with more than one button, it's probably the right button. As a trackpad user, I check the box to "Click or tap with two fingers," so a simple two finger tap on the title of an open document reveals its full path. This feature actually has been around for a very long time.
Note that this is not the same thing as the Autosave and Versions menu, which is exposed using a little drop down triangle to the right of the title. There is no visual clue for the presence of this feature - you just have to know it's there, probably because this feature goes all the way back to pre-OS X days.
I have a very simple question: how do I view where Lion has autosaved my current version to (without the convoluted route of using finder)? In days gone by i'd simply use the save as function to see where it was being saved.
