File saving locations

A very frustrating feature of 10.8.2 is that there does not seem to be anyway to navigate to a folder that you haven't used in the last 4 or is in the left hand column of folders.
I have to save a file to the desktop or somewhere, then open finder and move it. That means if I want to open it with the "recent" file menu it is no longer in it's place.
What is the way around this apparent oversite?

The Finder and individual application save/save as windows offer four different filesystem views. Since you refer to the “left hand column of folders,” I believe you are using the columnar view. I use the left-most icon view as it remains a long-standing functionality habit.
Saving a file to the Desktop, and then moving it elsewhere, is not taking advantage of the application save/save as dialogs that allow you to navigate the filesystem and deposit the file at its exact intended location. If you use this principle, then the recent file menu will remain accurate.
I do not create labyrinthine folder hierarchies that make file placement difficult. That means that my Documents folder, by example, usually does not exceed two sub-folders deep. If you try to turn your filesystem into some nested sub-folder outline from hades, it will become unmanageable, and hinder your filesystem performance.
I suggest that the next time you happen to be at a book store with a Mac section, browse through some of the Mountain Lion books on using the Finder. Take your MacBook Pro with you, open the book, and practice. You will become more efficient without spending $50 for a book.

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When you plug in your USB drive does Windows pop up a dialog asking you if you want to view the files on the USB drive?
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IWeb File Saving Location?

I want to backup my iWeb files as I do most of my data. Trouble is I cant find where Apple stores my site files, it just magically happens. Anyone figure this out yet? Also, could these file(s) be stored on .mac itself allowing editing from multiple computers?

there is no
purpose of maintaining a copy (which grows very
quickly) in his or her hard disk, not to mention the
question of backing up correctly the data.
Can't understand why one should not be able to decide
"where" to save his/her work. The alternative to save
one's work to iDisk when he/she is finished seems to
me the best solution.
The Domain file contains all the data about your site. It is not really usable except by the iWeb program. Without it, you cannot edit and republish. If you lose it, you need to recreate your site from scratch. That is just the way the program works. You should use the feedback channel to tell Apple if you would prefer a different arrangement.
To avoid possible problems, one should always keep a recent backup copy of Domain somewhere, on your hard drive, iDisk, CD, flash drive or whatever.
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Hi, is there a way to deactivate the automatic file saving location to either documents, downloads or attachments? I want all my files to saved on the desktop, all the time?
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Each web browser has its own preference page as to where to save documents. Please be more specific as to which browser you are having trouble with?
Attachments also are controled on e-mail programs preferences as well. So please be more specific as to which e-mail program you are using.
As a workaround, you can make it easier to navigate downloads, attachments and documents by opening a File menu -> Save As in most programs, or clicking the Save As button next to the attachment in many programs. Put your favorite folder in the Finder menu's left sidebar, and it will also appear in the Save As dialog. Once clicked you will instantly be able to save files there.

Backing up/Exporting Saved Locations (.lmx files) ...

Hi,
I have a Nokia 6700 classic phone with the basic version of OVI maps pre-installed. Over the last year or two I have built up a large amount of saved locations, which I understand are saved to the phone in the form of a .lmx file.
I am wondering how to back up/export these files incase I ever lose my phone, or if I want to send them to friends, or if in the future I ever want to buy a GPS and wish to convert these .lmx files into an appropriate format.
I have located possible solutions on the web:
1) /t5/Maps-Navigation-and-GPS/copy-nokia-lmx-file-from-phone-to-mapsource-on-pc/m-p/656802/highlight/t...
2) http://abiteof.com/2010/09/14/nokia-maps-and-google-maps/
3) http://www.trekkershut.co.in/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=8&id=5&Itemid=31
The problem with all of these is that they seem to refer to a more updated version of OVI maps and not the basic version which is pre-installed on the Nokia 6700 classic, e.g. there is no 'Landmarks' option anywhere on the phone. I can enter 'Maps' and then 'Saved Locations', but I cannot 'Mark All' as the solutions above suggest. I can send a single .lmx file from this 'Saved Locations' menu, but this is no use to me because of the sheer number of locations and the obvious expense of doing so.
I have also tried to access the .lmx files after connecting the phone via USB and searching via windows explorer but to no avail.
I have the lastest OVI suite software installed on my PC (3.1.1.90 but when I try to backup via 'Tools', 'Backup', I can only seem to backup images, videos etc. and not any Maps data.
Any help at all would be much appreciated!

bijiteny1 wrote:
to download the landmarks.LMX file to your PC, you can, in your nokia phone, go to location and double click then you will see landmarks, again double click-->opions-->mark/unmark-->mark all-->options-->send-->accept the suggested name-->ok-->viamessage-->select-->yes-->close-->save to drafts.
Thanks for you input here but unfortunately this feature no longer applies to devices running Nokia Anna or Belle useful as it was at times.
Happy to have helped forum with a Support Ratio = 42.5

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i have one problem on file saving. i need to save file (say XML file) in my given path location thru BLS transaction. The server is in some other place and if i give path to BLS transaction, it need to stor ein given location. i tried it but it is working for folder which is alreay in share. is it possible to store in given any path location?
regards
senthil

Senthil,
is FTP an option for you?
We experienced the same problem, and to avoid problems with file shares ot mount points (we are running NetWeaver on Unix), we chose to use FTP so transfer files, using the FTP action.
Michael

Difficult to open files saved in the MAC PC when working on the network.

