Re: Perhaps Uninterruptible Power Supplies Should be used with AOO for Non-Portable Computers

Steven, Your advice is perfect for a proper shutdown of a computer, BUT, those good practices are PRECISELY what do not occur if a power outage occurs while someone is using a computer which does not have a battery backup.  Laptops have a built-in battery backup.  Desktop and tower machi

Re: Perhaps Uninterruptible Power Supplies Should be used with AOO for Non-Portable Computers

I believe it is even more important to configure the OO Preferences for "Save AutoRecovery Information". In all the years I've used OO, I've never had a crash where OO was unable to recover up to, or very close to, the point of failure. Since I do have a UPS, the crashes I have experienced are al

Re: Perhaps Uninterruptible Power Supplies Should be used with AOO for Non-Portable Computers

Leon, Many thanks for this tip. Reviewing my AutoRecovery setting, I noticed it was set to update every 15 minutes. I have tightened that to every 5 minutes. This may save me some real headaches in the event of a future crash. Ron Tanguay > On Sep 5, 2020, at 10:04 AM, Leon Zar wrote: > >

Re: Perhaps Uninterruptible Power Supplies Should be used with AOO for Non-Portable Computers

Ron, Something I neglected in my original response is frequent backups. In OSX there is a built in app, TimeMachine, that regularly (to whatever frequency you want) backs up files to external storage. I use an external 1 TB hard drive for frequent saves (15-30 minute intervals) then a cloud bac