Autosave won't remain in the background

[BillScurry]

Every time Premiere autosaves, it pushes the app workspace in the foreground, overtaking whatever I'm watching or keystroking. Is this a bug or a feature? I'm interrupted every 15 minutes by this routine, which is compelling evidence for disabling the autosave.

[Ann Bens]

Autosave does not run in the background. So yes you will have to stop every 15 minutes.

[Frank Glee]

Ann, in previous versions if you had navigated into a different app or hidden Premiere, it would autosave without popping into the foreground of the OS. 

[Wytse5ECC]

Exactly my frustration, this didn't happen in the previous version of Premiere I had installed.

[Michael Grenadier]

just remember that unless you're manually saving at a regular interval, you're playing with fire.  I have my autosave set to 5 minutes and frankly, never have a problem with it.  Premiere crashes very rarely for me, maybe once a month, but it has saved my bacon a number of times.   

[Ann Bens]

Auto save is not that reliable. If you project goes corrupt without you knowing, so will your auto save and end up with nothing if you don't make a separate backup.

[Michael Grenadier]

gotta say I can't remember having a corrputed autosave.  Not saying it can't happen, just haven't seen it except in a few threads here.  I keep all my project files in a folder mirrored on dropbox which has worked without issues for at least a few years (and makes things much easier as I work from a few different locations, using sneakernet for my media drive).  Dropbox does maintain a number of versions although I've never checked how many versions are backed up...(just checked and with my approx $10 a month plan versions are maintained for one month).  So this seems to be a pretty foolproof plan.  Not to say I don't do a save as everyonceinawhile.  Obviously if I have a crash and Premiere restores the file and If I want to preserve the project at a certain point in time.  

If anyone sees any flaws with my workflow, please let me know...

[Ann Bens]

After a crash it is not uncommon for Premier not to restore the file.

Most users who come here with crashes and no auto save to fall back on don't have a back-up.

I don't trust the cloud for backups. Worse case scenario: no internet, no backup.

FAQ: When to use "Save A Copy," or "Save As," and ...  

[Michael Grenadier]

dropbox has been totally reliabe with this workflow and since the project files are not that big, I can always set my phone up as a wifi hotspot to be able download the project file.   and If the computer is always on, dropbox will update the local file as soon as it's updated on another computer.  Believe me, I would not trust a workflow where you're actually working off a project file on a cloud based solution.  But as a backup and synching workflow this has worked great (so far...).   I also keep my project autosave folder on my media drive which I'm carrying with me, so if I don't internet access but do have my media drive, I can always access the project file that is automatically saved in the autosave folder (a feature that confused me when I first noticed it).

[Frank Glee]

In previous versions, if you had hidden Premiere, it would auto save in the background and not unhide itself. Something has changed. It's killing me. 

[nishu_kush]

Hi defaults3keewiwhbe1,

Welcome to the community.

What's the exact version of Premiere Pro you're using? Also, what are your system specifications (CPU, GPU, RAM, OS)?

Let us know, we're here to help.

Thanks,

Nishu

[Wytse5ECC]

Hi Nishu,

I havbe the exact same problem and it wasn't happening before in Premiere. I am running version 15.4.1 (Build 6). Do you hacve a solution?

Best,

Wytse

[footagehead123]

People, this posting was about the autosave unhiding Premiere Pro from the background. Not about whether we should be autosaving or not, or if autosave is worth it, or anything that has to do how people want to autosave. 

In previous versions, when PPro was in the background, whether in the back, or hidden, autosave would happen on time and stay hidden or in the background. Sometimes, it fails and will crash PPro while hidden or in the background. Most of the time, it works, and I can keep doing what I'm doing in other Adobe apps, or on email, or whatever, etc etc. 

Please fix this bug. It's driving us professionals with tight deadlines totally insane. 

Mac Pro 7,1

Big Sur 11.6.1

Premiere Pro 15.4.2

Can't updatte to v22 yet - on a big project and that's too much of a version jump at this time. Does anyone know if this is fixed in v22?

[Frank Glee]

Can confirm in v22 this is still happening (and still killing me)

MacBook Pro (M1, 2020)

Big Sur 11.5.2

Premiere Pro 22.0.0 (Build 169)

[Michael Grenadier]

don't remember seeing this happen.  I'll often leave premiere running in the bg while I surf or work in another program...  How large are your project files?   And where is your autosave folder?  Is it over a network attached drive?  or cloud based?  If so, try moving it to a local drive...  I always save my project in a folder on my startup drive which is automatically mirrored on dropbox (but the file is saved locally) and my autosave folder lives on my media drive which is connected directly to my computer...  And I work on both macs and windows...  I work occasionally on a 2020 13" m-1 macbook pro.  I can run a test when I'm in the studio sometime later this week.

Not sure it has any relevance, but I have my autosave interval set at 5 minutes.  For the most part I've been working on project files under 25 mbs...   

[Michael Grenadier]

and for the most part I'm working on the latest version of premiere available today on all the computers

[footagehead123]

My Autosave folder is in the same place as my project files, in it's own folder. Doesn't matter what size the project file is, it keeps happening according to your set interval. FWIW all my project files are small for short form advertising projects. And I tried moving it just now as per your suggestion, doesn't matter. It keeps unhiding itself and interrupts anything I'm doing. 

This has never happened before these more recent versions. 

[Michael Grenadier]

well probably smarter not to keep your project file and your autosave folder on the same physical drive...  Every drive will fail, not a question of if, but when and this includes SSD's. 

Just want to confirm that the drive your saving to is a local drive not connected via a network or the cloud... or to a folder that's automatically being backed up on icloud...   I'll try and do a test and see if I see the same behavior on the m-1 macbookpro when I get a moment...  Any particular program you're working in when this happens?   I know this may be happening on multiple programs, if I'm gonna do a test, might as well try it with something you're working with.    

And this may not be an adobe issue but a mac issue...  lots of things have changed in the m-1 universe...   

[footagehead123]

Correction, for this big project, I have autosaves going to a fast SSD that I use for media cache. So, different locations. 

Not going to the cloud, or dropbox, drive, etc. All local. Project is on an 8 bay fast RAID. Media cache and Autosaves going to an SSD internally. 

Set for every 15 minutes, 50 versions. 

[footagehead123]

It happens as it's scheduled. If I changed something, didn't save, went to Google Chrome to search for something, or finder to locate audio, or adjust titles in Photoshop, etc, then autosave kicks in and unhides PPro from the background. Doesn't really matter what I'm doing, and seems to happen at random. 

[footagehead123]

Aaaaand, not on an M-1. On a Mac Pro 7,1 / 3.3GHz 12 core / 32GB RAM / W5700X 16GB

[Michael Grenadier]

sorry about the confusion.  someone earlier on this thread was talking about an m-1 mac...  So if you do a manual save (command-s) before you switch out of premiere, you don't have the issue?    

[footagehead123]

Sorry - i'm not aware of this, but if I manually save then autosave doesn't kick off because nothings changed since last manual save right?

I think the autosave kicks off only when a change has been made but the project hasn't been saved...right?

[Stan Jones]

> ...if I manually save then autosave doesn't kick off because nothings changed since last manual save right?

I think the autosave kicks off only when a change has been made but the project hasn't been saved...right?

Right.

I didn't see all those other posts before I posted my previous reply!

Stan

[Michael Grenadier]

so if you manually save before switching out of premiere you shouldn't have the problem and if you forget...  you do which doesn't sound like that big a deal...  And yeah, I never turn off autosave but just trying to figure out how to at least workaround your issue..  Did you check to make sure it isn't saving to creative cloud in the autosave preferences?