Number of backups reduced again.

Question

In Logic 7 and previous, the number of saved project backups was variable by user preference. I had always set this to at least 100 for a number of reasons, not the least of which is I used it to track my time when billing my clients. (if I save, I'm working, and I can just look at the modification dates of all the saved backup files).
In Logic 8 they removed it so I had to override it by editing the plist like this:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/5556847?messageID=5556847&%3b#5556847?mess ageID=5556847&%3b
In Logic 9 they put it back again in the prefs.
Now in Apple's infinite wisdom, they have removed it again and reduced it to 10. <sigh>
This is a problem for me. No I don't want to use Project Alternatives or new versions, because I have to remember to give things a new name every time I get to 10 saves. It's not practical The beauty of project backups is that you don't have to think about it.
I do see a "MaxBackupsToKeep" bit of text in the plist for LPX, but it's less clear to me that this is an editable variable field this time around. Anyone have an idea how to increase this number by editing the plist, or will that not work this time around?

Answer 1

ok the problem was, I was looking at the plist file in a regular text editor. Using the handy little free app "Pref Setter" one can do a search for "MaxBackupsToKeep", which is assigned an integer value and can be changed. It just is far less obvious from looking at the raw plist as text.
Whether modifying it works or not is another matter. I'll be testing it tonight.
For anyone else interested, I used to do a search by modification date within a project folder to keep track of time spent on a project.
Because the project backups are now kept inside of a package file, the normal Command-F apple search doesn't work anymore for that.
Another great shareware app "Find Any File" allows inclusion of package contents, so I think I'll be back in good stead with this system.