HumbleChief Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Hourly? Daily? Previous Save? Curious what you all use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Here's my settings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I have mine to set to "previous save" I don't use the archive system I prefer to do "save as" and do them often perhaps every few minutes if I am in high design mode certainly after finishing a task I'd rather not have to do over again Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkMc Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Mine are set to hourly. While I do lots of save as, over the years I've gotten compulsive using Ctrl+S almost reflexively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javatom Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Ctrl+S early and often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 I understand Ctrl+S and save often but that's not the same as the archive function - is it? If you have archive set to once a day then even if you Ctrl+S every couple minutes the archive will only be updated per the setting in preferences as I understand it. When Chief crashes, which is extremely rare, and there is note stating there's a newer version other than the file you're trying to open, is Chief now accessing the Archives? Or some other location that Ctrl+S places the file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkMc Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 You have it right Larry-Ctrl+S is save- nothing to do with archives. That's why I set it for hourly- I can hit save without thinking before doing a "save as" go on for a while only to discover I need to go back beyond the undo number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Thanks Mark. I was always told that any back up system is designed to lose you as much work as that back up timing is set to. i.e. If you back up once a week be prepared to lose a week's worth of work, once a day be prepared to lose a day's worth of work, an hour etc. Just wondering why one wouldn't use the previous save option as that should get you the most recent 'archive' possible - true? I'm asking because I went looking for some archives (it's rare that i need them) and it just didn't seem like they we all that useful/recent. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Keep in mind that archive files are only created each time you save a plan - archives are not created if you don't save. I use Previous save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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