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Autosave question...
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 1:57 pm
by Robb Scott
Just wondering: I've got Autosave set for 9 minutes (so it will Autosave 1 minute before the screensaver kicks in. "Screensaver?", you say, "what is this, 1993?" Hey, old habits die hard...)...
Anyways, I got wondering, does DP Autosave wait for any sort of Idle period? Or will it just do it's thing, even if I'm playing back or recording?
DP 9.5, El Cappy...
Re: Autosave question...
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:42 am
by Phil O
I seem to recall when MOTU first added autosave to DP there was some mention of it waiting for an idle period. I don't see this mentioned in the current manual, though. I have mine set for 2 minutes and it never seems to get in the way of anything. In fact, I never even know when it's doing its thing. Seems pretty seamless.
Phil
Re: Autosave question...
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:48 am
by MIDI Life Crisis
Unless it's changed, auto save will not activate while recording or playing back, at least that's how I remember the function. I never use auto save in any app. It has created more problems and I hit cmd-s every few minutes by instinct.
Re: Autosave question...
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:50 am
by Tonio
MIDI Life Crisis wrote:and I hit cmd-s every few minutes by instinct.
Agreed
Re: Autosave question...
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:02 am
by HCMarkus
Auto Save has saved me on several occasions. I typically save often, but occasionally, in the heat of the creative moment, forget. And though crashes are rare, they always seem to come at exactly the wrong time. I have DP set to auto save every 10 minutes.
The only time I notice Auto Save is when there is a short delay in DP's response when I push play. And when I (happily) am able to restore work that would otherwise have been lost.