Feature request for MAC: Support the file "revert to"

[jmliss]

Enhance the save option to cause Time Machine to store version numbers.

This would be helpful for the entire suite.

All too often, for example, Publisher crashes during a save and I am left with a corrupted file.

I usually save to a new file name, but the revert option would mitigate my concerns.

 

Finally, Pixelmator Pro supports this feature - 

Edited October 13, 2023 by jmliss
Added comment about Pixelmator Pro

[jmliss]

I'm sad that this request never got a response. Publisher is still fragile. The other day I lost hours of work as publisher would not successfully open a saved file. It kept crashing. Even after a reboot. I had to revert to an older Time Machine version, but fortunately I had an exported PDF that I was able to use to restore text. Makes no sense why the suite of tools does not leverage a wonderful Apple feature. Is Apple preventing non Apple apps to use this ?

[Oufti]

For those who may be don't know what you are asking for, this Apple versioning system is explained here : https://eclecticlight.co/2021/09/04/explainer-the-macos-versioning-system/ 

I regret too that Affinity doesn't adopt this great technology. (Could it be just because nothing similar exists on Windows?)

[Alfred]

1 hour ago, Oufti said:

For those who may be don't know what you are asking for, this Apple versioning system is explained here : https://eclecticlight.co/2021/09/04/explainer-the-macos-versioning-system/ 

I regret too that Affinity doesn't adopt this great technology. (Could it be just because nothing similar exists on Windows?)

File versioning has been available via the built-in File History tool since Windows 8.

[Pšenda]

9 hours ago, Alfred said:

File versioning has been available via the built-in File History tool since Windows 8.

I'll just add that on Windows it's entirely a matter of OS settings, so Affinity has nothing to do with it. Simply, if you want to use it, set it up in the OS.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-perform-a-backup-using-file-history-in/d269ab57-69e9-4467-9d06-3f13631e47d4

[Oufti]

On Mac, beside TimeMachine which is a system-wide functionality, you can have a command "Revert to" in the File menu (for applications that use this Apple API), with nothing to activate or customize, and it lets you revert back to (or browse, edit and copy, a bit like in the History panel of Affinity) any version you saved (cmd-S) recently or, at least one a day and for very ancient ones a weekly selection. 

I would love to have that in Affinity too, even if I use Time Machine.