Like it's iOS counterpart, the Mac app has a 'saveless' model. Changes are automatically and continuously saved (to disk.) There is no need to specifically select File -> Save. This is great and it means that you should never lose any work (due to crashes or forgetting to save a document.)įor Windows users (used to specifically saving documents) this can appear 'odd' and sometimes 'annoying'. On Windows, you might open a document, make some changes, decide better of it and close the document - choosing not to save changes. This will not work on the Mac - changes are always saved (whether you want to keep them or not.) Another time this approach can be confusing/annoying is when you open a template document, make some changes and then attempt Save As - only to find that there is no Save As option and that your changes have instead been automatically saved back into the template. Save As is possible - hold down the option (⌥) key whilst opening the file menu.

MacOS comes with a feature called Versions where a version history is maintained for all documents. This enables you to revert to a previous version of a document using a Time Machine style interface. See File -> Revert To menu.īy default the Windows app follows the 'standard' Windows approach to saving files. That is to say, a document is NOT automatically saved. The user will be prompted to save any changes when they attempt to close the document.

Either way, the backup copy is then deleted (so you only get one chance to decide!) This is not great if the app crashes (your changes will not have been saved!) To assist with this, iThoughts will periodically save a copy of the document in the background (giving it a ~itmz~ file extension.) If the app crashes then next time the document is opened it will tell you that there were unsaved changes to the document and ask if you want to recover them.

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