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kililio
kililio
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May 11, 2012
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autosave in illustrator CS6

  • May 11, 2012
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Hi ,

Is there an autosave feature in Ilustrator CS6 like there is in Photoshop CS6 ?

Thank you !

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    W_J_T
    Inspiring
    November 6, 2015

    I sure am glad regarding everyone that took the time to provide alternatives in yesterdays similar thread:

    1000$ adobe ****** product doesn't have autosave

    https://forums.adobe.com/message/8146331

    Only for the thread to be deleted and removed, thats pathetic on Adobe's part if that is the case.

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    superscape
    Participating Frequently
    November 9, 2015

    I assume it was because of bad language in the thread title. I'm pretty sure that the latest versions of Illustrator *do* have auto-save. For earlier versions (CS6 onwards) on Mac OS X, you can always use Ai Auto Save:

    Ai Auto Save - for Adobe Illustrator on the Mac App Store

    Krayons
    Krayons
    Participant
    April 27, 2015

    To wish death upon someone because of your own failure to remember to press the "Ctrl" + "S" keys, is an awful thing.

    Quang2550
    Quang2550
    Known Participant
    December 10, 2014

    Weird issue couple of my users are having is when they open Illustrator files, once in a blue moon it would save all by itself and with no warning or dialog box, which screws things up even if no changes were made, the link would be modified.

    EricM81
    EricM81
    Participant
    September 5, 2014

    Well my power just went out and I lost 4 hours worth of Illustrator work.  The good news is that all 4 of the other programs not made by Adobe recovered like a champ. 

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 5, 2014

    Save early, save often, make backup copies.

    With any software by the way and especially on tight deadlines.

    Has been this way for ages.

    Take a look for the (free) plugin Autosaviour.

    EricM81
    EricM81
    Participant
    September 5, 2014

    No.  That may be how it's been in Adobe products for ages, but the rest of the world has autosave. 

    It's not an ability of 64 bit or a limitation of 32 bit.  The way Illustrator saves files is not an issue.  These excuses are balderdash.

    Autosave started in the early 2000's when everything was 32 bit and it's extremely rare for a program to just save changes.  Nearly all files are completely overwritten during the save process.  This is quite simply just a feature that hasn't been implemented by Adobe.

    To implement autosave, a programmer would save the the document you are working on into a temp folder after so many minutes or after so many actions.  If the program shuts down normally it deletes the temp file.  Then when the program starts up, if there are any temp files, it opens them automatically.  It's not rocket science, but preaching save early, save often is kinda silly.

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      cdzn
      Participant
      June 13, 2014

      Astute Graphics has recently released a free plug-in that will either auto-save or remind you to save periodically. (disclaimer: I don't work for Astute Graphics)

      Autosaviour - Astute Graphics

      Works with CS5 to CC. Configuration also includes options to wait for a period of inactivity, and save a backup copy.

      You need to provide your email address to get the free licence key, upon which you are also subscribed to their newsletter, but you can unsubscribe after the first newsletter arrives.

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      superscape
      Participating Frequently
      May 29, 2014

      If you're on a Mac then you can use the app "Ai Auto Save", available on the Mac App Store here:

      https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ai-auto-save/id877602617?ls=1&mt=12

      ...for the sake of transparency, I'm the developer! I made the app after experiencing the frustrations discussed above. Hope you find it useful.

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        Dhamma_seva
        Participant
        May 29, 2013

        is totally stupid to not have an autosae future on illustrator cs6, it is a basic UX feature, yet Adobe enjoys making people suffer it seems... Good way to loose users...

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          AndrewSalveson
          Participant
          July 16, 2013

          Absolutely maddening. I'm sure I lose 10 to 20 hours a year, and I'm not alone; multiply that by the thousand+ people in my company that use Illustrator and you've got nearly half of a million dollars of wasted time, just within my company, purely because Adobe can't figure out how to incorporate an auto-save feature.

          . . . and that's not even billable time.

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            condor47
            Participant
            February 26, 2014

            Inkscape has an autosave feature but of course isn't nearly as comprehensive as Illustrator. I don't know what your company does but maybe it could consider switching some people over. Losing customers is the only thing they'll pay attention to.

            Larry G. Schneider
            Community Expert
            Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            May 11, 2012

            The short answer is no.

            DavidLaufer
            DavidLaufer
            Inspiring
            August 9, 2012

            This is an outrageous omission. Why do smart people make stupid omissions?

              _scott__
              _scott__
              Legend
              August 9, 2012

              Auto-save was not feasible for Illustrator until Illustrator was 64Bit in nature. CS6 is now 64Bit. It's my hope that in the future more changes will be made which were not possible in the 32Bit app.

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