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Schwenck
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Auto-Save message 20 minutes after my last edit.

Why does this happen: 20 minutes and more after my last edit, the message "Saving..." still appears at the top of the tab. If I try to close the tab, I'm warned that changes may not be saved. I think...
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    Schwenck
    2 years ago

    It hasn't happened lately, and here is the only thing I'm doing differently: I stopped clicking the caret at the top right to make the top line disappear. As long as I can see the cloud icon during an editing session, each change is saved immediately.  So far, so good.

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Schwenck
Helpful | Level 6
I'll give it a try. The problem is that it doesn't happen every time. Thanks.
Schwenck's avatar
Schwenck
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

It hasn't happened lately, and here is the only thing I'm doing differently: I stopped clicking the caret at the top right to make the top line disappear. As long as I can see the cloud icon during an editing session, each change is saved immediately.  So far, so good.

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