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[How To] Stop Automatic Save to Cloud / Work Offline

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February 11, 2020
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Because Adobe Fresco automatically saves a document to Adobe Cloud whenever I close a document, I am getting multiple conflicting copies of the same document – one on the cloud and the other, more up to date document, on my hard drive. This feature also results in document changes I don't want being saved which can result in things I want to keep being overwritten. Further compounding the problem is your automatic sync since your algorithm has no idea what I want to sync. Automatic saving interferes with my workflow and creates unnecessary work..
a) How can I disable automatic cloud saving?
b) How can I close a document in Fresco without saving it?

c) How do I disable automatic syncing?

Thank you.

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Correct answer Sjaani

As long as you are online the files will sync. You can set them to work in offline mode and work offline, but once connected to the internet again they will automatically sync.

https://helpx.adobe.com/au/fresco/using/cloud-documents.html

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jblo

Inspiring

Many clients security agreements specially forbid saving files to 3rd party servers. Making much of CC unusable by responsible businesses.

As to why Adobe is doing this? If I use Adobe for 5 years then decide I want to go a different direction and close my account? I lose 5 years work. It definitely locks you in for a long term financial obligation. Kinda like a time share. 😀

They have some decent products, but this is something to keep in mind when designing a work flow.

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LesMizzell

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I am having a similiar, and it's a VERY distructive problem!
For example, I'm working on a set of ads .... AdV1, AdV2, AdV3 ...
It's OVERWRITING documents BEFORE I can tell it to save as a new version ...

I start with AdV1, save it .... them make my changes to save as V2, but before I can "Save As" V2 to the cloud, it's ALREADY OVERWRITTEN V1, and I've lost that version .... so I have to go back and recreated it ...

I need to save to the cloud as I'm working on the same set of files from 2 locations, but if there's no way to stop this, I'll have to NOT do this, and just carry a portable drive around, OR use another cloud service that 's not going to do this.

Advise please?

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Yves-CH

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Actuellement sous Fresco, vous avez toujours accès aux diverses versions d'un même document via l'historique des version, chaque fois que vous enregistrez le document, L'historique des version sera complété.
Il n'est donc plus indispensable d'enregistrer sous v1, v2, v3.... L'historique des versions est disponnible depuis la page Votre travail, sous l'icône de votre fichier dans le sous-menu ... Prenez le temps de regarder le mode d'emploi et les tutos de Adobe.

Yves Crausaz, Suisse, retraité actif dans le monde de la photo et des arts graphiques.

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Charismatic_being15A7

New Participant

I used Fresco for one day. This feature is just annoying and it's absurd we cannot disable the sync.
Looking forward to use another software for quick illustrations and sketches.

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Yves-CH

Inspiring

Ma solution temporaire : quand j'ai terminé une illustration, un sketch, depuis Fresco je l'exporte au format .psd en mémoire de mon iPad et de retour à la maison, je transfers mes fichiers .psd sur mon ordi pour les stocker sur un disque de celui-ci. Si vous travaillez avec iPAd et un Mac, utilisez simplement AirDrop pour le transfert, les fichiers sur le Cloud pouront être supprimés au fure et à mesure.

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My temporary solution: when I have finished an illustration, a sketch, from Fresco I export it in .psd format in my iPad's memory and back at home, I transfer my .psd files to my computer to store them on a disc of it. If you are working with iPAd and a Mac, just use AirDrop for the transfer, files in the cloud can be deleted as you go.

Yves Crausaz, Suisse, retraité actif dans le monde de la photo et des arts graphiques.

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CL110

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I was looking forward to using this, but the automatic cloud sync is a dealbreaker for me.

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bob98A5

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There is a hack you could use..

just block CoreSync.exe in and out conections from your firewall

but yes it might block the whole creative cloud experience ;oP

on WIN 10, it's there : %ProgramFiles% (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Sync\CoreSync\CoreSync.exe
...maybe some kind of batch file could togle the firewall rule, but as soon as its off the sync will fire in the background so not good.

Yes the best option would be for adobe to give us some control ...

I'm on limited data plan, I can't afford this kind of imposed cloud services 😞

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Yves-CH

Inspiring

Perso, je suis aussi pour une solution de désactivation de l'enregistrement dans le Cloud, si nous sommes productif, ça nous force à acheter de l'espace de stockage, si nous sommes dans une région où Inernet est encore très peut développé, nous avons des temps de transfert très long et ceci est source de beaucoup de blocage. Les ingénieurs de Adobe, vivant hors de ces zônes ne se rendent pas compte des problèmes que ça posent aux utilisateurs et que souvent, ça va jusqu'à rendre les logiciels innutilisables.... Mêmes remarques pour tous les derniers logiciels Adobe sur mobile Fresco, PS, AI, etc....

