Hi Donna, It is already possible to disable the lock feature.
Go to system preferences, then time machine, then options. You will find a "lock documents" check box. There is also a pop up button where you can change how much time has to elapse before a document is locked. You don't actually have to be using time machine, so it is a little strange to find it there, but that's where it is. Paul, I find auto saving and versioning a little puzzling myself, but I can offer a few comments. First, you need to know that there is a distinction between these two things. In your experiment, you didn't actually create versions. I'm not even sure it was auto saving so much as resuming where you were when you left off. Auto saving is when the application will automatically save the current version, and it happens at regular intervals and when you pause to do something else like check email. When you create a version though, you make the equivalent of another document. And I believe this will happen automatically as well after a certain interval, but you can also force the saving of a version by using command S. So here's an example and a test you can perform. I open a document at 4:00 and use command S to give it a name and put it in the folder I want it in. I work on it for half an hour, and that whole time it is auto saving all my changes. I hit command S again, and I proceed to make a bunch of changes to what I've written, and the whole time it is auto saving everything I'm doing, which means I can close text edit and open it with all the changes still there. Let's say it's now 5:00, and I hit command S again, and I decide that the changes I made are terrible, and I want to go back to what I had at 4:30. What I would do is stop interacting with the scroll area, then VO right over to the versions menu button. I can then browse all versions. Once you VO space on browse all versions, you VO right over to the vertical slider, interact with it, select the 4:30 version, stop interacting and VO left and VO space on the restore button. You could do a similar test with shorter intervals. I think of versions as snapshots. So I know I'm often reluctant to simply delete whole paragraphs from papers that I'm writing. I will often copy them into a different document or paste them at the bottom until I know for sure I'm not going to use them. With versions, though, I can hit command S before I make major revisions like deleting paragraphs, and if I note the time, then I can always go back to the state it was when I hit command S, which means I don't have to worry about saving the paragraphs elsewhere. I'm sure there are many tips and tricks I'm not aware of, but I hope this helps somewhat. Cheers, Marc auto saving was happening, but you didn't actually create more than one version. On 2011-08-11, at 2:44 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Paul, > > thanks. I hope eventually we can just disable that feature. It seems sort of > pointless. It doesn't really protect your document, it just creates an extra > step if you want to edit it. > Cheers, > Donna > > On Aug 11, 2011, at 3:08 PM, Paul Erkens wrote: > >> Hi Donna, >> I don't know of a way to turn the feature off, where documents in lion text >> edit are locked after a certain time. But I do remember that there should be >> an unlock button somewhere. If you unlock, you can just go ahead and edit as >> you wish. If you leave the lock for what it is, you can create a duplicate, >> while leaving the original unchanged. This is only theory for me though. I >> don't know yet how to use versioning, but hopefully some knowledgeable soul >> will kick in on this. >> Paul. >> On Aug 11, 2011, at 5:38 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have a related question. I went on vacation for about the last week and >>> a half. When I got back, I found that all my documents had been "locked". >>> Upon returning home, when I opened a document and began to type, I got the >>> message, "this document has been locked because you haven't made changes to >>> it in a while". The while was not all that long, and I hadn't made any >>> changes because I wasn't here to make them. It's been kind of annoying. >>> Does anyone know if there's a way to turn that feature off? >>> TIA, >>> Donna >>> >>> On Aug 11, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: >>> >>>> Hi listers, >>>> >>>> I've been playing a while now with versioning in text edit. The concept, I >>>> now understand for a small part. But doing it is a different matter. I've >>>> been reading the help within text edit, but it doesn't say much about >>>> versioning, except that it keeps versions on a daily, weekly and monthly >>>> bases. I'm interested to learn how this works. >>>> >>>> When you open text edit, you can now simply type away, and if I am >>>> correct, you can forget about saving your document. I tried this, and >>>> indeed it is true. You can now hit command q, and text edit will close. >>>> >>>> 1. Where would text edit keep the test document I just typed? >>>> 2. Has any of you played with the versioning system, enough to know how we >>>> can use it? I'm hoping someone who writes a lot may be able to fill in the >>>> gap in my knowledge here. >>>> >>>> Sometimes, I find a versions menu with VoiceOver. But when I try to test >>>> the feature, it won't appear. Here's what I do. >>>> 1. I fire up text edit and type a few lines. >>>> 2. Hit command q to quit text edit. >>>> 3. Reopen txt edit and the document is still there. >>>> 4. Now command a, to select all, and backspace to delete the text. >>>> . Close text edit. >>>> 6. Open it again and you have a blank document. >>>> 7. I try to find the versions menu but it seems not to be there. >>>> >>>> How does one make a productive start with versioning in text edit? >>>> >>>> Interested to learn about this. I type a lot, but I am used to saving >>>> things explicitly. However, the new versioning system can come in handy >>>> when I make a miss edit, save it, and would later love to revert. 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