{"id":7630,"date":"2012-08-04T22:10:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T06:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=7630"},"modified":"2012-08-04T22:10:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T06:10:44","slug":"save-as-will-overwrite-original-file-in-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/save-as-will-overwrite-original-file-in-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Save As will overwrite the original file in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just read this in Hacker News<\/a>.\u00a0 Gezz.. I think I will have to keep a much closer look at OS X 10.8.\u00a0 Heck, I have not even written about the battery issues yet.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ok, check this out….<\/p>\n

OS X Lion 10.7 removed the Save As command; see Save As Command Forces Multi-Step Workaround, Data Destruction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To use Save As in OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, hold own the option key for the File menu or command key shortcut cmd-option-shift-S in Pages for example.<\/p>\n

But use of Save As is not recommended in general<\/strong>, see below.<\/p>\n

Goodbye to your original version<\/h3>\n

If one edits a document than does Save As, then BOTH the edited original document and<\/em> the copy are saved, thus not only saving a new copy, but silently saving the original with the same changes, thus overwriting the original<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you notice this auto-whack, you can \u201cRevert To\u201d the older version*** (manually), but if you don\u2019t notice, then at some later date you\u2019ll be in for a confusing surprise. And maybe an OMG-what-happened (consider a customer invoice that was overwritten).<\/p>\n

And recovery of the prior version is an ‘if’: IF the older file versions are still secreted away somewhere.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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