The following message was posted by levelbest on Amayausers.com: Just a note on this - wendy posted this on the discussion boards - so, now the answer is here - not there which means it doesn't get archived. So, I am going to repost the discussion for future reference. -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roland R. Irish III Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 5:19 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: desing shop not saving my files hmmmmm....yup, sounds like a problem! My first thought, however, since I am constantly losing my files accidently on my macs....check and make sure the 'save' window is putting them in the right folder! Everytime I can't find a file and I know I saved it, I go back to the design window and pretend to 'save' it again...and double check the 'folder' it is being sent to. Every time, I had saved another file to a different folder-and my graphics programs 'remember' the last folder saved into-and automatically send the next file there! Really annoying to start looking for jobs I did 'yesterday' and they aren't in the right file...I swear I saved them...so I have to remember what other jobs I had going, look into those folders and there it is! So check that first...my designshop used to automatically save everything to 'my document' folder-when I had set up separate folders for 'customers', etc. with other folders in there. Took me a while to realize where things were going! As for the glitch where it just would not SAVE a file, I vaguely remember being on the phone for hours with a tech at Melco, sent him the same file I was working on-that wouldn't save any changes I was making-I'd change it, like line widths for satin stitch columns, go to sew it out, nothing changed. After it started doing the same thing to him, he realized (I think) that I had somehow gotten a corrupted file going. Had to delete it, reload design shop, and start over...problem solved. Been so long, but I think that was the end solution. Good luck! Roland Sunrise Graphics 116 Main St Claremont, NH 03743 603-543-1324 fax 603-543-9902 (fax machine is NOT turned on 24/7-only during normal business hours Mon-Fri., 8 am -5 pm) www.sunrisegraphics.org (http://www.sunrisegraphics.org) signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Jun 9, 2006, at 5:53 AM, Wendy Phillips wrote: > Yes, I have been hitting save and it still is deleting them. I tested > my theory of it not working properly several times. > > So I should call Melco then? I was fine until the update. > > Thank you, > Wendy Phillips > PPF Designs > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 3:26 AM > Subject: [amayausers] Re: desing shop not saving my files > > >> Are YOU hitting the 'SAVE' click before you close the window? >> I always do-so I don't know if there is a glitch that it doesn't >> automatically save it. >> If I'm working on cleaning up or testing different fills, etc.-I >> always open the design, then save it as 'kiwanislogo2' instead of the >> original kiwanislogo....so I haven't lost the original, in case the >> changes don't work. Some logos I've gone up to #20 or so before I get >> it the way I want it! Then I can go into the 'file folder' later on >> and delete all the changes except the first (original) and final one. >> I remember a glitch similar to your problem last year before the >> update or about that time, and Jeff said it was in the program...that >> you MUST manually save your file, don't assume the program will do it >> by itself. >> Good habit to get into, even saving it every 5 minutes or so...in >> case of a computer crash or program shutdown. >> >> Roland >> >> Sunrise Graphics >> 116 Main St >> Claremont, NH 03743 >> 603-543-1324 >> fax 603-543-9902 >> (fax machine is NOT turned on 24/7-only during normal business hours >> Mon-Fri., 8 am -5 pm) www.sunrisegraphics.org >> (http://www.sunrisegraphics.org) >> signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To reply to this message, please visit AmayaUsers.com by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/3/5.html#000001 =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================