Plugin or action to Autosave or Auto-Recover files??

Question

I know Adobe hasn't seen fit to include an autosave function in any version of Photoshop. I consider that the height of arrogance and stupidity. Some will argue the time it takes to auto-save files doesn't justify it's inclusion. The time and effort in creating the work is equal justification for such a feature. Why should I have to remember to save every 10 minutes or so when I have no idea when the silly program will suddenly crash on me for no good or explained reason? Why should I be put through that kind of stress that will affect my creative workflow?
As an alternative it would be helpful to find some third party software, plugin that would do the same thing. It would be good if it could be set to a timed response. An action might do it but it still require manual activation. Perhaps someone knows of a script that could be written? Any ideas or suggestions other than "tough it out" and "you can't do that, too bad" would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Control-S is not a plug-in and not a script.
Of course it is not. I was taking a bit of a license there. However, it is the answer to the problem, is it not? It's simple, fast, and you know that you will have an interruption, when you invoke it, so you can pause, and not get caught in the middle of an intricate Selection, or some other operation, where you might, in fact, loose all of the work/time that you have invested.
That is why Adobe has chosen (for all these years) to not implement an AutoSave.
As the program can never be sure when you are done working on something, or are just relaxing your hold on your stylus, it would never know when it was "safe" to AutoSave. Some of my Selections take hours to create. I'd hate to loose them, because I was not done yet, and the AutoSave kicked in during that Selection, only saving part of it.
For tiny, simple images, it'd not likely be a problem. Some would likely benefit. I'd have it disabled most of the time.
As I pointed out, there are major differences to what is being AutoSaved, between Premiere and Photoshop. Still, many editors turn AutoSave off, because the every 5 minute (default time) pause disrupts their workflow. Even on my very fast, robust workstation, a Save can take 30 sec. on some of the images.
No, the manual use of Ctrl-s is the answer. Every NLE users learns this, even with AutoSave. Well-timed Save_As operations can be a blessing too. Nearly every PS user knows about Crtl-s and most incorporate it into their workflow.
Sorry the the humor did not work. I will do better in the future.
Hunt