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release:
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This is a known issue. Illustrator is not good at using network shares. I recommend you simply save and load all files locally and then copy them to your network locations afterwards, when needed.
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File saving in Indesign CS6

I was just working on a file and saved it. Not only did it save to the folder where the file is located, it updated the backup file on a completely separate disc which I did not want. How do I prevent this from happening? Thanks.

How does the backup disk work? Do you have some sort of automatic backup system that scans your drives looking for modified files? That's the only way I can think of that a backup file would be modified.
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Save as/Save does not point to file open location for the file

Hi,
Working with large number of files it's imperative that I can rely on the software's ability to know where open files are located on disk, so that when needed I can save all open files to their original locations. Unfortunately CS6 wil save all open files to the location of the last saved file!
Even after a power out, or CS6 crash, all the recovered files will point to the directory last document was saved to!!
This means that if I have 10 open files from 10 different folders, they will all be saved to one folder, in which maximum one of the 10 files have been opened from and I will not know where they are if I follow their original file location (e.g from Lightroom import from camera).
This generates a very time consuming manual workaround, in which I must file-by-file open the correct folder in Save as dialogue.
Using "Save As to Original Foder" has no meaning selected or de-selected.
I don't know of any other software that suppresses original file location in save/save as...
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Okay, doing what you outlined, I'm getting the same result. It's acting like the file you open is a new file that hasn't been saved, and that always defaults to the last saved location. I'm not saying it should be like this, but I think it is default behavior. Only advice I can offer is to put in a feature request:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
The squeeky wheel gets the oil, so let them know.

Default Saving Location Adobe Reader Version 11.0.1

Default Saving Location Adobe Reader 11.0.1 -
Since upgrading to Reader XI the default saving location no longer works. So esssentially in previous versions The file path would default to the last place you saved a document, so when saving multiple documents in the one file path it wasn't time consuming.
Since upgrading it does not do this anymore and you have to select the file saving path each time you open a new PDF, which adds to the time to save multiple documents, so currently I guess it just opens a temporary folder each time you select Save As.
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Project Files & Saving

