57.2 Application Preferences - Backup/Save

The Backup/Save Application Preferences category allows you control on how TreeAge Pro backs up your work.

• Create backup copy on save: Check this box, and TreeAge Pro will save a backup copy of each file that you open and subsequently save changes to.

  The backup file contains the version of the file as it existed when it was opened. No matter how many times you modify or save the file after opening it, its backup file continues to contain the original version of the document. If you close a file and then reopen it, the backup process is restarted; if a backup file already exists for a document that you open, TreeAge Pro will overwrite the existing backup file when you save the document.

  The backup file is created in the same directory as the original file (unless you check to save in a separate folder). The file is saved with the prefix “zOrig” to the filename; for example, the backup file for “my tree #1.trex" would be saved as “zOrig.my tree #1.trez”.

  In the case of a new, untitled document, a backup file is not created the first time it is saved, since no original document file existed on disk at that point; the backup file will be created the next time you save changes to the file.

• Save backups in a separate subfolder: Check this box to save the backup copies in a folder called: TreeAge-backups. This folder will be within the original folder the model was in. If it is unchecked, the backups are just saved alongside the original model.

• Prompt to save analysis output: Check this box and TreeAge Pro will ask you to save all analysis outputs every time you try to close them.