Disable Autosave in Lion

[x_kzy_xd]

Autosave in Lion is driving me crazy. When I used to make changes to my documents in Pages, I'd prompt me to save the changes. And so, when I didn't like the edits I make to my essays, I can just tell it to discard the changes and all it well. But now, with Lion, it automatically sames them for me! I have to manually remember to click "revert to last saved versions", and if I forget to click that, them boom! it saves everything.

And no, versions doesn't solve my problem because I work with my files on Snow Leopard machines as well, and they have no idea how to look for older versions. And so, when I get to school, I notice that my essays is full of messy edits I thought I discarded when I exited Pages without saving.

What can I do to disable Autosave? I don't want to learn to work with it. I just want to opt out of a very dangerous and inconvenient feature.

 

[KeithP]

Do you have an original version of Pages 09 on CD? It was updated to take advantage of Lion's autosave feature so I am thinking if you install the original version and then don't update it, it won't have the auto save feature.

Not an ideal solution but it should work.

-KeithP

 

[Reliant]

Close the window before closing if you always want the prompt. Command w, don't save, then close app.

 

[x_kzy_xd]

Close the window before closing if you always want the prompt. Command w, don't save, then close app.

Sorry, could you explain the process a bit more clearly? What do you mean bby "close the window before closing"?

 

[nerp]

Sorry, could you explain the process a bit more clearly? What do you mean bby "close the window before closing"?

If you quit Preview with 5 images open within it, for example, those images will be reloaded the next time you open Preview or reboot. To avoid this, close each image individually before quitting the app. I think he meant to say close the documents before quitting the app. Quitting an app with no documents open will result in an app loading no documents upon start. In windows, closing an document by clicking "X" will kill the app. in OSX it doesn't.

 

[Reliant]

Sorry, could you explain the process a bit more clearly? What do you mean bby "close the window before closing"?

When you're done with a file, Close the Window. It's Command + W. That will force the save prompt. It will not quit the app, but it will close the open app window and force the prompt. After you click "Don't Save" then you can quit the app. Next time you open it'll be a new doc or the new doc wizard.

 

[x_kzy_xd]

When you're done with a file, Close the Window. It's Command + W. That will force the save prompt. It will not quit the app, but it will close the open app window and force the prompt. After you click "Don't Save" then you can quit the app. Next time you open it'll be a new doc or the new doc wizard.

I don't think that works. Here's what I did.

1. I open a brand new Pages new.

2. I type "hello" in there.

3. I save it as "hello.pages" on my desktop.

4. I open the document again. I delete hello. And write "do not edit" in the document..

5. I close the document by pressing Command + W. I do not get a prompt asking me if I want to save or close.

6. I open the document again, and all that remains there is "do not edit". "hello" is nowhere to be found.

 

[nerp]

I don't think that works. Here's what I did.

1. I open a brand new Pages new.

2. I type "hello" in there.

3. I save it as "hello.pages" on my desktop.

4. I open the document again. I delete hello. And write "do not edit" in the document..

5. I close the document by pressing Command + W. I do not get a prompt asking me if I want to save or close.

6. I open the document again, and all that remains there is "do not edit". "hello" is nowhere to be found.

You could check "back up previous versions when saving" under preferences.