Apple picker Apple promised us at the 2011 keynote that we would never need to store files again. How is it in reality?
At the outset, it should be said that the functions only work in supported applications. They are Preview, TextEdit, Mail and after the update the whole package iWork.
autosave
Behind the function autosave it's a simple idea so that we never lose our data. This often caused the application to crash. Auto Save in OS X Lion automatically saves your work while you work. Subsequently, it manages them in such a way that the history of changes is saved for every hour of the last day and for the week for the following months. For testing purposes, I tested the model situation of the application crashing, or the sudden shutdown of the entire system. In the Activity Monitor, I forced the application to quit while editing. When I did this immediately after editing the document, the changes did not save. However, it only took a few seconds and when I opened Pages, everything was displayed as it was. It also works when shutting down the application using CMD+q. It's also a quick way to exit the application if you don't have time to save. Auto Save works as soon as you open a new document, that means you don't need to save it anywhere. If you open an already saved file and want to revert to the versions at the time of opening after editing, click on the file name at the top of the document and select Revert to Last Opened. The file can also be locked against modification by selecting the Lock option. Making changes to such a document requires it to be unlocked. You can also duplicate it. This is especially useful when using the original file as a template.
Version
Version it starts working after saving the document. When you make a change in the document, next to the saved file, another one will be created in which the versions of the document will be saved. The file contains only the data that the document contained after saving and no longer contains it after editing. To start the Version itself, click on the file name in the upper part of the document and choose Browse All Versions... You will start the environment familiar from Time Machine where you can find the version of the document according to the timeline. The document can then either be restored to the given version, or data can be copied from it and inserted into the current version. This version can also be opened, then, for example, shared and returned to the current version in the same way.
To delete a version of a document, switch to the browser version, find it and click on the file name at the top of the document. There you will see the option to delete the given version.
Version and Auto Save is also very interesting in the case of Preview, where the edited image does not need to be saved anymore. After opening this image again, you can simply return to the original versions as well.
When sharing a document - via email or chat, only its current version is sent. All others remain only on your Mac.
DESCRIPTION
It might seem so DESCRIPTION is actually Auto Save. The difference is that the Resume does not save the content, only the current state of the application. This means that if the Safari process is terminated, when it is restarted, all of its tabs will be opened and loaded as it was. However, the content of the forms that you filled in when the application crashed is no longer loaded. There is also a need for application support, so not every application behaves the same. Resume also works on restart, so that all applications open as they were (if supported), or at least open. To restart without the Resume function, it is necessary to disable this option.
Author: Rastislav Červenák Continuation:How about Lion? Part I - Mission Control, Launchpad and Design
Resume is a very nice and useful thing, but I feel that they didn't have to put it in the QuickTime player. I close the window with the video, double-click on another, and QTP opens with the new video, but also the old one, so two windows. It's hell. I got used to the same thing in Preview.
But after the restart, and especially Safari, it's a complete parade, thank you for that.
These are really good features, but they can't make up for the fact that Lion is a gray, confusing system, with would-be-nice features like MissionControl, but they work worse than Spaces and Exposé in SnowLeopard. I tried Lunchpad all evening yesterday and unfortunately it also failed - I can't delete any applications on my computer. iCal in Lion is cropped, Finder is more sensitive than the one in Leopard. Simply, these negatives overshadow the 2 nice features you write about here.
Does it actually work on other discs that are not HSF? Is it necessary on data loaded via SMB?
Holy shit, QuickTime is a must! So, an attempt: I opened the movie from the hard drive on another computer. Then I closed QuickTime (command-Q), turned off the network to simulate the unavailability of the disk, and tried to open another movie, but from a local disk. QuickTime did not open because it was trying to open the unavailable movie….
That, in my opinion, is the fundamental responsibility of this "autosave"! If I imagine that I will go on a business trip and won't start the application just because it doesn't have access to the network drive...
I can already see those awkward moments when the presenter tries to start the keynote and nothing, and nothing...