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14 questions linked to/from Is there a notebook autosave frequency configuration?
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Scheduled task to save my notebook every 30 seconds? [duplicate]
I keep crashing Mathematica and losing cells and textual data that I'm typing. Instead of having to remember to hit command+s all the time, I'd like a scheduled task to save my notebook every 30 ...
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Where can I find examples of good Mathematica programming practice?
I consider myself a pretty good Mathematica programmer, but I'm always looking out for ways to either improve my way of doing things in Mathematica, or to see if there's something nifty that I haven't ...
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How can I set up a versioning system within a notebook?
Since the Frontend crashes a lot, for important work it would be nice to have the notebook automatically branch and save itself every so many minutes.
For instance, commands like StartSavingCopies[5]...
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Is it possible to recover an unsaved notebook after closing it?
I just Ctrl-Alt-Deleted out of Mathematica after I crashed it while running. I had not saved it all day and had done quite a lot of work on it. When I reopen the file, it shows a version with none of ...
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Saving my code before cell evaluations: Insurance against front end hanging
I guess my programming working style is not unique. I develop programs one cell at a time, and when I have some confidence about what I did, I put all my mess together refining the code, building up ...
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Why isn't autosave enabled by default?
While I've come across several ways to implement/enable autosave (see: Is there a notebook autosave frequency configuration?, Saving my code before cell evaluations: Insurance against front end ...
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How to kill the kernel process from the command line without killing the frontend?
Sometimes the kernel hangs and I'd like to see if I can kill the math-kernel process without destroying my front-end session and losing the changes in my unsaved notebook!
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Why Mathematica 11.1 crashes without chance to save? [closed]
I am getting really frustrated with Mathematica 11.1. It crashes spontaneously during calculations, typing, editing expressions, etc. In previous versions you could kill the kernel process and still ...
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How to stop autosaving? [closed]
Is there a notebook autosave frequency configuration?
I made my MMA file to autosave, it was nice for a little bit. However, now it automatically saves every 10 seconds, and try to save every time I ...
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Feedback for my autosave-script
last evening Mathematica crashed and hours of work were gone, because I forgot to save my notebook. During homework today I just pressed Ctrl+S every few minutes, to make sure that I don't loose my ...
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Set the ClosingSaveDialog to False
I would like to stop Mathematica from showing the "Save Changes To" dialog whenever I try to close a notebook.
I tried changing this from the Option Inspector by setting the losingSaveDialog -> False
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How to use export and schedule tasks to backup entire contents of an notebook at regular time intervals?
I am sorry I don't have any code to share so I would like your ideas.
Although there is an AutoSave feature in Mathematica it lacks usefulness as it cannot be ...
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Please help validate autoSave function or refactor for better performance
I finally have my autoSave[] function that appears to work. Although it does automatically save file the DateString (dynamic in-...
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Is there a way to count quantity of evaluations (this preferred) or edits in a cell since last notebook save?
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The goal is to use this to create an autoSave[evals_:5]:=Module[{}, save after set number of evaluations or edits have occured...]. I asked a similar ...
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