Save vs Save As Issues

[KerenR]

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone else out there is having the same issue?

I was trained to save my work as I went along in a file.

When done, these saves would automatically save the file.

I should be able to close it out and when I open it back up,

it should open up with the changes I have saved.

In the past 48 hours, this has not happened for me.

When I open the file back up, my previous changes are not saved.

I am a chronic over-saver, so there is NO way this should hypothetically be happening.

The only thing that fixed it was a straight up Save As.

No Designer is taught to Save As as they go, jut Save.

Help!

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

There could be an issue with the "Save in bAckground" option from the preferences. Please try and turn it off.

[KerenR]

This seems to have helped. Thank you!

[Jacob Bugge]

Keren,

It is always recommended to create backups with different names regularly, and to store backups in more than one place/way.

And also to save often.

You may use Autosaviour,
https://astutegraphics.com/plugins/autosaviour

If you have a CC subscription, saving files in your Creative Cloud Files folder will automatically create and keep versions up to 10 days,
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/crash-file-data-recovery.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/sync-files.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/versioning-faq.html

And there is also the concept of Cloud documents,
https://helpx.adobe.com/in/illustrator/using/cloud-documents.html

[KerenR]

yes, I do all the above. Thank you!