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auto save feature request
Hi
Just lost 9 days work because Storyline thinks my .story file is corrupt.
I look at it in its folder and instead of 500GBs it's 1KB
I made a manual backup 9 days ago last time i panicked when I got an error opening the file.
I assumed Storyline came with an auto-save feature where it saves the file every hour or so.
Looks like it's not the case.
Any chance you would add this as a feature?
Thanks :(
Storyline does have an auto-save feature (though, if you search the Forum, you'll discover it can be a bit quirky).
This is Leslie's response to another auto-save query (Auto Save Auto Save Auto Save!!!! - Articulate Storyline Discussions - E-Learning Heroes). It explains how to look for the .tmp file.
Now have AOMEI Backupper on a 30 day backup schedule.
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office I now own but it doesn't work. It runs the backup and reports successful but doesn't backup any files. I have a ticket into support. It looks cool but not much hope for support with a tiny app but we'll see
I suspected with my .story file on my Google Drive and watching a 1 second load freeze upon accessing a directory was a bad sign.
I listened to your warnings not to store .story files on network drives in your training videos
I was thinking since Google Drive stores a local copy that sync's to cloud, storyline would see my local Google Drive folders as 'local' but seems not so. Not sure but I moved them from Google Drive to Desktop which in Windows 11 is really OneDrive.
Windows Backup says it's backing up its favorite folders: desktop, documents, AppData, etc. Backup says complete. 200Mbs copied while the folder size is around 30Gigs.
On OneDrive online I go to Backups and nothing is there. I don't know if this is where windows puts it's FileHistory backup feature which really sucks - maybe those files go to backup tab on OneDrive. Not sure. FileHistory causes too many problems to use.
Backup solutions 1 of 3 work :-/
At least something is working :p
Yes, *always* work with the .story file on your local hard drive. Any work that involves an internet connection could encounter minor disruptions that results in major corruption.
Years ago, I also had an early Super Hero tell me to always close my .story file before I took a break. Or, rather, before my PC took a break and went to sleep. I don't know if the sleep/wake process could still impact a file, but I still follow his advice.
And it doesn't hurt to develop the habit of backing up the file after each work session, whether that's in the cloud, on a SharePoint site, and/or on a flash drive.
Best wishes!
