Auto-save on file close: HOW DO I TURN THIS OFF

[araygfx]

Extremely frustrating new 'feature' auto-saves my files when I close them, without asking if I want to save. I cannot find an option in preferences to turn this off.

To reproduce, save a file to the adobe cloud then make a series of destructive changes and close the file window with the X icon.

[D Fosse]

AFAIK, this is how cloud services work everywhere. It's what people expect.

If you don't like it, save locally.

[araygfx]

Wait a second, I'm using Photoshop not a 'cloud service'. Adobe Creative Cloud storage is a different service. When I and anybody else in my organisation uses Photoshop they expect that closing the file allows them to casually destroy any unsaved changes, as it has done for years and years.

[D Fosse]

Didn't you just say you were saving to cloud?  ("To reproduce, save a file to the adobe cloud")

[NoxiousPixel]

"AFAIK, this is how cloud services work everywhere. It's what people expect.

If you don't like it, save locally."

UM... No, It is not what I as a power user expects. That option is for the herd of light users. If I am "in an app" Desktop or Mobile device - I sure as hell don't want software autosaving my work. IF I am on a "web tool", actual software on the web, then you can say "people should expect that". 

[D Fosse]

Then you save locally instead of saving to the cloud. That's what power users do. There's no autosave when you save to local disk.

Unless your machine is crashing, in which case there is a different kind of autosave, or rather, auto recovery. But that's not what we're discussing here.

[NoxiousPixel]

Only in a web app. not a local app, as a power user I should control all actions in a local running application. I have 3 work stations, I can choose when and where to save with all my other software. 

Yeah Crashing is another thread and is unrealated to the UX decision to auto save on a local running application by default.

[xaxer]

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D Fosse wrote:

AFAIK, this is how cloud services work everywhere. It's what people expect.

If you don't like it, save locally.

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This isn't google docs. A better comparison would be dropbox. Which doesn't change how the applications on my computer handle unsaved changes on close.

[WhatPixelYouOn]

Mate, why're you defending it? It's a really bad decision. I work as a usability analyst and this is such a simple problem to rectify - Simply ask us if we wish to save? If you don't want the dialogue box every time, then give us the option to set a permanent prefernce. I often like to close my document if I've made too many destructive changes to a document, so having it auto save catches me out so many times. I've always worked this way and so ahve many others from the looks of things. Theres so reason we can't choose to save to cloud and also be asked if we wish to save. That would be my preference and there's a really easy fix on Adobe's end for it. 

[ronaldh52547591]

Bravo!! 🙏🏿

[WeAreBorg]

Wow, you are truly dense.

[Lumigraphics]

I'm not sure who you are referring to but please refrain from personal attacks. Adobe has chosen to auto-save when using cloud documents, there is not currently a way to change that.

[PECourtejoie · Accepted solution]

Hello, if you would like to request a change in the way saving to the Creative Cloud works, I suggest to post on https://feedback.photoshop.com

[flavio25676173zrgc]

that links to https://community.adobe.com/ could't find feedback section

[D Fosse]

You do know that cloud saving is optional? You can save locally to your machine just as it always worked.

Apologies if I'm telling you what you already know perfectly well, it just seems unclear from your post ("Wait a second, I'm using Photoshop not a 'cloud service'.")

[araygfx]

It's fairly straight-forward, if I am using Photoshop (the application) the expectation is that my files do NOT auto-save. If the option to auto-save is present because of an update, the expectation is that I can configure the application NOT to auto-save. 

Creative Cloud seems to totally break that expectation. I will forward feedback to Adobe directly because from these posts it appears there is no way to store data in the cloud and have auto-save disabled.

Thanks for the replies guys.

[Drop Mic Shadow · Accepted solution]

Hi, I had this exact same problem and frustration. I found that you can revert to a previous version via the Adobe Cloud interface. 

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/manage-cloud-documents-photoshop.html#Viewversionhistoryofac...

[ronaldh52547591]

I completely agree, it should be an option! So what if that's how cloud services usually work, change it! There aren't any rules to this stuff!! 

[xaxer]

100% agree with the OP.

This needs to be OPTIONAL.

If the psd file lives in a dropbox folder - it doesn't auto-save (thank goodness). 

This is NOT google docs!

It's an application on my computer with a specific save command.

It should ONLY save when I explicitly ask it to.

For those that want this - make it an option. But don't force it on the rest of us.

[swagface5FE0]

"AFAIK, this is how cloud services work everywhere. It's what people expect."

^ Lmao

But I do have a soultion actually, just download this script:

https://mega.nz/file/YVFQwJpR#att_ma1qf-r6NJzbmTscD04M6XG_FF6_SwNRJ2d2u54

and navigate to File > Scripts > Browse and open it. It's kind of a hassle to run this everytime I know but this seems to be the only solution for this very frustrating problem as of right now. 

[ronaldh52547591]

They need to just simply turn it off!! Just turn off autosave! How hard can that be?!! Clearly most of photoshop users don't like it!!

[LukaLu]

+1 for this problem, really. I almost had a heart attack yesterday until I found out that you can revert.

Reverting is an excellent feature, but auto-save on documet close without asking is really really frustrating. Please solve this.

[rcurren]

This is so infuriating. WT actual F.

[Brotherwolf]

I had this same thing happening to me. I flattened a file to reduce it's size and save JPG and when I was finished I just closed the file and I saw the progress save bar and I was like Who TF told you to save anything!  Fortunately you can revert to older versions. Pheew...

[WeAreBorg]

I agree, I work on different workstations so I want to use the Cloud-service for my files, but this is extremely annoying just mindboggling that Adobe haven't made it possible to turn this off.