Err, that's something of an 'awful mess.' If previously I've edited a file, and halfway through thought "ah, this is best as a new document altogether, so I'll Save As.... " then that was that, with a nice new name and location. The original file remained as it was when I first opened it, BEFORE all edits.
NOW, with the new Save As... you don't get that at all. That makes for quite a nasty shock when you open the original and find it has all the changes you made and THOUGHT you'd 'Saved As' something else! No? I just think to bring back the old command, but with new functionality, is odd, and not like Apple. I mean, for switchers, they're used to seeing Save As... in Word for Windows. They'll get quite a shock on their new Mac when they realise that the same command does something quite different. New... Open... Exit... they're pretty universal now across platform. I just think the new Apple take on Save As... is a confusing one. That's all! AP On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 12:11:41 PM UTC+1, Stephen McW wrote: > > Hi Russell, > > The author is right. > > If I open a TextEdit document, makes some changes to it and then select > "Save As", then both documents end up with the new changes. The "Save As" > document has no previous versions, but the original document now has a > prior version available through the "Browse All Versions ..." menu item > from the document header. I don't feel that that this is a problem for me, > but it IS different from the previous behaviour of document saving prior to > Lion and ML. > > Cheers, > > Stephen > > On 7 Aug 2012, at 09:40, Russell Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Steven, does the original document stay as it is or has it mirrored the > changes you've made? I understand that the "new" save as changes the file > name but doesn't create a duplicate (albeit amended). > > > http://www.tuaw.com/2012/08/05/mountain-lion-bugs-chopped-battery-life-and-nonsensical-save-a/ > > > I read this yesterday, though not had reason to check it myself yet. > > Regards > > Russell > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Manor Park Medical Centre > www.manorparksurgery.com > Tel 01323482301 > East Sussex Local Medical Committee (Chair) > www.sslmcs.co.uk/ > Tel 01372389270 > GPC rep East & West Sussex > @drbrown1970 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > On 7 August 2012 09:36, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, in ML TextEdit it works as "Save As ..." did: >> >> I have a TextEdit document saved on my desktop. >> I open it >> Choose Save As from the File menu (holding down the option key) >> I get a dialog where I choose a destination directory (say Desktop too) >> and enter a new name >> Click Save >> I'm now editing my newly saved variant of my document which is on my >> desktop. >> >> That is the way I would expect it to be - what "awful mess" do you >> understand it to be causing? >> >> I think that, like the reverse scrolling, when you understand what Lion >> and even more so, ML are doing with documents, it makes sense. Perhaps it's >> time to let go of the way we've been editing and saving documents for >> almost 30 years for something perhaps rather better? >> >> I prefer the new way. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Stephen >> >> >> On 6 Aug 2012, at 14:04, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've not upgraded (yet) but it seems the hotly anticipated return of Save >> As... to ML has made an awful mess of things? It's returned in name, but >> not function?!?! >> >> Anyone else noticed that it doesn't behave as it did in the good old days? >> >> ?!?! >> >> >> Heaven is under our feet >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided > missiles and misguided men. - Martin Luther King, Jr. > > > > > > "We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." ~ Decca > Recording Co. rejecting The Beatles, 1962. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/smug/-/bCfytwfEgjEJ. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
