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My daughter lost a morning's work because she didn't save her composition in Microsoft Word (I think) on a MacBook. She's used to Google Docs automatically sa
by jdeibele 11y ago
My daughter lost a morning's work because she didn't save her composition in Microsoft Word (I think) on a MacBook. She's used to Google Docs automatically saving everything for her on her Chromebook.
I'm sure that Microsoft Word can be set to automatically save but somebody probably has to do that. And the school might have disabled it because the kids are sharing the MacBooks and still using thumb drives.
- Flimm 11y agoMicrosoft Word automatically saves backup copies of files, and has done for at least a decade.
- jdeibele 11y agoYes, but it seems reasonable that it would be turned off for laptops that are swapped every class, whether Windows or Macs (in this case). If Bobby or Betty just lets it save, now you have to find the laptop the doc was automatically saved to. Or maybe it was saved to the machine instead of her thumb drive and the IT guy just told her she lost it. I try to do tech support for my kids and parents hands-on because details that don't matter to them do matter to the OS or apps.