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Understanding File Saving Preferences

You can control a number of options related to saving files in the File Handling pane of the Preferences dialog box .

Image Previews . You can use this menu to always or never Save As to Original Folder . When this option is checked,
include image thumbnails in the saved file . If you choose Ask choosing File>Save As automatically defaults to the location
When Saving in this menu, the Save As dialog box includes an where the original file is located .
option to include the preview/thumbnail .
Save in Background . The Save process occurs by default
On Macintosh, you have an additional option to include a in the background . In other words, you can continue working
thumbnail in the saved file . If checked, the image thumbnail even while a file is being saved . Especially when you work
appears in dialog boxes instead of the Photoshop file icon . with large files, this can be a significant time saver because
you don’t have to sit and wait the several minutes it might
take to save a very large file . The only thing you can’t do
while a file is being saved is use the Save As command; if
you try, you will see a warning advising you to wait until the
background save is complete .
Macintosh When a file is being saved in the
background, the completed percent-
age appears in the document tab.

Windows Automatically Save Recovery Information Every . . .
When checked, this option means that your work is saved in
Append File Extension . On Macintosh, you can use this a temporary file, every 10 minutes, by default . If something
menu to always or never include the file extension in the happens — such as a power outage — you will be able to
saved file . If the Ask When Saving option is selected in this restore your work back to the last auto-saved version . In other
menu, the Save As dialog box includes options to append the words, the most you will lose is 10 minutes of work!
file extension (in lowercase or not) .

On Windows, file extensions are always added to saved files .
This preference menu has only two options: Use Upper Case
and Use Lower Case .

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