There is often confusion between Saving a Project and Exporting/Sharing a Video from that Project.
Let’s look at what a Project file is. In PrE, this is a .PREL file. In PrPro, it’s a .PRPROJ file. These are just XML database files, that define the Project, show where the media used in that Project was located the last time that you had the NLE (Non Linear Editor) program and that Project, open. Then, there are instructions as to what one has done to those media Assets. There is no media, of any sort included in it.
If you open it up in WordPad, or an XML editor, it looks something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<PremiereData Version="3">
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<IsProjectVideoTemplate>false</IsProjectVideoTemplate>
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<NextSequenceID>2</NextSequenceID>
<CustomCompileSettings ObjectRef="103"/>
<StillCompileSettings ObjectRef="93"/>
<MovieCompileSettings ObjectRef="88"/>
<ProjectSettings ObjectRef="77"/>
<RootProjectItem ObjectRef="2"/>
<AudioCompileSettings ObjectRef="98"/>
<Node Version="1">
<Properties Version="1">
<MZ.NextSequenceIndex>2</MZ.NextSequenceIndex>
<Media.View.Normal>1</Media.View.Normal>
<ColumnListContents.Version>3</ColumnListContents.Version>
<Project.Sort.Direction>0</Project.Sort.Direction>
<Project.Sort.ColumnIndex>0</Project.Sort.ColumnIndex>
<Project.Sort.Type>0</Project.Sort.Type>
<Project.ListView.Thumbnail.Size>1</Project.ListView.Thumbnail.Size>
<Project.ListView.Thumbnail.State>true</Project.ListView.Thumbnail.State>
<Project.ContentView.LastViewed>1</Project.ContentView.LastViewed>
<Columns.List Version="3">
<Columns Version="1">
Note: in the actual Project file, there will be much indentation, that does not show up above.
There is much, much more, but this should give you an idea. You cannot "play" this file with any media player. Remember, there is zero media in it, only links to that media. Also, there are only two programs that can do anything but allow one to edit the various text lines in a Project file. PrPro can open both types, .PREL’s and.PRPROJ’s, with a few exceptions. PrE can ONLY open .PREL files and will give you an error that "this Project was created in PrPro. Use that program to open this Project." There are no exceptions to this, though who knows if PrE 8 will be able to open .PRPROJ files?
Now that we know there is no media in these files, what good are they? Well, they contain links to the location of the media and also instructions on what one has done to that media. They are the instructions for PrE and PrPro, with descriptions of all edits. They are the working tools of both of these NLE programs. They also must be set up, before one can do anything else in these programs.
As one works with the Project, they will want to Save their Project files, or any edits will be lost. There are basically three ways to this, plus one additional variation.
First, there is Save. It records all operations and instructions to the previously created Project file, overwriting the previous version. I do this often and usually use Ctrl+s for this purpose.
Next, we have Save_As. This does a Save, but with two variations: it allows one to set a new name, or location for this Project file. I use this and increment the Project file’s name, as I go. This does NOT overwrite the existing Project file, but writes another one, with the name, or location that the user assigns. The second part of this, and quite important, is that not only does it Save with the new name/location, but it keeps this new Project open in the NLE. You are now working on the new version, and not the original. To me, this is especially useful, if I want to leave the original version untouched, in case I need to go back to it at some date. After a day of editing, or after some big changes, I’ll make sure to do this, so I have the original, plus this newly edited version. By incrementing by 1, I know that if I am working with [Project Name]_05, it came after [Project Name]_04, so it is newer.
Then, we have Save_As_a_Copy. How does this differ from Save_As? The biggest difference is that it does not overwrite the original, allows one to change, or increment, the file name/location, but it does NOT stay open in the program. You are still working with the original version, and this Save_As_a_Copy version is tucked away, in case you need it at some time. I use this, when I just want a record and a backup of that moment for possible later use. It’s more of a "snapshot" of how things were at that moment.
Last is the "variation" that I mentioned. This is AutoSave. Depending on one’s Preferences, these will be stored in the AutoSave folder in the Project’s hierarchy. By default, one will have five of these and they will reflect that they are AutoSave files. Note: one must do a first Save in an editing session to start AutoSave, which will make an AutoSave copy at the time interval set in Preferences. Also, Premiere is pretty smart. It will NOT just AutoSave every 5 mins (or whatever time interval is set in Preferences), unless some work has been done. This is a good thing, as AutoSave will overwrite the previous files in that folder. If you go to lunch, if it did not keep track of edits being done, one would end up with 5 exactly identical copies of the same file in AutoSave. This would not be that useful.*
Now, because it does overwrite your previous AutoSave files, you need to pay close attention, should you ever need to use an AutoSave Project file. By default, there will be five files, _001, _002, _003, _004 and _005. However, because of that overwriting (basically FIFO), you need to change the View in Windows Explorer to Details, and sort by Date/Time, to make sure that you are getting the latest version. Remember, _003 could well be newer than _005. Watch out for this, and do the Sort on Date/Time to be sure.
Hope that this helps one distinguish between Project files and Video FROM that Project, plus give some tips on Save, Save_As, Save_As_a_Copy and also AutoSave.
Hunt
* It has come to my attention that as of PrPro CS3, things have changed with Auto-Save. One does not need to do an initial Save to start Auto-Save, but if left Open, though no editing is being done, the Auto-Save will keep on overwriting the files at the set interval, say every 5 mins.. What this means is that if you leave a Project Open for 25 mins., have the number of Auto-Saves at the default of 5 and the default of every 5 mins., you will have 5 copies of the same Project file. I do not know what Adobe was thinking here, as Auto-Save should not be active, if no editing is being done. I often have a Project Open, but am working in PS, AI, or Encore, so there is no editing being done in PrPro, but there soon will be. I do not want all previous Auto-Saves being overwritten with the same exact file. With PrPro CS3 or higher, I strongly recommend that one does a lot more Save_As and Save_As_a_Copy, than in previous editions, or they might be in for a rude surprise, if they went to lunch, or just left the Project Open for a half-hour.

There is a special use for the Save, Save_As and Save_As_a_Copy, that might not be readily apparent. As we have discussed how the three differ, I will only cover this use, and the user can then choose which works for them.
Often, an editor will work on a large Project, but need to break out segments of that Project into separate "mini Projects." The easiest way to do this is to make sure that a Save has been done for the full, large Project. Then, just Delete anything not needed in the new mini Project. This could be Clips on the Timeline, Assets in the Project Panel, or Sequences (in PrPro only). When done, just choose Save_As, or Save_As_a_Copy. If more "versions" of that large Project are needed, Open the original, repeat the Deletions, and then do the appropriate Save_As, with another name, or into another location.
Remember, all forms of Save are for the entire Project, and not just elements of it, unless you remove all unnecessary elements.
Hunt

Firefox Can't find file in location specified.

Cant find file at location:
/Users/yonathantareke/Desktop/â€œsave.htmlâ€
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You get such â€œsave.htmlâ€ characters if text with Unicode characters is interpreted as ANSI
*http://digwp.com/2011/07/clean-up-weird-characters-in-database/
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