Je pense que ce que j'ovoque ici devrait devenir un débat ouvert, en plus des problèmes de droits d'auteur, ou de dispertion de nos asset.

Forcer l'usage de vos ordis en Cloud est aussi contraire aux problèmes des gestions d'énérgies.... Envoyer des données sur Internet nécessite beaucoup d'énérgie, ce n'est plus dans l'air du temps, maintenant nous devons aussi l'économiser !

Nous attendons donc rapidement une réaction positive à ces questions par le simple fait que nous ne soyons plus obligé d'enregistrer dans ce foutu Cloud toutes nos créations engendrant beaucoup de trafic innutile.

Yves Crausaz, Suisse, retraité actif dans le monde de la photo et des arts graphiques.

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Rob_Sydor

Participating Frequently

Yes, please makee option to save local instead of cloud..... Strange that we have to fight for this... @adobe

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Kuttyjoe

Inspiring

Adobe wants us to fill up cloud storage, then buy more cloud storage. It's as simple as that, I believe. I opened Fresco, created an empty document, then hit the back button. The empty document was promptly saved in the cloud. The initial message that your documents are being saved in the cloud followed only by "OK", is incredibly offensive. It's telling us right there that we have no choice in the matter. It's really a brave new world and we're seeing this kind of aggressive behavior everwhere now. Microsoft is doing it on our desktop PCs. Many things that are on by default and have no "off" switch. You can not say no. Every company, software and otherwise is looking for subscription income and they're fine with bothering us until we give in. Something really needs to be done about this. Just imagine how bad things will be in the next 10 to 15 years if we keep traveling down this road.

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Yves-CH

Inspiring

Perso, je n'utilise le Cloud que le temps de la création du document, le document une fois terminé, depuis l'application du bureau Creative Cloud ou suite à une édition dans PS app. de bureau, je fais enregistrer sous et je donne un de mes disque local. Durant le temps de traitement, sur l'iMac et sur le post de travail, j'active le mode disponnible hors connexion, les enregistrement se passent plus rapidement, mon quota de 20 Go de mon compte Adobe pour photograph me suffit largement ! Et voilà, le meilleurs des 2 mondes.

Yves Crausaz, Suisse, retraité actif dans le monde de la photo et des arts graphiques.

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TMillz74

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I've recently found Fresco and watch videos about at Adobe MAX. I'd love to add it to my company's tool set but the auto save to cloud only is unacceptable. Some of our work is proprietary and there's no way to guarentee Adobe cloud server won't get hacked, like other big companies such as Apple. In other Adobe products you can disable the cloud saves, hopefully Fresco will in the future. Again, I'd love to use it if they do, but for now will have to use other software.

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FitzFoto12089247

Inspiring

The only way I found to stop PS 2020 saving again a document already saved to the Adobe Cloud was to use the Script Events Manager to trigger a Javascript that tests the file extension for "PSDC" on 'Save' and 'Start to save' and saves the document to a dummy file instead.

Of course the previously saved versions are available in the Cloud, it doesn't overwrite, it just saves a new version. Nevertheless, it's annoying, especially if the file is large or the bandwidth is restricted for any reason (e.g., other activity)

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David Joseph0101

New Participant

That you cannot disable automatic saving/syncing is a terrible feature. I cannot understand why you think that many of your users will not object to this.

DavidMatos

Inspiring

They don't think that -- they just don't care. Adobe is going from arrogant to delirious all powerful.

SjaaniCorrect answer

Community Expert

As long as you are online the files will sync. You can set them to work in offline mode and work offline, but once connected to the internet again they will automatically sync.

https://helpx.adobe.com/au/fresco/using/cloud-documents.html

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Hatshepsut1Author

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Sjaani,

If I understand, you are saying that the only way to prevent the automatic syncing is to work while disconnected from the internet, but that even if I do that, Adobe will automatically sync my files when I reconnect. If that is the case, Adobe would be in violation of the copyright law which prohibits copying of images without the owner's permission. Adobe will also be responsible for damages resulting from improper syncing which results in the loss, corruption or improper modification of my files.

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DaveJCummings

Community Expert

I'm not sure what kind of project you're working on, but if you're worried about things syncing to the cloud, I would build it on say, PS for the desktop and NOT save it as a cloud document. And as for the copyright law, that has more to do with the images being shared to other parties, not about things being synced into a cloud storage system. If you don't want things overwritten when you make changes, I would duplicate that file and work on it, much like "Saving As" when you're working on a file on PS

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