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You can have auto-save and automatic file naming without cloud storage
by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y ago
You can have auto-save and automatic file naming without cloud storage
- cosmic_cheese 1y agoYep. First party and well behaved third party Mac apps have been doing so since… jeez, 10.7 Lion (released in 2011) I think? The way it works there is that documents are auto-saved to a non-volatile app-specific temp directory until they’re explicitly saved, at which point they’re moved to the specified location and continue to be auto-saved there. Anybody who uses TextEdit as a temp text stash is familiar with this with the hoard of unsaved documents that comes back even after a cold boot. Microsoft is just motivated to push cloud storage onto usage.
- kayodelycaon 1y agoMicrosoft removed auto-save of local files from the Mac version years ago.
- saratogacx 1y agoBut how will you figure out what to name a file without pumping it through Copilot!?
- 9x39 1y agoBut why? The Chromebook user makes a doc, closes the lid, and finds their doc on their phone or web later. Why wouldn't the Windows user get the same UX? The expectation is that your data's available anywhere. Even linux users are going to want backups of their own choice so it's available anywhere.
- hollerith 1y agoMaybe the user has turned off internet connectivity to help himself to stop procrastinating on the web to help him get the document written.
- hulitu 1y ago> The expectation is that your data's available anywhere. Then why it is not available ? Why can't i run a dotNet program from a network share ? Why i can see heic files shared in Teams, but my boss cannot open them ?