Save vs SaveAs (was Re: Upgrade to Lion)

[FlexibleLearning]

Very nicely explained, Igor. As a grumpy old man with fossilised tendencies
I appreciate the explanataion of my own occasional work-flow irritations and
frustrations, and why my father (who only started using computers aged 70)
always seemed to have issues with document archiving despite being a phD
scientist of some note. I once made the mistake of trying to explain the
'grand-father system' to him. Typically he adopted not a 3-level but an
almost infinite-level of document archiving. Unravelling his hard-drive was
a challenge.

So I agree with you... New kids on the block do (sometimes) know better and
Apple seems to have made a better mouse-trap.

Hugh Senior
FLCo


Igor wrote:

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Understanding Old "Save + Save As..." x New "Autosave Versions + Duplicate"
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When I first upgraded to Lion, I, too, became irritated and grumpy about the
lack of a "Save As..." command. After many years of using a certain
workflow, it becomes mechanical, intuitive, second-nature, part of you. I
could not seem to understand WHY oh WHY did Apple have to change one of the
basic methodologies for using documents in computers, which had over the
years become entrenched in our computer culture, and in our minds.

As much as I tried, I could not get my head around this new way of working.
It seemed more cumbersome and clumsy than the old one. Until one day, quite
by accident, I found an article on the web explaining the rationale of it
all. I wanted to post a link to the article here, but try as I might, I
can't find it anymore - I seem to be running low on Google juice today...

So, as a poor alternative, I'll try to post my own version of that
explanation, hoping that it may help others.

THE PROBLEM

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