If you enable that checkbox, then auto-save continues as normal by saving the current state of any changed documents whenever Scrivener is idle for the number of seconds listed in the Preferences. ![]() ![]() A Snapshot is basically just a “frozen” copy of a document, and continued editing on a document is done in the current version of the document, with one or more Snapshots acting as fall-back points. Although the Snapshots feature deserves (and I will give it) its own blog post, the short of it is that within a Scrivener project, you can save a copy of any of the elements of your manuscript at a given point in time. The first of those two, “Take snapshots of changed text documents on manual save” allows you to essentially create backstops for your work each time you save manually. That one is pretty straightforward, and if you want to be notified each time that happens, click that checkbox on. The second one, “Show notifications when saving in composition mode,” will generate an on-screen display when a save occurs if you are writing in composition mode. The latter two options may need a little exposition. There is also an option for notifications when an auto-save kicks off, if you’re in composition mode. In this pane, you can tell Scrivener how long to wait before auto-saving, as well as whether to create Snapshots of any changed text documents when the “Save” command is manually invoked. Once open, click the “General” tab, and click on the “Saving” item. To access the settings for both auto-save and automatic backups, open a project in Scrivener and select the Scrivener menu, then click “Preferences …” (or, hold the command key and type a comma): With that, let’s take a look at auto-save and automatic backups in Scrivener 3 (which incidentally also work in Scrivener 2, although the preferences window will look slightly different).Īuto-save in Scrivener is always-on, but the amount of time it waits before saving is configurable, and it also offers a couple of options for the writer who doesn’t particularly care for auto-save (I know there are some, although I am not among them). The auto-save feature is always-on, with a few configuration options. The automatic backup feature is optional, and fairly flexible. It has also offered an auto-save feature as long as I’ve been aware, and I believe offered that from the very beginning. Scrivener itself has supported an automatic backup system since at least version 1.5, a system that offers the option for you to backup to a specific location, and when. In Part 3 I'll go over Snapshots and some ways they can help with disaster recovery, as well as some thoughts on them in general. In Part 2, I'll look at a macOS option I use to help make this system more robust for my needs, as well as some ideas for modifications that others may find helpful and a note about possible ways Windows users can do something similar. In today’s cogitation, I’ll go over two Scrivener systems, auto-save and automatic backups. In this series, I will go over some ways to use built-in Scrivener tools, as well as some of my thoughts on external automation tools, in order to help alleviate the inevitable crash, hard drive failure, or other disasters that may befall the CloudAge™ Author. ![]() Today, I'm starting a new series covering some ways to save your hard work from technological issues that may strike the modern writer. ![]() So far, the A/C has tried conking out three times (and one of those days it was 109 ☏!), but fortunately I was able to get things right again. Hello again, and welcome back! Hopefully your summer has been less eventful than has mine.
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