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Aside from Dropbox do any of the mentioned providers offer auto save functionality for docs and spreadsheets? For me that’s really the killer feature (that and

by vxNsr 4y ago

Aside from Dropbox do any of the mentioned providers offer auto save functionality for docs and spreadsheets? For me that’s really the killer feature (that and the fact that I paid $100 for 7 years of service using MS’s employee discount offering for everyone during the pandemic). Every time people talk about self hosting or using a different cloud provider my biggest concern is auto save. And I haven’t heard anyone address it.

Nux 4y ago
When you save a document (ie ctrl+s) Nextcloud detects it and uploads the new version. It can even do some versioning.
- rejectfinite 4y ago
  Clicking ctrl+s is not autosave :) That is saving manually, and then the file gets synced. Autosave you don't need to click save/ctrl+s https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-is-autosave-6d6bd723-ebfd-4e40-b5f6-ae6e8088f7a5 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-is-autosave-... >AutoSave is a new feature available in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 subscribers that saves your file automatically, every few seconds, as you work.
  - ilyt 4y ago
    If you use app with auto-save it will auto-sync. Many apps have that feature.
  - kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
    It's been around since Office 95.
  - weberer 4y ago
    That's a feature of your editor, not the cloud sync tool. If you're editing a file in Vim, for example, called work/foo.txt, then it will create a hidden file called work/.foo.txt.swp and periodically autosave to that file. And if you have Nextcloud set to sync the work folder, then it will automatically back up .foo.txt.swp as well. https://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/recover.html#swap-file https://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/recover.html#swap-fil...
- dismalpedigree 4y ago
  Next cloud plus only office. Gets you realtime collaboration and auto saving. Web based and desktop based editors.
rtp4me 4y ago
I am running Nextcloud v23 with the Draw.io package installed using the autosave feature. Works great. I am looking to install the Only Office (or LibreOffice) to see if they also have the auto save feature.

by vxNsr 4y ago

Nux 4y ago

When you save a document (ie ctrl+s) Nextcloud detects it and uploads the new version. It can even do some versioning.

rejectfinite 4y ago
Clicking ctrl+s is not autosave :) That is saving manually, and then the file gets synced. Autosave you don't need to click save/ctrl+s https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-is-autosave-6d6bd723-ebfd-4e40-b5f6-ae6e8088f7a5 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-is-autosave-... >AutoSave is a new feature available in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 subscribers that saves your file automatically, every few seconds, as you work.
- ilyt 4y ago
  If you use app with auto-save it will auto-sync. Many apps have that feature.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
  It's been around since Office 95.
- weberer 4y ago
  That's a feature of your editor, not the cloud sync tool. If you're editing a file in Vim, for example, called work/foo.txt, then it will create a hidden file called work/.foo.txt.swp and periodically autosave to that file. And if you have Nextcloud set to sync the work folder, then it will automatically back up .foo.txt.swp as well. https://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/recover.html#swap-file https://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/recover.html#swap-fil...
dismalpedigree 4y ago
Next cloud plus only office. Gets you realtime collaboration and auto saving. Web based and desktop based editors.

rtp4me 4y ago

I am running Nextcloud v23 with the Draw.io package installed using the autosave feature. Works great. I am looking to install the Only Office (or LibreOffice) to see if they also have the auto save feature.