When saving projects, I often increment file names. That way, I’ve got an easy way to revert to earlier versions.
For instance, I might name a project file Project01, or Project_01, or Project 01a, etc. when I first save it, then I manually increment the alphanumeric suffix with each new save: Project02, Project_02, or Project 01b. Eventually, I clean house and delete unneeded earlier versions.
It would be handy if Dorico could offer a + button, when saving projects. Clicking on that a button would tell Dorico to recognize the suffix scheme then automatically increment the suffix and save the project.
Hope that’s clear and helpful.
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There’s already a Save New Version command to which you can assign a keyboard shortcut. It only increments a number - it can’t handle custom schemes - but it’s better than not having it (and by the sounds of things you’re not aware of its existence).
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It really ought to be in the File menu by default.
What I do is save my Dorico files in Dropbox while I am working on them. Then, as long as I am working directly from Dropbox, every time I hit save I can go into the Dropbox version history and get that particular save, even if I don’t rename it. Even with this feature though I still do separate saves sometimes if I am making more changes.
Dorico saves an extra backup every time I save, with a timestamped filename. That is plenty for me.