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Auto save in Trados 2017

Arleene

Hello, I am using Trados 2017 and I notice that each time I save my file Trados automatically saves an extension (like a backup copy) of the file in the XLIFF format. It also does the same with the memory. Is there any way to disable this? I have already unchecked the autosave function but this still continues.

Many thanks,

Arleene
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  • 0 in reply to Oana Nagy
    Hello Steven,
    Thanks for responding.
    Actually, I don’t mind the fact that Trados backs up the project, but what I find bothersome is that it creates a copy every so often, so in the end, I have a long list of file names. My files are automatically backed up to a server at home and because of these extensions, I keep getting pop-up messages that it is unable to back up the translation memory file and I presume this is coming from the automatic save…hence, my question
  • 0 in reply to Oana Nagy

    There are many scenarios for translators and in some, automatically creating such files is a headache. I have a client who likes to send low word counts spread across many files. If software I work with automatically creates files in addition to the ones in the folder which I need to send back, I have the dubious joy afterwards of having to manually delete the files Studio created. In my scenario, if Studio crashes without a backup file, no problem, I just open the client file and the TM has the unit. It is much quicker that way, if you have 90 files for a word count of 150, there's not much point in creating projects or rescuing crashes, much easier to just re-open the file.