https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/backup-recovery-file/m-p/9222187#M122245 <P>Every once in a while when I start up Fusion 360 it prompts me with a message about Backup files being available. And it does the same when I open a [articular file and there's a Backup file available for it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="BackupRecoveryFile.jpg" style="width: 430px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/711563i5C4ABA1919B09F7B/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="BackupRecoveryFile.jpg" alt="BackupRecoveryFile.jpg" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The thing is, it doesn't tell me about when I explicitly did a save of the file, in addition to it's having created a recovery file. That means that I don't really have sufficient information to be able to decide whether I want to load the recovery file or just the file from the last time that I did an explicit save of it. And even if the recovery file is actually the most recent save of the file, it doesn't let me know if there were any CHANGES to it between my last explicit save and the recovery save.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It would be really nice if it showed the description and time of when I did the last explicit save as well as the simple date and time of the recovery save. And if it could show some indication of whether (how much) changes occurred between the two then that would really help me decide which one I want to actually open.</P> Sat, 28 Dec 2019 04:52:28 GMT RogerInHawaii 2019-12-28T04:52:28Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/backup-recovery-file/m-p/9222187#M122245 <P>Every once in a while when I start up Fusion 360 it prompts me with a message about Backup files being available. And it does the same when I open a [articular file and there's a Backup file available for it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="BackupRecoveryFile.jpg" style="width: 430px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/711563i5C4ABA1919B09F7B/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="BackupRecoveryFile.jpg" alt="BackupRecoveryFile.jpg" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The thing is, it doesn't tell me about when I explicitly did a save of the file, in addition to it's having created a recovery file. That means that I don't really have sufficient information to be able to decide whether I want to load the recovery file or just the file from the last time that I did an explicit save of it. And even if the recovery file is actually the most recent save of the file, it doesn't let me know if there were any CHANGES to it between my last explicit save and the recovery save.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It would be really nice if it showed the description and time of when I did the last explicit save as well as the simple date and time of the recovery save. And if it could show some indication of whether (how much) changes occurred between the two then that would really help me decide which one I want to actually open.</P> Sat, 28 Dec 2019 04:52:28 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/backup-recovery-file/m-p/9222187#M122245 RogerInHawaii 2019-12-28T04:52:28Z